Strengths: Plus-Plus fastball ... Four seam fastball was clocked consistently in mid-to-high 90s while pitching for Portland ... Fearless. Is not afraid to come inside with the fastball. ... Flashes an above average slider ... Two seamer has great movement -- a swing and miss pitch ... Can be an intimidating presence on the mound. ... Only 19 though he looks quite a bit older ... Rumor is that he took in brother and his son after a nasty divorce. ... Competitor.
Weaknesses: Awkward looking delivery -- looks like a breakdown candidate ... Wild. Buries his slider often and has no fastball command ... Has some character issues. Last seen pitching in the California Penal League after grand theft auto ... Doesn't take well to coaching.
Overall:Vaughn generates amazing power out of what looks like the motion of a guy who has never played above high school. You would swear he was throwing 70 mph, but the radar gun shows 96 ... Throws as hard as anyone in the big leagues. He has the fastball to dominate Major League hitters if he can learn to command ... Character questions are what led San Diego to release him after his arrest. ... Arm appears to be sound ... Could be worth a flyer if something can be worked out with law enforcement officials ... Doesn't have a third pitch. Might be better in the bullpen. ... Control problems have haunted him his entire career. Managers think he might have eye issues, but he's too vain to deal with them.
What I want to know is how did they get a young and skinny Charlie Sheen to do those DirectTV ads? I realize it is a cross promotion for the new DVD release of the original Major League movie, but that is clearly not the Two and Half Men Charlie of today.
As a complete side note, I was in Germany around this time (1990) and saw a movie poster and they changed the name of the movie to the "Indians of Cleveland"
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