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The Book on Aaron Poreda
Prospect Info and Scouting Report
Aaron Poreda / LHP, PIT
Born 10/1/1986
Moraga,
CA,
USA
School: University of San Francisco
Height 6-6
Weight 240
Bats/Throws L/L
ScoutingBook Combine Ranking (2/8/2012): #489
MiLB.com Season Preview: Unranked or n/a
Scout.com/FOX Sports: Unranked or n/a
ESPN: Unranked or n/a
The Sporting News: Unranked or n/a
Baseball America 2012: Unranked or n/a
Baseball Prospectus: Unranked or n/a
Reclaimed by the Pirates after he was DFA'd by the Padres, Aaron Poreda is a big, 240-pound hurler who still boasts one of the hottest fastballs in the minors (up to 97mph and sinking). His development has been hampered by his inability (so far) to really control his second pitch, a slider with plus movement. His frame is large and he's already proven to be durable, which screams 'innings eater' to us, but of course he'll need more than one and a half pitches to survive outside of the bullpen.
[ Bio Updated Spring, 2012 ]
| Pitching History | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yr | Age | Lv | Lg | Tm | W | L | GA | GS | IP | H | ER | BB | K | HB | WP | WHIP | K/9 | BB/9 | K/BB | |
| 2007 | 20 | Rk | Pioneer | Great Falls | CHW | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 46.1 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0.842 | 9.3 | 1.9 | 4.80 |
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