Calvin Drummond Stats & Scouting Report

IP	234
ERA	3.462
WHIP	1.415
BB/9	4.423
SO/9	9.538

Full name Calvin Neal Drummond
Born 09/22/1989 in Huntington Beach, CA
Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 200 / Bats: R / Throws: R
School San Diego
Drafted in the 6th round (186th overall) by the Detroit Tigers in 2013 (signed for $60,000).

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Drummond has been drafted three times and attended four colleges, but his winding path may finally be leading him to pro ball. The Brewers took him in the 34th round out of high school in California in 2008, but he headed to Arizona State instead. He transferred before baseball season started, going to Orange Coast (Calif.) JC and spending the 2009 season there before transferring to San Diego. He redshirted in 2010 and then pitched two seasons for the Toreros, getting drafted in the 34th round by the Nationals in 2011 and the 38th round by the Athletics last year. He did not sign but then became ineligible at San Diego, so he transferred to NAIA Arizona Christian for his senior year. He couldn't get eligible there either, so he has been working out with the team and at Arizona spring training complexes. Drummond has a big, strong frame at 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds. Plenty of scouts in the Phoenix area have seen his bullpen sessions, and while he pitched in the 89-92 mph range last year, he was up to 96 mph this spring. He flashes a plus slider and mixes in an occasional curveball and changeup. At 23, Drummond will likely be moved along quickly as a power bullpen arm.

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Drummond took an unorthodox path to pro ball, going unsigned three times after being drafted and attending four colleges before landing with the Tigers. An unsigned Brewers 34th-round pick out of high school in 2008, Drummond went to Arizona State but transferred to Orange Coast (Calif.) JC before the 2009 season even started. He transferred to San Diego in 2010, where he redshirted. He pitched two seasons for the Toreros, going unsigned as a Nationals 34th-round pick in 2011 and an Athletics 38th-rounder in 2012. When he became ineligible at San Diego, he transferred to NAIA Arizona Christian as a senior, but he couldn't get eligible there either, so major league teams had to evaluate him throwing bullpens. The Tigers jumped on Drummond in the sixth round of the 2013 draft, signing him for $60,000. He throws 92-96 mph with sink, tail and downhill angle that helps him generate groundballs. When it's on, his plus slider is an out-pitch, though it sometimes flattens out on him. He has a below-average curveball and shows some feel for changeup, but he'll mostly need the fastball and slider out of the bullpen. He's generally around the plate with some funkiness and effort in his delivery, hiding the ball well behind a high leg lift. As a reliever entering his age-24 season, Drummond should open at high Class A Lakeland in 2014.

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Drummond has been drafted three times and attended four colleges, but his winding path may finally be leading him to pro ball. The Brewers took him in the 34th round out of high school in California in 2008, but he headed to Arizona State instead. He transferred before baseball season started, going to Orange Coast (Calif.) JC and spending the 2009 season there before transferring to San Diego. He redshirted in 2010 and then pitched two seasons for the Toreros, getting drafted in the 34th round by the Nationals in 2011 and the 38th round by the Athletics last year. He did not sign but then became ineligible at San Diego, so he transferred to NAIA Arizona Christian for his senior year. He couldn't get eligible there either, so he has been working out with the team and at Arizona spring training complexes. Drummond has a big, strong frame at 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds. Plenty of scouts in the Phoenix area have seen his bullpen sessions, and while he pitched in the 89-92 mph range last year, he was up to 96 mph this spring. He flashes a plus slider and mixes in an occasional curveball and changeup. At 23, Drummond will likely be moved along quickly as a power bullpen arm.
Drummond started his college career at Arizona State before transferring to Orange Coast CC for his freshman season in 2009. He was not eligible in 2010 after transferring to San Diego, but he has been a staple in the Toreros' weekend rotation the last two springs. He has shown better stuff early in the season before appearing to wear down in the second half of both seasons. Drummond ran his fastball up to 94 mph but settled in around 88-91 for much of the spring, bumping 92. He flashes a plus slider in the 81-83 mph range with hard tilt and depth, but it still has a tendency to flatten out up in the zone regularly. Drummond also mixes in a fringe-average downer curveball at 75-78 mph and a fringy changeup.