MATTHEW FOUST

10/8/84; '07 6th; Univ. of Nebraska
R/R; 6-3, 225

Level	W-L-Sv	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	K	BB/9	K/9	WHIP	OAVG	ERA
2005 NCAA	0-0-1	5	0	7.0	6	1	3	5	3.86	6.43	1.29	.261	2.57
2006 NCAA	0-0-1	3	1	5.2	2	0	4	3	6.36	4.77	1.06	.133	3.18
2007 NCAA	2-4-7	27	6	65.0	61	4	32	53	4.43	7.34	1.43	.260	4.02
2007 A-	3-6-0	14	13	50.1	45	0	34	42	6.08	7.51	1.57	.234	4.47

Foust pitched little in his first two college seasons following shoulder surgery.  He returned for a solid season as a junior.  He continues the Pirates' growing obsession with using their early draft picks on low ceiling college players, especially relievers.  Foust throws his fastball around 90 and has a good slider.  His BB and K numbers as a junior weren't very impressive; the Pirates particularly seem to avoid pitchers who get swings and misses, something that shows in chronically low K rates in the lower levels of their system.  As a two-pitch pitcher he'll probably be a reliever in the long run.  He signed quickly and pitched in the rotation at State College, where he didn't get hit hard but struggled with his control.  The lack of a good third pitch probably hurt him against LH batters, who hit .278 against him.  RH batters hit only .208.  Foust posted a 2.70 ERA in July and 8.16 in August, so he may have gotten tired.  He'll probably move up to Hickory in 2008.

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