 Tim Alderson (Horizon High School)
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Biographical Data | |
| Player Name: | Tim Alderson |
| Position: | Starting Pitcher |
| School: | Horizon High School, Scottsdale, AZ |
| School Type: | High school |
| Academic Class: | Senior |
| Birthdate: | 11/03/88 |
| Height: | 6'7" |
| Weight: | 210 lbs. |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Report Date(s): | 03/26/07 |
| Game(s): | Bishop Gorman |
Focus Area | Comments |
| Fastball: | Alderson's fastball sits in the 89-93 mph range and grades out as a solid-average to a tick above-average pitch. |
| Curve: | Alderson's curve has the chance to be a plus pitch in the future. |
| Changeup: | Alderson has a decent changeup, but doesn't need to use it much in high school. |
| Control: | Alderson has plus, plus command. He issued his first walk of the season in this start while striking out 13. Dating back to last year, he's walked nine and struck out 173. |
| Poise: | Alderson has excellent mound presence and poise, competing extremely well against a top-ranked opponent in Bishop Gorman. |
| Physical Description: | Alderson is a tall right-hander with an unorthodox delivery. He's athletic and coordinated on the mound and seems to handle his delivery fine. |
| Medical Update: | Healthy. |
| Strengths: | Chance to be three-pitch pitcher; a strike-throwing machine with a lot of deception in his delivery. |
| Weaknesses: | That delivery and arm action may scare some people off. He pitches exclusively from the stretch, something they start pitchers with in their freshman and sophomore seasons. Alderson stayed with it and made it work for him. |
| Summary: | With a unique delivery, pitching out of the stretch and unorthodox arm action, some teams may be wary. But Alderson has the chance to have three above-average pitches with outstanding command in a big, athletic package. |