2007 Baseball Draft, Part 2

Here are a few more players that the Royals are looking at for the 2007 draft on Thursday:

Matt Harvey / RHP / High School (Groton, CT)

• 6-4 190 pounds
• Throws 92-94 early in the game but loses velocity as the game goes on
• Fastball has good life when he keeps it down
• Throws an overhand curve with tight rotation
• Still developing his change up, tips the pitch off with slowed arm speed
• Slow delivery which sometimes leads to flawed mechanics
• Listed by Keith Law (from Scouts Inc.) as the number two best available player in this year's draft
• Read more about him here

Jarrod Parker / RHP / High School (Norwell, IN)

• 6-2 195 pounds
• Sometimes compared to Tim Lincecum
• Fastball ranges from 94-97
• Fastball has the most life when he throws it inside
• Curve clocks in at 78-79, but he hasn't used it a lot
• Change is 81-82, but he hasn't used it a lot
• Great command of his fastball
• Competitive, great athlete
• Considered to be a little undersized (his weight is listed anywhere between 175-195
• Read more about him here

Andrew Brackman / RHP / North Carolina State

• 6-10 240
• Fastball ranges from 92-97, throws both a two-seamer and four-seamer
• Throws a knuckle curve in the 78-81 range
• His change up clocks in between 82-84 and it's considered to be average
• Goes right after hitters
• Some concern about his durability since he was shut down late in the season with a tired arm
• Read more about him here