Seth Streich Stats & Scouting Report

IP	262
ERA	3.366
WHIP	1.267
BB/9	2.782
SO/9	8.45

Full name Seth Thomas Streich
Born 02/19/1991 in Johnsonburg, PA
Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 210 / Bats: L / Throws: R
School Ohio
Drafted in the 6th round (199th overall) by the Oakland Athletics in 2012 (signed for $183,500).

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Streich has rarely been completely healthy this spring, pitching through hamstring and oblique injuries that cost him two starts. Neverthless, he has shown some of the best velocity in the Great Lakes. Streich can run his fastball up to 95 mph and sit at 92-93 mph throughout a game when he's at his best. He also can overpower hitters with an 85-86 mph slider. He has a strong pitcher's build at 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds. Streich lacks consistency with his pitches, in particular his control and command, and has gone just 9-16, 4.93 in three seasons at Ohio. He also has played first base and DH for the Bobcats, and scouts believe he'll improve once he concentrates on pitching. The Twins selected his brother Tobias as a catcher in the fifth round in 2009, and Streich should go in the same area of this year's draft.

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Streich had shown encouraging signs ever since the Athletics brought in the former Ohio two-way player in 2012, and now the results are catching up. He went to the challenging high Class A California League in 2014 and won the league ERA (3.16) title. Streich is generally more of a command pitcher, though he does show impressive stuff on his best days. His fastball sits in the low 90s but he can reach 96 mph. His heater has some natural cut at times and he can also throw two-seamers with armside sink. He doesn't have a wipeout secondary pitch in either his curveball or changeup, but both are effective and he'll use any pitch in any count. Streich's changeup has good depth, while his curve has tight top-to-bottom movement. He didn't make any real mechanical changes, but he didn't pitch as passively as in past years. He'll have to prove he's more than a back-of-the-rotation arm, with Double-A Midland his next stop.
A two-way player at Ohio, Streich was more successful as a college hitter but a better prospect on the mound. The Athletics signed him for $183,500 as a 2012 sixth-rounder, and he struggled in the first half of 2013 before finishing strong until he was shut down to control his innings. He throws a solid three-pitch mix, beginning with a low-90s sinking fastball he throws with good plane and easy effort. He has an average changeup that flashes plus at times with cutting action, but most of his improvement in 2013 came from the strides he made with his curveball. As the season went on, Streich did a better job of staying on line and getting over his front side in his delivery, helping him drive the ball down, all of which added up to a better curve. The improved breaking ball should help boost his modest strikeout totals. He doesn't have any problems throwing strikes, particularly with the fastball and changeup. The A's will look for Streich to maintain the consistency of his delivery and pitches as he moves up to high Class A Stockton in 2014.
Streich was a two-way player for Ohio, pitching in the weekend rotation and doubling as a first baseman and DH. Hampered by hamstring and oblique injuries in 2012, he went just 4-7, 4.42, but the A's had seen enough to give him $183,500 in the sixth round. They also once drafted Streich's older brother Tobias in the 26th round in 2007, though they didn't sign him. The younger Streich uses a simple delivery that looks like he's just playing catch, and he pounds the zone with a low-90s fastball that reaches 95 mph. He also possesses a promising changeup with splitter-like action. Oakland felt Streich's slider tended to get too flat, so he went to work on tweaking his grips and finding more angle in instructional league. By the end of the fall, he had developed both a solid 76-77 mph curveball with tight rotation and a cutter. The A's believe both pitches can become weapons. After pitching well in his debut and building on that momentum in instructional league, Streich will open his first full pro season in low Class A. He has the mix to be a mid-rotation starter.

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Streich has rarely been completely healthy this spring, pitching through hamstring and oblique injuries that cost him two starts. Neverthless, he has shown some of the best velocity in the Great Lakes. Streich can run his fastball up to 95 mph and sit at 92-93 mph throughout a game when he's at his best. He also can overpower hitters with an 85-86 mph slider. He has a strong pitcher's build at 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds. Streich lacks consistency with his pitches, in particular his control and command, and has gone just 9-16, 4.93 in three seasons at Ohio. He also has played first base and DH for the Bobcats, and scouts believe he'll improve once he concentrates on pitching. The Twins selected his brother Tobias as a catcher in the fifth round in 2009, and Streich should go in the same area of this year's draft.