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February 28, 2007
Dodgers: Elbert impresses
Scott Elbert, the Dodgers' top left-handed pitching prospect and the club's first-round pick (17th overall) in the 2004 amateur draft, pitched the final half-inning of today's intrasquad. While he retired only two of the four batters he faced and walked the other two (the game ended after Delwyn Young drew the second walk because Elbert had reached his pitch limit), Elbert used every pitch in his repertoire, getting Andy La Roche to ground into a force at second and striking out non-roster catcher A.J. Ellis. Elbert, who will begin the season either at Double-A Jacksonville or at Triple-A Las Vegas, probably will be among the first cuts from big-league camp. But with four split squads in the next two weeks. he'll get several more chances to impress general manager Ned Colletti, manager Grady Little and pitching coach Rick Honeycutt before that happens. "I'm just trying to stay within myself, even though that's hard to do in my situation,'' Elbert said. "Your intensity starts to pick up as the game goes on."
Posted by Tony Jackson at February 28, 2007 12:42 PM