Draft Info & Analysis

Rd	Pick	Overall	Player	Organization	Position	B/T	Height	Weight	DOB	Class
1st	25th	25th	Bradley Sullivan	U of Houston	Starter (RHP)	R/R	6’ 1”	190	9/12/81	College Junior

What the MLB scout says: “College RHP quick to ML. Outstanding make-up. Excel work ethic. Long term durability only concern, due to delivery. ML type stuff plus intangibles make for quality RHS at ML level.”

What John Sickles Says: “Overshadowed a bit by teammate Wagner, but Sullivan is a hardthrower in his own right, and has outstanding command. He fits perfectly into what Oakland looks for in a pitcher, and should move up the ladder quickly.“

ERA	W-L	APP	GS	IP	Hits	Runs/Earned	BB	K’s
2.91	5-8	20	19	123 2/3	90	51/40	44	154

Sullivan wore number 20 in college. That means nothing, but it’s the kind of insight you can expect in this situation. Bradley Sullivan’s college junior year was one that he probably would have like a great big do-over on. His senior year stats look stale next to his junior year stats and he was largely overshadowed by his teammate, closer Ryan Wagner, who averaged almost two strikeouts per inning. Sullivan is a little taller than Tim Hudson and Hudson is a guy you could put up next to Sullivan as a measuring tool. Especially with all the bad luck. Sullivan’s sophomore season was very, very good.

ERA	W-L	APP	GS	IP	Hits	Runs/Earned	BB	K’s
1.82	13-1	18	18	128 2/3	80	32/26	49	157

His 2003 season looks like a bad season in comparison…if all you do is look at the win/loss totals and ERA. If so, Joe Morgan has an ego to sell you. Which is why Sullivan was able to slip past most other teams and slide to the A's with the 25th overall pick in the draft.

Sullivan throws a plus sinker and slider and compliments a four seam fastball with the requisite change-up. Sullivan could use a little better placement on his fastball as he was lit up in the HR department trying to get fastballs in on the aluminum bat crowd.

As far as the other stats, Sullivan sucks at holding runners on. In 20 attempts base runners swiped 15 bags and Sullivan only picked off one runner the entire season. His sophomore year he didn't pick off a single runner basestealers were 7 for 15 off him in 2002.