Week 11 Little Hero of the Week

KYLE CRICK, RHP GIANTS Team: low Class A Augusta (South Atlantic) Age: 19 Why He's Here: 1-0, 0.00, 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 8 SO, 4 BB The Scoop: A supplemental pick in last year's draft, Crick has responded to an aggressive jump to the South Atlantic League. Still relatively new to pitching, the 6-foot-4, 220-pound righty has proved he has swing-and-miss stuff—his 11.3 strikeouts per nine innings ranks second in the league behind Greenville lefthander Henry Owens. Typical of Texas prep draftees, Crick's fastball sits easily in the low 90s and tops out at 97 mph. He's working on cleaning up his delivery and getting more on line to the plate, and while his walk rate (5.3 per nine) is an area for improvement, Crick is the best power arm in a system that usually knows what to do with them.