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Luke French
2004 GRAD
 |  LHP/1B
 |  Littleton, CO
MLB DRAFT
ROUND 8 - 2004
MLB DEBUTED
May 15, 2009
COMMITMENT
Best PG Grade
9.5
ABOUT PG GRADES
NATIONAL RANKING CO STATE RANKING
132 NA
NA NA
OVERALL LHP OVERALL LHP
Heritage
HIGH SCHOOL
6-3
  220

HEIGHT/WEIGHT
L/L
BATS/THROWS
38 and 1 mos
AGE
18 and 8 mos
Age at 2004 Draft
WANT VIDEO?
PG EVENT RESULTS
87 mph
FB VELO 10/24/2003
7.62 sec
60 YARD DASH 6/13/2003
86 mph
IF VELO 6/13/2003
LATEST PG SHOWCASE REPORT
2003 National Showcase  
French, a strong, athletic southpaw, created quite a stir during infield drills the first day of the National Showcase. Playing first base, French fired the ball across the Nebraska diamond at 88 mph. With his listed position as pitcher, everyone was anxious to see what French would do on the hill. Maybe he threw too hard during infield. He only touched 86 from the mound during the game and had sort of a John Rocker type arm action, much stiffer than he showed throwing across the infield. His secondary pitches, a 75 mph slider and a 73 mph change up both showed some quality and French mixed his pitches and threw quality strikes with them, but we were left with the impression that there was a lot more left unseen. In any case, he is a big time DI lefty at the very least. On a very positive note was French’s bat. He hit a couple of balls out during batting practice and showed good bat speed and power potential. In fact, we liked his bat even better than his outstanding pitching ability. He stays under control with a well balanced swing that creates excellent bat speed. He has wood bat power already even though he could best be described a line drive hitter.
PG CAREER PROGRESSION
+1 MPH
FB Velo since 06/13/2003
Best PG Grade: 9.5
PERCENTILE RANKINGS
CLASS OF 2004 in the recorded year
CATEGORY TOP RESULT CLASS AVG PERCENTILE
FB 87 mph 83 mph
74.28%
60 7.62 sec 7.39 sec
27.20%
IF 86 mph 77 mph
95.76%