Barry Enright Stats & Scouting Report

IP	148
ERA	5.595
WHIP	1.473
BB/9	3.162
SO/9	4.622

Full name Barry Ryan Enright
Born 03/30/1986 in Stockton, CA
Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 220 / Bats: R / Throws: R
School Pepperdine
Debut 06/30/2010
Drafted in the 2nd round (73rd overall) by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2007 (signed for $441,000).

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Few college players were having better seasons than Enright, who could go early to a performance-oriented organization. He had climbed to second all-time at Pepperdine in wins, with a career 34-5 record, and his competitiveness and unwillingness to give in to hitters endears him to scouts. On a good day, Enright touches 90-92 mph with his fastball, but he pitches in the 87-89 range, and none of his secondary pitches--slider, curveball or changeup--excites scouts either. His command rivals that of fellow SoCal college righties James Simmons and Wes Roemer, however, and he had walked just 1.62 batters per nine over nearly 333 career innings. He improved his feel for pitching steadily through his college career and firmed up his body. His stuff, strike-throwing and bulldog nature profile him best as a middle reliever, but he'll get a chance in the back of a professional rotation.

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In his first full season, Enright did the expected in making 29 starts and piling up 164 innings, which led the high Class A California League. His 143 strikeouts topped the league as well. His ERA wasn't what Arizona would have hoped for, but he was much better in the second half of the season, with a 5.11 ERA in the first half and 3.69 ERA in the second. Enright succeeds by throwing strikes and eating innings, and with his solid frame and clean arm action he has already shown he can be a workhorse. His fastball works around 90 mph, touching 92, and he tightened up his slider and showed progress with his changeup last season. He also showed an occasional curveball to give hitters a different look. His early struggles taught Enright the importance of fastball command as well as pitch efficiency. Early in the season he worked up in the zone way too often, and he also threw too many pitches. He doesn't throw anything overpowering so has to be able to spot his pitches. Enright's ceiling is as a back-of-the-rotation starter, and the key to reaching that will be how he handles lefthanders, who batted .320 against him last year (compared to .239 for righties), as he moves up. He'll move up to Double-A for 2009.
The Diamondbacks made a point of taking Friday night college starters in their 2007 draft, and Enright outperformed them all. He signed quickly for $441,000 as a second-rounder after compiling a 35-8 record in three years at Pepperdine, then didn't allow an earned run in 10 pro appearances. Arizona kept his workload light after he threw 131 innings in the spring. Enright dominated hitters all spring and summer with an average fastball that sits at 88-91 mph and peaks at 92 mph. Command is his forte, but Arizona also loved his willingness to attack hitters and put them away early. He has a great feel for pitching and clean arm action. He also tightened his slider, making it an effective second pitch, and shows a knack for adding and subtracting velocity. None of Enright's offerings are legitimate out pitches, and his curveball and changeup are a notch behind his fastball and slider. He'll have to prove he has the stuff to get more advanced hitters out. Some scouts saw Enright as a middle reliever coming out of the draft, but the Diamondbacks are expecting more. He'll probably open the season in high Class A, where he finished his pro debut.