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Scouting Report

South Florida

South Florida moved from Conference USA to the Big East in 2006, but the move was rougher than expected. The Bulls went just 23-35, 12-15 in the conference, and the fall cost coach Eddie Cardieri his job. Former University of Tampa coach Lelo Prado came back to the city he calls home, leaving fellow Big East school Louisville to replace Cardieri, and he brought former Miami pitching coach Lazaro "Lazer" Collazo with him. The Bulls got off to a good start with a sweep of High Point last weekend, and take on Jacksonville next. We found a talent evaluator who'd seen the Bulls and was impressed with their team and Friday night starter Danny Otero, a fifth-year senior righthander who transferred in from Duke.

"Otero might be the best pitcher I've had beside Sam Militello," Prado said in an email. "(He) has great control and doesn't miss his spots.  We had to let him pitch seven innings to get his pitch count. This guy can pitch for anyone in America and be their Friday starter." Here's how our observer sized up Otero and South Florida:

Otero topped out at 89 and pitched 83-87. His slider was 79-81 and was a good pitch for him. He lived on the outer half of the plate. Lelo had his team fired up, they played with an incredible amount of energy, I was impressed. High Point made them look a little better than they are because they didn't throw strikes and didn't catch the ball. But South Florida did a nice job. Left side of the infield made some plays and almost all of their guys had plus arms and threw at least two pitches for strikes. I'm interested to see how the South Florida-Jacksonville series goes.

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