KYLE McPHERSON

11/11/87; '07 14th; Univ. of Mobile
B/R; 6-3, 205

Level

W-L-Sv

BB/9

K/9

WHIP

OAVG

ERA

2006 NJCAA

3-0-1

26.1

3.76

7.18

0.95

2.05

2007 NCAA

1-7-0

46.0

4.30

5.09

1.89

.319

6.07

2007 A-

0-1-0

14.1

1.88

3.77

1.61

.323

6.28

2007 R

4-2-0

51.2

1.74

6.10

1.10

.246

2.61

2008 A-

1-3-1

55.2

0.81

6.63

1.02

.240

4.37

McPherson went to Faulkner State Community College before going to Mobile. He obviously didn't pitch well at Mobile. The Pirates had a habit in the last several years under Dave Littlefield of drafting college pitchers with poor performance track records and, so far, none of them has done anything as a pro. McPherson signed quickly and opened in the Gulf Coast League. He pitched well against the younger players there, although with a low K rate, but he got hammered in three late season starts for State College. Overall, he had trouble with LH batters. He returned to State College in 2008 and pitched well except for one problem: gopher balls. He allowed few baserunners and had an outstanding BB/K ratio, although not a good K rate, but he couldn't keep the ball in the park. It's not often you see a pitcher allow twice as many HRs as he does walks. McPherson had a reverse platoon split this time and, not surprisingly, was a flyball pitcher, with a groundout to air out ratio of 0.71. He should open 2009 at West Virginia.

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