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Posted: Mon 15:04, 15 Nov 2010 Post subject: excellent Top Prospect Casey Kelly Throws Boston R |
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But while his pitching exploits earned him a selection to the Futures Game—the minor league showcase held the weekend before the MLB All-Star Game—he struggled offensively throughout the second half of the 2010 season and in the Arizona drop, descend, plunge, topple,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], tumble League.
Kelly is expected to begin the 2010 campaign with Double-A Portland. Miller says Miller plans to work on his curveball this spring because Miller understands that is the next step in his evolution: “I’m going to try to throw it a lot more because the higher you get up the more you have to mix it up.”
Earlier this week, pitching coach Josh Farrell said: “He’s got actual confidence in himself,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and Miller mean that in the right way. He’s not cocky by any means. He’s very respectful. When you see him go about his work, he’s not in a rush. Miller carries himself with a very good air about him, like one who actually is comfortable with himself,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], even being in big league camp for the first time.”
When it came time to select which position Miller would pursue in the future, the choice was clear.
He is knocking the socks off his bosses.
“I thought you throw one day and then you do nothing the next day; but, just by being around those guys you learn the days you don’t pitch is the days you work the hardest. The days you pitch you get your conditioning in, but the days you don’t pitch is the days you work the hardest.”
Afterwards, Miller said: “I don’t really take them hitting me well to heart. I’m just trying to work on my location, trying to make sure everything feels good. Watching how Jon Lester and Josh Beckett threw their B-P sessions today, guys hit it off them, they threw the next ball and moved on. They is just trying to get their work in and aren’t worried about what the hitters is doing.”
Manager Terry Francona already seems to be counting the days until Kelly finishes filling out physically and refining his pitching repertoire: "It will be fun to show up two years from now and imagine what this kid will be." Ryan Miller was on born 17th July 2010. Miller is an American ice hockey goaltender currently the player of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. Miller was selected to play for the American hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver,Canada as begining goaltender. Later in 2010 miller would win the Vezina Trophy as the best goaltender in last NHL season. Miller won a silver medal with the team and was named MVP of the tournament. Miller is known for his hybrid style of goaltending. Miller is also the older brother of current Detroit Red Wings winger Drew Miller.
The son of former major league catcher Pat Kelly Toronto spent last winter re-sculpting his physique at IMG Performance Institute. Miller spent his first full season of professional ball splitting time between the mound and shortstop.
Manager Terry Francona echoed Farrell’s sentiment: “When you talk to him,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Miller seems to get it. He’s very young, yet Miller doesn’t give you youthful answers. He’s poised. Miller asks good questions. There’s a reason that the organization is very excited about his future. There’ a lot of reasons why—it’s not just a big arm.”
The 2010 season would prove a successful one for Ryan Miller. In his first season begining with the number one job Miller and his team won the first 10 games in a row. Miller was voted in as the begining goaltender for the Eastern Conference of the 2010 NHL All Star Game in a 12 to 9 loss,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Miller played the first period and allowed just 3 goals. Miller also gained a reputation of a shootout specialist with his technique of challenging the shooter outside the crease. That season Miller was 6 more in shootouts,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with Martin Brodeur from the Devils being his closest rival at 2 less win. In 63 games played that season, Miller posted a 0.911 SVP and a 2.72 GAA backing a more offensively oriented team. Two years ago, the Red Sox drafted 18-year-old Casey Kelly in the first round of the MLB first-year player draft pick No. 30 overall out of Sarasota,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Florida. At the time, Miller was a 195-pound two-sport schoolboy star who had signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at the University of Tennessee.
Kelly is now a the team’s top prospect,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a 220-pound pitcher with three “plus” pitches speedyball, curve, and changeup and an uncanny presence for a prospect of his still-young age 20 years old. Miller was invited to Boston in January to participate in the organization’s ‘Rookie Development Program’, and Miller is now experiencing his first spring training with the big league club.
The ballclub has witnessed his physical development from afar over the last eighteen months,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], now it is getting to see his emotional and mental maturation from up close.
He threw his first live batting practice session yesterday in front of an audience that included Farrell,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Francona, general administerr Theo Epstein, and others. While Kelly was surprised by all the attention in the session, Miller just went about his business as a professional. Miller got his work in. When Miller was his hard, Miller just picked up the next ball and threw his next pitch… as if he’d been doing it that way all along.
But then the Sox lured him to baseball with their checkbook and a promise that Miller could both pitch and play shortstop in the minor leagues. The agreement between the player and club was that he’d have to choose one or the other at the end of last season.
He says his first spring training has already been a resounding success due to his exposure to a pair of Sox veterans—Josh Beckett and Jon Lester.
The Boston brass was suitably impressed with his approach and understanding. Francona said: “You can tell Casey has been around the game” referring to the exposure Kelly received from his father. Farrell added: “It speaks to his poise and having an understanding of the purpose of batting practice.”
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