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7/8/2009 - BASEBALL
Rockies sign first-round pitcher Rex Brothers
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DENVER - Rex Brothers wants to be in the majors. So he didn’t wait long to sign a contract with the Rockies. The college left-hander rose up draft boards this spring. In fact, Rockies’ manager Jim Tracy’s son scouted Brothers, and gave dad a gushing scouting report. Nolan Arenado (2nd round) and first baseman Ben Paulsen (3rd round) also signed. Here’s more info from the Rockies’ PR staff, specifically Charlie Hepp.
All three players will be at Coors Field during the next three days.
Rex Brothers, LHP: The Rockies first round supplemental selection / 34th overall out of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn…the 6-foot-1, 205-pound junior went 5-5 with a 3.26 ERA with 132 strikeouts in 94.0 innings pitched in 2009…Brothers led the club with his 3.26 ERA, and held a 12.64 strikeouts per 9.0 innings pitched ratio this season, which ranked 4th in the nation…his 132 strikeouts were the 5th most in the nation this season, despite Lipscomb not having made the NCAA tournament…opponents batted just .210 (74-for-352) against him in 2009…led the club with 4 complete games, including one complete game shutout…was ranked by Baseball America as the 3rd best left-handed pitcher, and 17th best player overall available for the draft…was named to the Atlantic Sun first team All-Conference team this season…Brothers is the highest drafted player from Lipscomb since Rockies current Roving Pitching Coordinator Bo McLaughlin was taken in the first round of the 1975 draft…was named the Atlantic Sun Freshman of the year in 2007.
