PRESTON CLAIBORNE

1/21/88; '06 23rd; Carrollton, TX (HS)
R/R; 6-2, 215

Level
W-L-Sv
G
GS
IP
H
BB
K
ERA
OAVG
OOBP
OSLG
2006 HS
10-1-1
12
 
67.0
28
14
89
 
 
 
 

Claiborne was a two-way player in HS, as a thirdbaseman and pitcher.  The Pirates drafted him for the mound, where he has an upper-80s fasball that reaches a little higher at times, a good slider and good command.  He has good power with the bat.  He's committed to Tulane and is considered a very tough sign.  Getting him locked up would go a long ways toward salvaging a draft that included a lot of overdrafts in the early rounds, but the Pirates almost never sign players like this under Dave Littlefield.

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