MICHAEL CROTTA
9/25/84; '06 17th; Florida Atlantic Univ.
R/R; 6-6, 210
| Level |
W-L-Sv |
G |
GS |
IP |
H |
BB |
K |
ERA |
OAVG |
OOBP |
OSLG |
| 2004 NCAA |
5-4-1 |
17 |
12 |
64.0 |
85 |
12 |
51 |
5.20 |
|
|
|
| 2005
NCAA |
5-4-3 |
21 |
10 |
80.2 |
114 |
22 |
61 |
5.91 |
|
|
|
| 2006 NCAA |
2-2-6 |
26 |
0 |
38.2 |
52 |
18 |
45 |
5.82 |
.317 |
|
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Baseball America describes Crotta as having a good change,
and 88-92 fastball, and a splitter. The Pirates believe
he has an average fastball and change, but needs
to work on a breaking ball. Whatever he was
throwing, he certainly got hit hard throughout his college career. He wasn't
pitching in a severe hitters' environment, either, as his ERAs were well above
the team average. The Pirates' scouting staff seems drawn to college
pitchers who weren't especially good at getting hitters out, and so
far there's no indication that the team's coaching staff can help
these guys take a leap forward. Crotta has signed and will probably begin at Williamsport.
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