The Book on Mike Minor
Prospect Info
Mike Minor
Born 12/26/1987
LHP, ATL
A skilled lefthander from Vanderbilt, Michael 'Spike' Minor is a polished all-around pitcher who could add three above-average to plus pitches into the back end of a major league rotation sometime in 2010. His fastball tops out around 92mph, but its his breaking balls that will get him to the big-leagues anyway. He's not the uber-talent that schoolmate David Price was, but he's a product of the same system and it shows in his plus makeup and advanced feel for pitching. He should be ready to step into the Braves rotation come 2011 or so.
Ranking in ScoutingBook (3/14/2010): #51 
Ranking in Baseball America 2010: Unranked
Ranking in Baseball Prospectus: Unranked
Ranking in MiLB.com 2010 Season Preview: #58
Ranking from the Sporting News: Unranked
Ranking from ESPN: Unranked
Player Updates and Notes
Mike Minor was chosen by the Braves with the 7th overall pick in the 2009 Amateur Draft. He's likely to sign and could move pretty quickly through the system, though Atlanta isn't known for rushing anyone.
6/9/2009 by DataBoy
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