[LT Profits]

Cole makes his first Major League start for the Pirates tonight. The first overall pick in the 2011 draft is taking the rotation spot of Wandy Rodriguez. but if he is as good as advertised, he will probably be up for good, especially with Jeanmar Gomez also injured. Cole has a 99 MPH fastball, but he didn't make the Pirates out of spring training because of command issues, and that has continued at AAA where he had 28 walks vs. just 47 strikeouts in 68 innings. He did get better as the year went on though and he tossed 14 scoreless innings in his last two minor league starts while allowing a total of only five hits, with eight strikeouts vs. two walks.

[mugsey15]

I'm excited to see how his first few starts go. Command issues could lead to short outing and high era. Unless he can be effectively wild.

[dudekid]

i got him going tonight, why not? actually in one league i have cingrani, wacha, and cole all going tonight so im hoping for the best

[Robber]

Hope the kid's got it

I bet Pitt -120

[Otters27]

These are tough calls for players like this. Often they will be great their first few outings and then have slump while teams make adjustments. But 99 is 99 and if he can control it take him.

[stevenash]

I read three different scouting reports.
Kid has a + + fastball, 97mph, but yes, major command issues.

He's rock bottom ghetto dirt cheap at DJ (188K) which means if you start him you can have pretty much any hitter you want, however, if Giants take a patient approach, and work him in the count, Cole will only go five innings, and if he gives up say 3 runs in 5 innings on 2 walks and 5 hits, you pretty much aren't getting anything points wise.

Believe me, I am tempted myself to take a rock bottom salaried starter that has potential myself, but there is a crap load more value in Cashner (SD) for a little bit more money salary cap wise than Cole.

Cashner is a very good dark sleeper tonight.
Cole is a high risk/high reward starter tonight.

[Straight Cash]

I'm surprised at the amount of action on this game considering it's such an unknown. I guess that's why they call it gambling...

[BigSpoon]

Looking good so far after 6 innings...

[stevenash]

Looking good so far after 6 innings...

Not a bad debut.

[yisman]

He had the biggest hit in the game. His teammates weren't doing too well with runners on, but boom, 2 run single

[playersonly69]

He had that key single with a 3-2 out and was down 0-2 to begin the atbat.

[koz-man]

i got him going tonight, why not? actually in one league i have cingrani, wacha, and cole all going tonight so im hoping for the best

3 for 3

[koz-man]

I also had all three going tonight, but not on the same team.

[Shortstop]

What a great day to be a Pittsburgh Pirates fan!

[Cross]

I am glad to see another stud prospect get his chance finally.

[MexicanStallion]

Well I knew Shortstop would be thrilled today. The kid had a solid debut tonight.

[Mitchell88]

Not a bad debut.

very good debut. shows a lot of potential for the future. First time a pirates game has been on TV in my area in a long time also

[darrell74]

In both my leagues, he got scooped up and they ain't letting him go.

Looks like he's not a streamer, he's a keeper.

[Otters27]

Ya he looked real good. Awfully cocky too! They chance to pick him up was before his start if not someone probably got him

[playersonly69]

But the main question will be in his second start versus the same team.


Remember Daiskae Matsusaka? Cant spell the name, but he was dominate as well for a while

[dudekid]

well that went better than expected...i love cingrani, i had him in his first go around and dropped him, was able to scoop him back when cueto went down. wacha started off really terrible i thought it was gonna be another bad outing but he really turned it around, and cole was outstanding until that last inning, cant really say they left him in too long b/c he was cruising and his pitch count was very low, but still other than that last inning he was nearly perfect

[mtneer1212]

he retired 15 in a row at one point.......... the future is bright

[jimk6969]

That kid can throw with the best of them

[Wrigley]

This kid looks to be the real deal

[Otters27]

He kept the ball at the knees all day and was ahead of the count. I am interested to see if he starts to fall behind in the count on his next start.

[Straight Cash]

It'll be interesting to see if he can keep it up once there is more tape on him.

[LordVodka]

I read an article that says he won't hold up.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...-cole/2417013/

[Grits n' Gravy]

Pirates will find a way to screw him up.

