Looking Ahead, part deux

Last week we apprised you of Jonathan Mayo's (the Draft Guru) mock draft results. Well, this week, Mayo has shuffled the board up a bit and is now calling for the Astros to have a shot at Aaron Crow, the RHP starting pitcher from Mizzou.

He's a great pitcher and that's constant need for any ball club -- especially ours. My concerns are that he seems to have thrown a lot of extended outings in both 2007 and 2008 (note: I couldn't find pitch counts, just IP so it's a guess). Even more so, his mechanics are shaky to say the least. His mechanics are flawed in more ways then one. Most frighteningly, he extends well passed a preferable Flex-T and this makes him a shoulder injury waiting to happen, on top of adding stress to elbow. The poor mechanics in combination with number of extended outings he's thrown makes him a prime candidate to become the next Astros' Top-10 pick that disappoints. Anyone with more knowledge of pitching mechanics (mine is really just limited to having recently completed Saving the Pitcher by Will Carroll), please feel free to chime in.

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