Game Breakdown: RHP Daniel Corcino

Scouting background

Pitches: Fastball, slider/curveball and change up. His fastball works 91-94 MPH and touches 96 at times. His breaking ball, he will tell you is a slider. After watching it from the center field camera all game, it looks a lot more like a power curveball to me which is why I listed it as a slider/curveball. He also throws a change up.

Mechanics: If you have seen Johnny Cueto pitch, he throws just like him right down to the off balance, one leg finish toward first base.

Game information

The game that I observed from Daniel Corcino was from June 3, 2011 against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. Corcino threw 7 shutout innings with just 3 hits, no walks and had 10 strikeouts. You can see the box score for the game here.

Game breakdown

Here is the pitch by pitch breakdown of the game:

Pitch	Type	Targer?	Result	Position	Notes
1	Fastball	Hit	foul	Middle out
2	UNK	Camera missed	Called strike
3	Fastball	Hit	Called strike	Low outside corner
4	Fastball	Camera missed
5	Fastball	Hit	Called strike	Low inside
6	Fastball	Missed	Ball	Very low inside
7	Fastball	Missed	Ball	Low middle
8	Change	Hit	Groundout 2B	Low middle
9	Fastball	Hit	Called strike	Low middle
10	Fastball	Missed	Groundout 1B	Middle inside
11	UNK	Missed	strike
12	Fastball	Hit	swinging strike	Middle outside
13	Fastball	Missed	line drive out to 2B	Inside middle
14	Curveball	Hit	Called strike	Middle inside
15	Curveball	Missed	bunt out
16	Fastball	Hit	ball
17	Fastball	Hit	foul	outside middle
18	Fastball	hit	foul	outside middle
19	Fastball	Missed	ball	way outside middle
20	Fastball	hit	foul	Inside middle
21	Fastball	Missed	ball	outside high
22	Fastball	hit	groundout 2B	middle middle
23	I	missed	it
24	I	Missed	it
25	Fastball	missed	ball	low middle
26	Fastball	hit	foul	low middle
27	Fastball	hit	foul	Middle inside
28	Fastball	hit	double to LF	Middle inside
29	Fastball	Missed	ball	way up and in
30	Fastball	hit	foul	middle middle
31	Fastball	Missed	ball	middle outside
32	Fastball	hit	swinging strike	Low outside corner
33	Fastball	hit	swinging strike	up and outside corner
34	Fastball	hit	groundout 3B	Inside middle
35	Curveball	hit	Called strike	Low outside corner
36	Curveball	Missed	swinging strike	low outside in the dirt
37	Fastball	Missed	ball	up and outside corner
38	Curveball	hit	swinging strike	middle outside
39	Fastball	hit	ball	middle outside
40	Fastball	hit	Called strike	middle outside
41	fastball	hit	single to 1B	Middle inside	1B dove
42	Fastball	Missed	ball	up and outside
43	Fastball	hit	Called strike	low and outside corner
44	Fastball	hit	Called strike	low and outside corner
45	Fastball	hit	Called strike	low and outside corner
46	Fastball	Missed	Called strike	low and inside corner
47	Fastball	Missed	foul	up and outside corner
48	Fastball	Missed	ball	way outside and low
49	Curveball	hit	GBDP to SS	middle and inside corner
50	Fastball	Missed	ball	low and way outside
51	Camera	Missed	the	pitch
52	Fastball	missed	foul	Middle inside
53	Curveball	hit	groundout 2B	Middle inside
54	Fastball	Missed	Called strike	Low outside corner
55	Fastball	hit	foul	Low outside corner
56	Fastball	hit	foul	Middle outside
57	Fastball	hit	ball	Up and outside
58	Curveball	hit	swinging strike	low and inside corner
59	Curveball	hit	Called strike	low and outside corner
60	Curveball	hit	foul	middle and low
61	Curveball	hit	flyout CF	middle and low
62	Fastball	hit	foul	low and outside corner
63	Curveball	hit	Called strike	low and outside corner
64	Fastball	hit	ball	low and outside corner
65	UNK	missed	swinging strike	low and in the dirt
66	Fastball	Missed	Ball	low and way outside
67	Fastball	hit	Called strike	low and outside corner
68	Curveball	hit	swinging strike	low and middle
69	Curveball	hit	Called strike	low and outside corner
70	Fastball	Missed	ball	middle and way outside
71	Fastball	hit	single to LF	middle middle
72	Change	hit	Called strike	Low outside corner
73	Fastball	hit	ball	middle outside
74	Fastball	Missed	ball	low and inside
75	Fastball	hit	Called strike	low and outside corner
76	Fastball	hit	swinging strike	low and outside corner
77	Fastball	Missed	ball	very low and outside
78	Fastball	Missed	ball	middle and outside
79	Fastball	hit	swinging strike	low and outside corner
80	Fastball	hit	Called strike	low and outside corner
81	Fastball	Hit	foul	low and outside corner
82	Fastball	Missed	swinging strike	high and middle
83	Fastball	Missed	ball	high and outside
84	Fastball	missed	ball	high and outside
85	Fastball	missed	ball	high and outside
86	Fastball	hit	Called strike	middle and outside
87	Fastball	hit	pop up 3B	middle and inside
88	Change	hit	swinging strike	low and middle
89	Curveball	hit	Called strike	low and outside corner
90	Fastball	hit	swinging strike	high and middle	94 MPH fastball

Statistical Breakdown

Note: Some of the fastball’s could have been change up’s as there was not a radar gun for the broadcast on tv. I only noted change up when the pitch speed was announced or it was clearly a change up. It is very likely I missed a few change up’s and listed them as fastballs and does skew the numbers below some.

Pitch	Selection	Strike Rate
Fastball	79%	Fastball	65.15%
Curveball	18%	Curveball	100%
Change Up	4%	Change Up	100%

Pitch	Ball	Called K	Swing K	Foul	In play
Fastball	24	13	7	13	8
Change Up	0	1	1	0	1
Curveball	0	6	4	2	4

Overall Observations

After watching this game I came to one conclusion: Daniel Corcino is the best pitching prospect we have in the minor leagues. We hadn’t drafted Robert Stephenson at the time, so it was an easier decision to make, but even still, I don’t think Stephenson is on par with Corcino right now until he shows something in pro ball. His fastball has above average velocity, his breaking ball (whatever it truly is) is a plus pitch right now and his change up is solid. During the game he also showed good control of all of his pitches. It would not surprise me if he were to head to Bakersfield after the Midwest League All Star Game.

For the next article in the series I want to focus on a hitter. Since I only have access to Dayton or Louisville games on demand, I will take suggestions from those two teams where I will focus on one hitter for an entire series.

Who are the favorites to fill out the Reds rotation?

Cincinnati Reds State of the Farm: Starting Pitching