The Book on Tim Melville
Prospect Info and Scouting Report
Tim Melville / RHP, KC
Born 10/9/1989
Wentzville,
MO,
USA
School: Wentzville Holt HS (MO)
Height 6-5
Weight 205
Bats/Throws R/R
ScoutingBook Combine Ranking (2/9/2012): #309
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
Timothy 'Magoo' Melville is a bit of a sleeper prospect in the Royals system, where he doesn't get quite as much attention as he perhaps deserves. Drafted out of high school in 2008's fourth round, he's already blossoming as a starter. He uses a mid-nineties fastball to set up his strikeout curve, while his change is a better-developed pitch than any teenager deserves to have. Another year or two with the pitching coaches in KC and he should be ready to step into the Royals' rotation. It's not as if he needs much help, either: he struck out an even 300 in 350 innings across the lower levels in the past three seasons, and he looks ready to step up to AA in 2012. He'll need to get his control in check before he can dominate (he's still walking a batter for every two he strikes out), but it will only take a small improvement in this area to make him a viable major leaguer.
[ 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 | |
| 2009 | 19 | A | Midwest | Burlington | KC | 7 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 97.1 | 89 | 57 | 43 | 96 | 3 | 5 | 1.356 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 2.23 |
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