The Book on Casey Kelly
Prospect Info
Casey Kelly
Born 10/4/1989
RHP, BOS
The big, strong shortstop who also pitches has become the big, strong pitcher who used to play short. Young Casey Kelly is already 6-3 and 200lbs, with more size and strength to come as he fills out, and now that he's a full time mound monster, he can put all of that strength into his fastball.
Kelly's fastball, by the way, is already rated the best heatuh in the Red Sox system. And so is his curve. And so is his changeup. Put all that together with his plus control, and it seems pretty clear we're looking at the next Red Sox ace.
Ranking in ScoutingBook (3/16/2010): #21 
Ranking in Baseball America 2010: #24
Ranking in Baseball Prospectus: Unranked
Ranking in MiLB.com 2010 Season Preview: #28
Ranking from the Sporting News: Unranked
Ranking from ESPN: #18
Player Updates and Notes
The Red Sox signed their 2008 first-rounder Casey Kelly today. Kelly is a two-way player that the Red Sox seem to see as a pitcher, but that won't really be settled until he gets in some Instructional League time under close scrutiny.
7/17/2008 by KDaddy
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