Prospect Video: Brett DeVall, P, Atlanta Braves
In a year in which he seemed to finally string together a number of consecutive starts, 20-year old Brett DeVall of the Atlanta Braves turned in a relatively solid ninety innings of work before tiring late in the season. From a velocity standpoint, DeVall’s arsenal did not differ much from my previous report back in [...]
“Sally” Stock Watch – 5/22/2010
The Sand Gnats recently finished up a short homestand versus Rome which allowed me the good fortune of seeing top prospects Julio Teheran, Arodys Vizcaino, Robinson Lopez,and Christian Bethancourt in person. In this stock watch update, all four will find a place on the list along with million dollar bonus baby Brett DeVall. With five [...]
The Night in Tweets: Rome @ Savannah Game 1
Baseball nirvana does not happen often. Tonight, it happened. From sitting in the same row as childhood hero Mookie Wilson to watching a handful of prospects whose natural gifts are the stuff of legend, I could not pick a better evening to take in a ballgame. Why not use Scouting the Sally as your Personal [...]
Game Report: Brett DeVall, SP, Atlanta Braves
Brett DeVall (6 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 5 K, 1 BB) – As a former supplemental 1st round pick in the 2008 draft, Brett DeVall’s 2009 season ended prematurely due to an elbow injury which required relatively minor surgery. I was able to catch his third to last start in June and his injury [...]
Maximum Velocity
With my polishing off a scouting piece on Red Sox prospect Will Middlebrooks today, I am not going to be able to pen another full piece before going back to work tomorrow so I wanted to begin to share some raw data from the 2009 Sally season for readers to feast on. To start, here [...]
Familia En Fuego!
Tonight’s match up lived up to expectations as Brett DeVall and Jeurys Familia dueled for 6+ innings. Then…..a Gnat swarm hit the stands and the rains came FAST! Familia was consistently 91-93 tonight, hitting 94 on a number of occasions. He used an 77-80 MPH slurve which flashed average to a tick above as an [...]