LATEST PG SHOWCASE REPORT
2006 California Showcase-Aug 26 & 27
Jeff Grijalva is a 2007 RHP/OF with a 6'4'', 195 lb. frame from San Clemente CA, who attends San Clemente HS. Selected as a Top Prospect at this event. Grijalva is a power pitching prospect. He gave an early verbal commitment to USC and now will head into the spring looking to boost his professional profile. He is built like a power pitcher, with a broad upper body that will carry future strength and size gains and a powerful lower half, with broad hips. Grijalva has a strong and pretty fast arm. The longer his outing went along, the looser and better he got, especially his breaking ball. Girjalva pitches from a high 3/4 slot. He is a little rough mechanically, particularly getting outside of his stride leg, losing momentum toward the plate. That can be corrected. His fastball topped at 90 and sat in the upper 80s. It is pretty heavy and is cable of developing into a power sinker. Grijalva's curveball appeared to be his bread and butter pitch and the more he threw it the better it got. It has big, two plane action, though at times is quite slurvy. With some mechanical adjustments, he has a potential power downer curveball, a legitimate out pitch. With more development of his mechanics, he could move into the consistent low 90s.