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Card

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Card is a William & Mary commit. Throws from a higher three-quarters arm slot, short quick arm action, normal effort, some fall off in his finish. Simple delivery that he repeats well. Fastball was 79-82, touching 84 with a bit of late life. Slider was 70-73 with hard late 2/8 break and very good armspeed. Change-up was outstanding and drew swing-and misses, had late hard fade and very good armspeed, running 72-75. Showed comfort throwing all three pitches in any count and ability to throw all for strikes. Moves fastball up and down and does a good job of hiding the ball and creating natural deception to make his velocity play up significantly. Clearly knows how to pitch, athleticism and projection in frame suggest there is still more in the tank for Card.

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Card is 6-0 with an athletic frame that has some projection left to it. He throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short loose arm action and easy effort to his delivery. Shoulders are uphill and closed, lands slightly closed with an athletic finish. Fastball was 77-79, touching 81, pitch gets two plane movement with armside run and late sink as well. Slider was 67-71 with good armspeed and big gradual 2/8 sweeping break. Change-up was 68-71 with good armspeed and heavy late fade to it. Change-up is best secondary offering. Showed ability to command fastball and change-up to different parts of the zone. Mostly worked 77-79, grabbed an 80 and an 81 in a key spot in the second inning, velocity was more in the 75-77 range later in his outing.