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2005 South Top Prospect Showcase
Roth is a 6-1, 195 lb senior left handed pitcher from Texas. He throws from an across the body delivery with some recoil from a mid 3/4's release point. Roth turns his back all the way around in his delivery and with his cross body finish goes through a lot of weight shift and it looked like he was having balance issues. Roth's fastball was 78-81 mph with some occasional cutting action. He varied his speed on his curveball and got good spin, with a bigger bite in the low 60's and a sharper sluve type break up to 67 mph. We've heard of Roth throwing up to the upper 80's before, so he might have been trying to hard or he might have been tired after a long summer, and we suspect he wasn't able to show his true abilities. Roth also swung the bat well at the showcase, getting three hits in the two showcase games. He is a very good student who should be followed closely as a strong lefty with some arm strength.