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The Book on Nick HagadoneCLE


Prospect Info and Scouting Report

Nick Hagadone / LHP, CLE
Born 1/1/1986
Sumner, WA, USA
School: Washington
Height 6-5
Weight 230
Bats/Throws L/L
37 | 2/1/2013

RAAAAAAMiLBMLB

Total professional at-bats: .


A big, strong lefthander, Nick Hagadone was the Red Sox first draft pick (a sandwich pick) in 2007. Hagadone's fastball is hard for a lefty: it ticks as high as 96mph and shows good movement. He complements it with a good slider and an above-average straight change. He was Tim Lincecum's closer in college, also making a few spot starts for the Huskies, but the Red Sox were grooming him as a starter until he was shut down for TJ surgery in mid-2008.

He became an Indian as part of the trade that sent Victor Martinez to Boston, then spent a year recovering and another one regaining his stuff. By 2011 he looked almost as good as previously-advertised, at least until he broke his pitching hand while throwing a tantrum in the dugout following a bad outing. He's attempting to come back as a full-time reliever, which really makes us wonder. Do the Indians expect he'll be able to handle the pressure of relief outings any better than starts?

2/1/2013


Pitching Stats 0.00000
Yr Age W L G GS IP H ER K BB WHIP K/9 BB/9 K/BB
2007 21 A- NY-Penn Lowell BOS 0 1 10 10 24.1 14 5 33 8 0.904 12.2 3.0 4.13
2008 22 A Sally Greenville BOS 1 1 3 3 10.0 5 3 12 6 1.100 10.8 5.4 2.00
2009 23 A+ Caro. Kinston CLE 0 0 2 2 5.1 5 3 6 5 1.875 10.1 8.4 1.20
2009 23 A Sally Greenville BOS 0 2 10 10 25.0 13 8 32 14 1.080 11.5 5.0 2.29
2009 23 A Sally Greenville, Lake County CLE,BOS 0 3 15 15 39.2 21 12 53 19 1.008 12.0 4.3 2.79
2009 23 A Sally Lake County CLE 0 1 5 5 14.2 8 4 21 5 0.886 12.9 3.1 4.20
2010 24 A+ Caro. Kinston CLE 1 3 10 10 37.2 28 11 45 29 1.513 10.8 6.9 1.55
2010 24 AA Eastern Akron CLE 2 2 19 7 48.0 44 27 44 34 1.625 8.2 6.4 1.29
2011 25 AA Eastern Akron CLE 2 1 12 0 22.2 14 4 24 7 0.926 9.5 2.8 3.43
2011 25 AAA Intl-Lg Columbus CLE 4 3 34 0 48.1 42 27 53 15 1.179 9.9 2.8 3.53
2012 26 AAA Intl-Lg Columbus CLE 0 0 5 0 7.1 4 0 7 1 0.682 8.6 1.2 7.00
2013 27 AAA Intl-Lg Columbus CLE 1 0 2 0 2.1 2 0 5 3 2.143 19.3 11.6 1.67
2011 25 MLB AL Cleveland CLE 1 0 9 0 11.0 4 6 11 6 0.909 9.0 4.9 1.83
2012 26 MLB AL Cleveland CLE 1 0 27 0 25.1 26 18 26 15 1.618 9.2 5.3 1.73
2013 27 MLB AL Cleveland CLE 0 0 7 0 6.1 2 2 8 4 0.947 11.4 5.7 2.00





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