{"id":3165,"date":"2011-03-07T11:22:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T17:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=3165"},"modified":"2011-03-07T11:26:30","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T17:26:30","slug":"the-golden-sombreros-top-50-prospects-8-jarrod-parker-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/3165","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Sombrero’s Top 50 Prospects: #8 – Jarrod Parker (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#8 Jarrod Parker<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Arizona Diamondbacks<\/p>\n

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DOB: 11-24-88<\/p>\n

ETA: 2011<\/p>\n

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Kevin Towers, the Sombrero\u2019s favorite GM<\/a>, has quite a decision to make this spring with how to handle Jarrod Parker<\/a><\/strong> in 2011.\u00a0 Parker is now more than a year removed from Tommy John surgery and has repeatedly stated that he feels as good now as he ever has.\u00a0 His fastball is reaching the mid-90s and the slider is as deadly as ever.\u00a0 It is most likely the best right-handed slider in the Minors today, and Parker has two other secondary offerings that should grade as a 60 by the time he reaches his mid-20s.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Parker missed all of 2010 due to his surgery, so this ranking may seem ludicrous to some people and is considerably more aggressive than most other ranking systems out there.\u00a0 Here\u2019s why: Parker is the only guy in the game with the combination of arm speed, athleticism, command, and diversity of pitches, as well as a clear path to Major League starts in his early 20s.\u00a0 The fact that he already had TJS only reinforces his value because he basically has a new elbow.\u00a0 Based on early evaluations of his recovery, he seems more like a Jordan Zimmerman than a Francisco Liriano<\/a><\/strong> right now.<\/p>\n

With the insane talent in 2011\u2019s draft class, and the Diamondbacks possessing two of the first seven picks, there is a chance we might see a rotation along the lines of Parker, Daniel Hudson<\/a><\/strong>, and any combination of two guys from a list of Gerrit Cole, Matt Purke, Sonny Gray, and Taylor Jungmann.\u00a0 Wow.\u00a0 Can\u2019t wait.\u00a0 Go Diamondbacks!<\/p>\n

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