Eric SanInocencio spoke with Alex Meyer this weekend in his college baseball preview. Meyer was drafted by the Red Sox in this past amateur draft and has Scott Boras as his agent. After several contentious rounds of negotiations, Meyer decided to attend college.
Eric SanInocencio: What made you want to come to
Kentucky?
Alex Meyer: “Without any doubt it was the coaching
staff. When I got to meet with the staff for the first time, I could tell that I
wanted to play for coach (Gary) Henderson and coach (Brad) Bohannon. Then coach
(Brian) Green finally came and everybody down in Lexington was just so great and
I just knew I wanted to play at Kentucky. My family and I really thought that it
was the best thing to do, to come down to Lexington and start off my college
career at UK.”ES: Your entire senior year of high school you were viewed
as a top overall selection. How much attention did you pay to the MLB
Draft?
AM: “I was paying attention to it because it is
always interesting to see and it is a big day for anybody, no matter where you
get selected. I kind of had a feeling going into the draft of what was going to
happen. I was paying attention to everything that happens, but after the draft,
I really wasn’t paying too much attention because I knew I wanted to play for
Kentucky.”ES: What is your arsenal on the mound? What type of pitches
do you throw?
AM: “I throw a fastball and a knuckle
curveball, and really in high school that is all I had to throw. Now, with the
help of coach Henderson, I am learning to throw a two-seam fastball and a
circle-change.”ES: Is there anything specific that your coaches are trying
to work on with you, your command or anything mechanical since you’ve gotten to
campus?
AM: “I would say command, like all pitchers, there
have been times in the past where I have struggled with command. Coach Henderson
has been helping me with some small adjustments right now. Every day we have
been working on something new and it is really helping out right now.”