All 3 of Kennedy’s secondary pitches (change, curve, 2-seamer – I wonder if Nardi Contreras scrapped his slider like he did with Hughes) are better than any of Clippard’s secondary offerings, somewhat significantly in the changeup department.

Kennedy’s just alot more polished too, he has a better understanding of what it takes to be a pitcher. You won’t catch him walking the pitcher in interleague games anytime soon.

Otherwise though, they’re very similar like you said: undersized (Clip is 6’4″, but he’s rail thin), great K/BB, eh GB/FB. It’s also worth noting that both are extremely durable. Even though Kennedy’s velocity was down last year, he didn’t miss a start, and actually threw a 10 inning complete game last spring while at USC.

1. 88-91 mph fastball. check
2. good command of average off- speed pitches and fastball. check
3. small frame pitchers. check
4. high k/bb numbers. check
5. low groundball/flyball ratio. check.

But, you like kennedy and more or less despise Clip. Whats the deal? What am i missing? you call kennedy “mini moose” but he seems more like “less experienced, yet older version of Clip” at this point, no? I mean, if kennedy was in the 91-93 range like he was as a sophomore than i could understand but all i;ve read is hes sittin still at 88-91 and appears to get a lot of outs off his off speed (hence the ridiculous flyball tendencies) as oppose to his fastball. I’d like to get excited for Kennedy but he just seems like every other Yankee pitching prospect aside from dellin and Joba. high eighties-low nineties heat with good command and some average ml ability to throw off speed pitches for strikes to young hitters. Keep me posted man, i’d like to hear what you hafta say. Love the blog, awesome job.