Gerrit Cole To Start In AFL Rising Stars Game Tonight

by Charlie Wilmoth on Nov 5, 2011 3:08 PM EDT

Gerrit Cole, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 draft, will start against Danny Hultzen, the No. 2 overall pick, in the Arizona Fall League Rising Stars game at 8:10 PM Eastern tonight. Also, Robbie Grossman will lead off for the East. Bryce Harper will bat fifth.

UPDATE: Cole gave up five runs and two home runs (to Nick Franklin and Joe Terdoslavich) while striking out one and walking one over two-thirds of an inning. He did, however, show excellent velocity.

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good shit.

Thee will be a couple hundred of us nit watching Bama-LSU

by Horace Clarke on Nov 5, 2011 3:21 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

i can't wait

anyone know how many innings he’ll get? how many ABs for Grossman?

by FusilliJerry88 on Nov 5, 2011 4:21 PM EDT reply actions

I’ll go with 2/3 of an inning…

by bolton on Nov 5, 2011 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Also showing on MLB.com

For those of us without MLB Network.

by ElDuce on Nov 5, 2011 4:46 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks.

by bolton on Nov 5, 2011 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Gotta check out this game

I’ll have the Pitt and LSU games switching on the TV, and i’ll have to run this on my computer. I’m in sports heaven right now

by 2010 will be the year on Nov 5, 2011 6:30 PM EDT reply actions

I'll be checking out at least the first few innings of this, maybe until they pull Cole

Fortunately I don’t care at all about college football, so that won’t interfere. Although I’m sure I’ll switch channels during commercials.

by Schide on Nov 5, 2011 6:39 PM EDT reply actions

The MLB Network

will be replaying this game at 1am Monday, for anyone wanting to record.

by SteelStealth on Nov 5, 2011 6:46 PM EDT reply actions

Will not miss Cole pitch

It is great to DVR football, can catch up so fast… Wish Harper was on the other side so Cole would face him.

by NHpiratefan on Nov 5, 2011 7:30 PM EDT reply actions

im pumped

how many innings is Cole gonna get do you guys think?

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by omar moreno on Nov 5, 2011 8:12 PM EDT reply actions

Betting on 2 or 3

Hultzen allready pitching well.

by downandout on Nov 5, 2011 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah he looked real tough

hes so smooth. doesnt strike me as a guy that does too much in his delivery. looks like he doesnt even try to throw hard

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by omar moreno on Nov 5, 2011 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions

wow Hultzen 1-2-3 first

3 k’s

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by omar moreno on Nov 5, 2011 8:14 PM EDT reply actions

…well

by ludwigs9th on Nov 5, 2011 8:19 PM EDT reply actions

wow Cole sucks

worst pick weve ever made. ever.

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by omar moreno on Nov 5, 2011 8:19 PM EDT reply actions

WORST PITCHER OF ALL TIME

the Pirates are screwed for the next decade

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by omar moreno on Nov 5, 2011 8:21 PM EDT reply actions

seriously the Pirates are cursed

by BadAndy on Nov 5, 2011 8:25 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

he's nervous

he knows we’re watching

by ludwigs9th on Nov 5, 2011 8:26 PM EDT reply actions

Cutch for Terdoslavich?

by bolton on Nov 5, 2011 8:28 PM EDT reply actions

Off to Bama-LSU.

by Horace Clarke on Nov 5, 2011 8:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Should have drafted Hultzen ;)

by BigB2323 on Nov 5, 2011 8:29 PM EDT reply actions

should've traded

cole while he had value

by ludwigs9th on Nov 5, 2011 8:30 PM EDT reply actions

That’s it for Cole.

by bolton on Nov 5, 2011 8:30 PM EDT reply actions

Unfukinbelievable

FMFL

by BadAndy on Nov 5, 2011 8:30 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

damn

what a poor performance. But you have to believe he was nervous, with thia being his first game as a pirate with a national audience

by 2010 will be the year on Nov 5, 2011 8:31 PM EDT reply actions

wow worst night of my life

thanks Gerrit

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by omar moreno on Nov 5, 2011 8:32 PM EDT reply actions

really?

you must be having a pretty awesome life.

by Garrett122 on Nov 5, 2011 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions

well he is the Antelope after all…

Yinzers uber alles

by BostonBuc on Nov 6, 2011 8:14 AM EST up reply actions

2/3 of a inning 2 bombs

Wasn’t expecting that

by BigB2323 on Nov 5, 2011 8:34 PM EDT reply actions

good news

Poor performance by Cole, but the stuff was ridiculous. I wasn’t really prepared for just how good the slider and changeup are. Hopefully he can improve his command, because the stuff has “ace” written all over it.

by epoc on Nov 5, 2011 8:34 PM EDT reply actions

Still, I’d rather have Cole over Sunseri. :)

by CO_Bucs on Nov 5, 2011 10:49 PM EDT reply actions

+1

by maguro on Nov 5, 2011 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions

If the deal includes free food from Sunseri’s market it’s close

Yinzers uber alles

by BostonBuc on Nov 6, 2011 8:23 AM EST up reply actions

Didn't expect that...

Ok Cole…this is the one bad outing you’re allowed in the Bucs organization…EVER!

by NastyNate82 on Nov 5, 2011 11:35 PM EDT reply actions

You win some, you lose some.

Should the Pirates keep Neal Huntington?

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2011/5/16/2174135/poll-should-huntington-be-retained

by Kosstic518 on Nov 6, 2011 12:13 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Any thoughts on why he got hit hard?

I watched the inning… he didn’t have the best location, but the home run balls were low and down the middle. I think the second was a curve that just kinda hung over the lower part of the zone.

by CO_Bucs on Nov 6, 2011 12:14 AM EDT reply actions

Both HR were on upper-90s fastballs. To me, the fastball looked a little straight and the command was very poor. That’s a bad combination, even at 99 MPH (maybe even especially at 99). No one really touched his secondaries, though. And other than the two HR, he didn’t get knocked around too badly. A few groundballs, only one of which (Mattison’s) was hit hard, and a walk isn’t too terrible. The biggest issue was the command, which is what people have been saying about Cole since last spring. Hopefully he can improve in that area.

by epoc on Nov 6, 2011 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions

not just command. he didn’t throw a single ball anywhere near the strike zone. Hultzen was getting a huge zone due to be around the strike zone, Cole was poopskies. He seemed to especially struggle out of the stretch. so, yeah, basically command, but beyond horrible command.

by Mr. E on Nov 6, 2011 2:43 AM EDT up reply actions

seem to not have much command of anything tonight

Probably overthrowing/pressing. It happens.

by JCBucs on Nov 6, 2011 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions

cole's change up looked nice though

same release point and motion as his fastball.

wind was blowing out couldnt have helped either. AFL games are almost always high scoring affairs.

IMO, its good to get a bad start out of the way, especially on a national stage. this way the SMART fans will be tempered by their expectations. the NOT SO SMART fans are going to bitch no matter what.

by white angus on Nov 6, 2011 8:56 AM EST reply actions