Brandon Durden

Teams that use college stats as a guide in the draft won't be interested in Durden, who went 3-5, 4.60 this spring with 72 strikeouts and 104 hits allowed in 88 innings. He was benefiting from the interest teams showed in teammate Matt Goyen (9-1, 1.99), who emerged as a prospect in the Cape Cod League last summer. Durden has much more stuff than Goyen, and a lefthander with a fastball that sits in the 88-92 mph range and touches 94 will get drafted well. Durden's velocity increased from the fall, as he continued to get stronger and was able to maintain his mechanics better this spring. Durden's slider also has velocity, sitting between 80-83 mph. Durden has little of the polish Goyen offers, and his breaking ball remains inconsistent. Even in Division II, hitters who got ahead in the count could wait on his fastball and punish it. Durden's changeup has a ways to go, but his velocity made him the exception this spring in Georgia, and scouts flocked to see him.