Posted by Jay Floyd, Thu, March 08, 2012 08:00 AM | Comments: 2
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The graduate of Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia combined to sport a 4-1 record with a 3.92 ERA and a .241 batting average against in 12 starts with the Gulf Coast League Phillies and the Williamsport Crosscutters in 2010.
In 2011, Biddle became an All-Star in the South Atlantic League with the Class A Lakewood BlueClaws. As the team’s most dependable starter through much of the year, Biddle posted a 7-8 record with a 2.98 ERA in 25 games (24 starts) and struck out 124 batters in 133 innings pitched. In addition, he held opponents to a .219 batting average.
The 6-foot-5-inch 235-pound Biddle seems to improve down the stretch, as the 6-foot-4-inch 225-pounder rocked a 2.61 ERA in three Class-A short-season starts after his August, 2010 promotion from the GCL. He also wrapped up his 2011 campaign with a stellar stretch in which he tallied a 1.91 ERA over his final 12 outings.
What’s even more impressive about how Biddle finished his 2011 season is that he began the year with a 0-4 record and a 5.91 ERA through his opening 5 starts. Adjustments were key for Biddle, who worked closely with pitching coach Steve Schrenk to develop a better approach against SAL hitters.
Confident in his own abilities, Biddle maintains a tight focus on the tasks at hand on a frequent basis, even on off days. There is not a day that passes in which Biddle hasn’t done homework in some fashion to learn a bit more about the game of baseball. Biddle also has a great frame of mind and realizes that achievements and promotions won’t be handed to him and that he has much work ahead at all times.
The 20-year-old left his final 2011 regular season start with a knee ailment that was described as a tightening of the joint. Rest and rehab worked well as Biddle spent time this off-season in the Florida Instructional League and is now raring to go, at full health, for the upcoming campaign.
Armed with a four-seam fastball that was regularly clocked around 92 MPH throughout the 2011 season, a strong curveball and a developing change up, Biddle is expected to move up a level to the Class-A Advanced Clearwater Threshers this year, where he’ll join new Threshers skipper Chris Truby, who has managed the Biddle in Williamsport and Lakewood.
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2 CommentsPosts: 0 TheDipsy
So he’s got a slow fastball. How good is the curve, Jay? Control? What makes him good? I wouldn’t be asking if he threw 96-97.
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What’s going on in that 4th paragraph? He shrinks an inch and drops 10lbs in the first line.
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