4/2/2012 8:00:49 AM
LHP Mason Melotakis has come a long way from when he was a 6-2/165 rising senior at Grapevine (TX) High School and topped out at 85 mph at the 2008 WWBA 17U National Championship.
Melotakis is now 6-3/205 and one of the hardest throwing pitchers in the 2012 draft class. He has regularly been topping out at 97 mph as the closer this spring (1-1, 3.28, 7 SV, 6 BB/27 K's in 24 IP) at Northwestern (LA) State and rarely drops below 93-94 mph. He's recovered from a February 28th outing at Texas A&M when he allowed 6 hits in 1 1/3 inning and has been especially dominant recently, allowing only 2 runs in his last 15 innings, including 5 and 3 inning outings where he didn't walk a hitter.
Melotakis probably won't make it into the first round as he shows little present feel for either his slider or change up, but consistent mid-90's fastballs with good command from left side isn't going to last much longer than that.