Some good info from John Sickels and another blogger.

In John Sickels’ ongoing series “Not a Rookie” (yes, it appears I stole my title from his site! Although I’m not totally sure, I probably subconsciously did…sorry John), he profiles Micah Owings. The key takeaway from the article is the following paragraph:

“I see him as an inning-eater type who should maintain his current level of above-average performance, perhaps with improvement as he gains experience. He doesn’t strike me as the type with a higher-than-average injury risk. I’d like to see his walk rate come down a little bit. It’s not bad, but improved command would obviously help him a great deal, as I don’t think we’re going to see a huge velocity or dominance boost.”

I also found some good scouting info from this blog, with some interesting observations:

“for all intents and purposes, owings throws 1 pitch. he throws a 90 MPH version of a fastball that tends to dive in towards a RHB. he throws a 84 MPH version that tends to dive in towards a RHB. owings also throws a 77 MPH version that tends to dive in towards a RHB.

generally, he throws it [his slider] low, and he does get a lot of swinging strikes on it, but it doesn’t look all that impressive, and i get the feeling that he struggles with consistency in throwing it. i’d also prefer for owings to refine his changeup to the point that he actually has confidence in throwing it.

his fastball is average, his slider lacks depth, and he doesn’t appear to have confidence in his changeup…i expect a significant regression for 2008“

So it seems like they are in general agreement with the opinion I formed in my original article.

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