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The Book on Dallas BuckFA


Prospect Info and Scouting Report

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Dallas Buck / RHP, FA
Born 11/11/1984
Newberg, OR, USA
School: Oregon State
Height 6-3
Weight 210
Bats/Throws R/R

ScoutingBook Combine Ranking (2/9/2012): #516 none
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


A premium prospect in college, Buck's stock took a dive when it was discovered that he played through a partial ligament tear en route to Oregon State's College World Series championship in 2006. Of course, the same event proved that his heart was two sizes too large, and he's been a bit of an underdog darling ever since. Buck had TJ surgery to rebuild his elbow in 2007 and has been coming back since, though the Cincinnati Reds lost patience in his recovery and cut him in early 2011. When healthy, Dallas is a workhorse who throws a 92-94 mph fastball, a plus slider and a changeup that was on the verge of becoming a decent MLB-quality pitch before he lost his sugar-daddy coaching staff. His odds aren't great, but if he hooks up with a new team in 2012, he could become a surprise second half fill-in at the back of a major league rotation.

[ Bio Updated Spring, 2012 ]


Pitching History
Yr Age Lv Lg Tm W L GA GS IP H ER BB K HB WP WHIP K/9 BB/9 K/BB
2007 22 A+ Cal Visalia ARZ 4 4 16 16 97.2 84 49 31 88 4 5 1.177 8.1 2.9 2.84
2008 23 A Midwest South Bend ARZ 1 4 9 8 45.2 44 20 10 24 4 1 1.182 4.7 2.0 2.40
2008 23 A+ Florida Sarasota CIN 0 1 3 3 13.0 9 6 4 9 1 0 1.000 6.2 2.8 2.25
2008 23 A+ Cal Visalia ARZ 0 1 1 1 5.0 3 3 1 4 1 2 0.800 7.2 1.8 4.00
2009 24 Rk Gulf Reds CIN 0 0 2 2 3.0 6 2 0 6 1 0 2.000 18.0 0.0
2009 24 AA Sou. Carolina CIN 2 3 8 8 37.1 49 23 18 25 1 1 1.795 6.0 4.3 1.39
2010 25 AA Sou. Carolina CIN 3 4 9 9 39.1 56 30 14 21 0 1 1.780 4.8 3.2 1.50
2011 26 AA Sou. Carolina CIN 1 5 8 8 36.0 53 43 20 21 4 2 2.028 5.2 5.0 1.05
2011 26 Ind NABL Edmonton 5 0 6 6 34.2 36 8 13 14 3 0 1.413 3.6 3.4 1.08





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