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No. 23 Texas Tech 3, No. 14 Houston 2
The first game of the 2016 Shriner’s Hospital for Children Houston College Classic pitted two interesting starting righthanded pitchers against one another. Houston’s Andrew Lantrip and Texas Tech’s Ryan Moseley are both juniors that should draw plenty of interest this upcoming June for the MLB Draft.
Ryan Moseley has flashed quality stuff dating back to his high school days, and he was even drafted in the 36th round by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2013 out of Cooper High School in Lubbock. Since he decided to stay in town and pitch for the Red Raiders, Moseley has been solid in both the bullpen and the starting rotation. 2016 figures to be a big year in his development, and on Friday afternoon he threw well in front of plenty of scouts. The 6-foot-3, 200 pound righty has a solid, sturdy build and works to a three-quarter’s arm slot.
His fastball command has wavered at times, and on Friday there were some moments where it seemed to get away from him. However, Moseley was seemingly always able regroup and throw his 90-94 mph heater for strikes when he needed to. The pitch displayed solid sinking life and was a tough pitch for opposing hitters to lift, much less barrel when it was located down in the strike zone. When Moseley left the pitch up he ran into some more trouble, but he also had the benefit of working in his slider, which flashed above-average. The 79-82 mph offering generated plenty of swings and misses throughout his five innings of work, and he clearly got more comfortable throwing the pitch as the game progressed. Moseley was able to manipulate the depth and shape of the slider depending on the count and situation, with his best showing quality two-plane depth and late finish to his gloveside.
The strikeout tally wasn’t there on Friday (5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K), but Moseley mostly was able to limit hard contact and do enough to keep a talented Houston offense at bay and give his team a chance to win.
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