BP's Goldstein talks about Robbie Erlin

May, 20, 2010
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Rangers left-handed pitching prospect Robbie Erlin's perfect pitching performance in five innings for Class A Hickory got Baseball Prospectus' Kevin Goldstein's attention. Here's what he wrote today about Erlin, who had nine strikeouts in five perfect innings.

From Goldstein's blog entry:

A third-round pick last June, the only knock against Erlin is his size, as at six-foot and 175 pounds he's a bit on the small side. Again, that's the only knock against him. It's hard to find a 19-year-old without a big weakness in his game, but Erlin sits at 90-92 with his fastball that features good movement, he'll flash a well above-average breaking ball, and even a surprisingly polished changeup for his age. Throw in clean arm action and the ability to pound the strike zone and you have a formula for domination Low-A hitters, and Erlin did just that in his first start of the year after starting off in the bullpen (and allowing one run in 20 1/3 innings) in order to monitor his workload.
Richard Durrett joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009. He writes about colleges, the Dallas Stars and the Texas Rangers. Richard spent nine years at The Dallas Morning News covering the Rangers, Stars, colleges, motorsports and high schools.

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