Garrett Broshuis

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  Ranked San Francisco Giants #24 prospect in 2005
  Broshuis endeared himself to Giants minor league pitching coordinator Bert Bradley because he shares Bradley's idea of pitching: throw quality strikes early in the count, no matter what your velocity. Broshuis doesn't have overpowering stuff, but his advanced feel for pitching helped him go from the fifth round last June to high Class A in a month. He didn't stick around for the playoffs or instructional league, returning to Missouri to finish his psychology degree. Broshuis went 11-0, 2.61 for the Tigers last spring after lowering his arm slot from overhand to three-quarters. He sacrificed velocity and ended up throwing in the 87-89 mph range, but he gained good movement on his sinker. The new arm slot also prompted him to switch from a curveball to a slider. He already has good feel for the slider, an average pitch, adding and subtracting velocity as needed. His changeup is solid, and Broshuis moves all three pitches around the strike zone. He's a good athlete who fields his position well and has a good pickoff move. He'll return to San Jose for 2005, where he'll need to show a little less respect for hitters and return to his attacking style.