Everett Teaford
| IP | 111 |
|---|---|
| ERA | 4.135 |
| WHIP | 1.333 |
| BB/9 | 3.081 |
| SO/9 | 5.432 |
- Full name Everett James Teaford
- Born 05/15/1984 in Alpharetta, GA
- Profile Ht.: 6'0" / Wt.: 160 / Bats: L / Throws: L
- School Georgia Southern
- Debut 05/17/2011
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Drafted in the 12th round (347th overall) by the Kansas City Royals in 2006.
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Everett Teaford has an advanced feel for pitching and an aggressive approach. Despite his 122-28 strikeout-walk ratio, his 6-foot, 155-pound frame hurts his professional stock.
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The Royals left Teaford unprotected in the 2009 Rule 5 draft, and to no one's surprise, he went unpicked. But in the two years since, he has improved his stuff and transformed from roster-filler to big leaguer. He showed in 2011 that the improvements he made the year before weren't a fluke. Teaford doesn't have an explanation for why his former 88-90 mph fastball jumped to 90-93. But that increase in velocity made all the difference, helping his average breaking ball and changeup play up. He also throws a cutter at times, and he can vary his arm slot to make life harder on lefthanders. He does a good job of throwing strikes. Teaford worked both out of the bullpen and the rotation in 2011, and figures to serve Kansas City in a swing role in the short term. His ceiling isn't particularly high, but he already has proven he can get big league hitters out.
