Mark Prior  
Starting Pitcher | Sacramento Knights

Pitching
Prior also has a decent changeup. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Prior is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Prior has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
The Sacramento Knights were smart, they locked Prior up to a long term contract. Prior has impressed at the A-ball level. Look for the Sacramento Knights to give him a shot in Double or Triple A before the year is up. I really like what this kid brings to the table.

          -- Ska Nyman, A-Ball Scout
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2008 MIN 80 81 40 43 49 50 47 53 49 88 51 56 0 60 0 0 18 0 Overhand Low Minors 4 5 37 51 344
2009 SAC 79 82 47 44 49 50 47 53 49 88 51 56 0 60 0 0 19 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 7 51 352
2010 SAC 79 85 52 46 49 50 47 53 49 88 51 56 0 60 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 53 361
Ratings Delta     +3 +5 +2                         +1           -7 +2 +9
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.