Prospect profile -- Henderson Alvarez

a guy under the radar

會注意到他，是 Baseball America 先開始提的，目前所能得到的免費球探報告類的資訊也是來自 BA，如下:

Joe Clancy (Toronto): Hey Jim, what's the word on Henderson Alvarez, I see that BA has done two features on him but I never hear his name mentioned in up and coming big ceiling prospects.

Jim Shonerd: I'll wind it up with this one. Alvarez is becoming one of my favorite under the radar guys. His fastball gets up to 94 and his changeup is firm but has wicked movement. His record and ERA (6-5, 3.49) are hindered by not having a very good team behind him (Lansing has the MWL's worst record). His low strikeout rate (6.4 K/9) is a concern, but he could be something special if he gets his curveball going. Come back next Friday for another Hot Sheet and Prospects Chat. Have a great weekend everyone.

之後常常注意國外的藍鳥農場資訊，尤其是 batter's box ，還是沒有藍鳥迷討論他，但是從他的 repertoire 顯示的資訊，可以看出他是一個已經開始發芽的 prospect ，因此在此先將他的 prospect profile 建立起來

基本資訊:
他是一位來自委內瑞拉 19 歲的右投手，17 歲那年北上加入藍鳥的低階農場

最後補充 BA 沒有提到的意見:
從他的出賽紀錄來看，顯然的球團有針對他做球數的管控，除了一場以外他的局數一直維持在 6 局以下，換算一下球數，差不多是 80 球可以達到的局數，這應該是他現在戰績不佳的另一個因素

參考資料:
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/chat/2009/268598.html
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=506693


BTW,最近我個人正在思考藍鳥是否應該現在進入重建模式，而重建期應該多久? 很快就可以將文章補上來