[Mitchell88]

It'll be interesting to see if he can keep it up once there is more tape on him.

good point no one really knows much about him yet and so many things can happen. So once he gets more starts under his belt than we can see how good he is

[Otters27]

When is his next start? Tomorrow? He should shred the Dodgers

[stevenash]

Player News:
Driving Attendance | 2013-06-14 | Baseball Musings
High Level: AAA
Positions: P-26
Full Name: Gerrit Alan Cole
Born: Sep 8, 1990 (22.280) in Newport Beach,California

Top Prospect: mlb 2012 (#12), 2013 (#7) team 2012 (#1-PIT), 2013 (#1-PIT)

Control 54

K-Rating 90

Efficiency 80

vsPower 52

Health 100

Ht/Wt: 6-4 / 215 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Orange (Orange,CA)
College: UCLA
Drafted: Pittsburgh Pirates: 2011-1-1 (June-Reg)

Tags: First Round Draft Pick || Top Prospect

TBC Player ID: 149742
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
2009	UCLA	Pac10	NCAA	12		18	8	4	8	3.49	15	14	1	0		0	85.0	57	46	33	10	38	104	12	3	1.12	6.04	1.06	4.02	11.01	0.37	--	--
2010	UCLA	Pac10	NCAA	12		19	5	11	4	3.37	19	19	0	0		0	123.0	92	51	46	4	52	153	7	1	1.17	6.73	0.29	3.80	11.20	0.34	--	--
2011	UCLA	Pac10	NCAA	12		20	5	6	8	3.31	16	16	4	1		0	114.1	103	46	42	8	24	119	4	0	1.11	8.11	0.63	1.89	9.37	0.20	--	--
2012	Bradenton	FSL	A+	28	pit	21	-	5	1	2.55	13	13	0	0	0	0	67.0	53	24	19	5	21	69	3	1	1.10	7.12	0.67	2.82	9.27	0.30	--	--
	Altoona	East	AA	13,45	pit	21	-	3	6	2.90	12	12	0	0	0	0	59.0	54	28	19	2	23	60	3	1	1.31	8.24	0.31	3.51	9.15	0.38	--	--
	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	35	pit	21	-	1	0	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	3	3	0	1	7	0	0	1.17	9.00	0.00	1.50	10.50	0.14	--	--
2013	indianapolis	il	AAA		pit	22	6/13/2013	5	3	2.91	12	12	0	0	0	0	68.0	44	23	22	4	28	47			1.06	5.82	0.53	3.71	6.22	0.60	--	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB		pit	22	6/13/2013	1	0	2.84	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	7	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	--	9.95	0.00	--	2.84	0.00	--	--
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MLB Totals (1 year)								1	0	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	7	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	10.50	0.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	--	--
Minor League Totals (2 years)								14	10	2.83	38	38	0	0	0	0	200	157	78	63	11	73	183	6	2	1.15	7.07	0.50	3.29	8.24	0.40	--	--
College Totals (3 years)								21	20	3.38	50	49	5	1	0	0	322	252	143	121	22	114	376	23	4	1.14	7.04	0.61	3.19	10.51	0.30	--	--
AAA Totals (2 years)								6	3	3.04	13	13	0	0	0	0	74	50	26	25	4	29	54	0	0	1.07	6.08	0.49	3.53	6.57	0.54	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)								3	6	2.90	12	12	0	0	0	0	59	54	28	19	2	23	60	3	1	1.31	8.24	0.31	3.51	9.15	0.38	--	--
A+ Totals (1 year)								5	1	2.55	13	13	0	0	0	0	67	53	24	19	5	21	69	3	1	1.10	7.12	0.67	2.82	9.27	0.30	--	--
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[Shortstop]

Greinke and Cole duel today at PNC Park. Weather does not look good, could be a delay at some point this afternoon.

The Buccos are slight favorites and the O/U is sitting at 7.

[Cross]

This kid is the real deal!

[playersonly69]

Still doing well, but wait until he meets the teams a second time around