The Book on Tim Alderson

Prospect Info

Tim Alderson
Born 11/3/1988
RHP, PIT

With Lincecum and Cain already toeing the rubber every fifth day, the title of best Giants pitching prospect was Alderson's until he was unceremoniously shipped East at 2009's trade deadline. The 6-7 righthander from Phoenix has a plus-plus curveball and terrific control for such a young player. In his junior and senior high school year combined, he struck out 173 batters while walking only nine.

His fastball is in the 89-92mph range, though he has been clocked as high as 96, which is remarkable for a pitcher who does not have a windup: Alderson has always pitched exclusively from the stretch, though it looks like the Pirates will follow through on a Giant experiment to 'correct' this by adding a small leg kick.

Just-turned 20, Alderson is unlikely to see significant action in MLB before 2011 at the soonest, though he's got fewer young stars to outshine now that he's on the thinner Pirate depth chart.

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