His name is Clayton Kershaw, he is in the LA Dodger organization and currently pitches for the Jacksonville Suns. When he is called up, he will be the youngest rookie since Felix Hernandez and the third youngest this decade. I don’t like to get all hyped up about a rookie, but when you are featured on the front of Yahoo, and touted as having the best curve ball in the world, well, I have to show you this video. Keep in mind, this guy is 20 years old, a lefty, he has a 97 MPH fastball, and his curve ball, let’s put it this way, I haven’t seen something this wicked since Aaron Sele’s rookie year. Plus it even has a nickname, “Public Enemy Number 1″.
His stat line in the minors this year is 0-3/1.08/1.02 in seven starts, even worse is in those seven starts, he has only given up 4 earned runs. He has struck out 37 in 33.1 innings pitched, so that translates to a nice 10 K/9 IP ratio. I don’t even think this guy was even on the radar screens in February. It didn’t take long for this phenom to get serious action on ebay either. My personal favorite card of him that I have seen is this one:
Which features Homer Baily, Clayton Kershaw and Luke Hovechar all on one beautiful card. Looks like it’s pulling in around $45 when it’s all said and done.
