Doesn't "Hagadone" sound like a large omnivorous dinosaur? Whatever the case, I found Nick Hagadone roaming around Fenway Park earlier this week, before he signed this deal with the Sox. It was the first visit to the Fens for the Sox' top pick in the '07 draft. The 6'5" 21 year old southpaw recently closed out a distinguished career at U. Washington where he teamed with SF Giants phenom Tim Lincecum to form one of the nation's scariest collegiate flame throwing tandems. He was used effectively as a starter and closer, going 6-1 with a 2.77 ERA and 72 Ks in 68.1 IP for the Huskies in '07.Here's what the large, baseball loving species known as the "Hagadone" had to say:
As he tells us in the interview, his first stop in pro ball is class-A Lowell, where he reported Tuesday.
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Send him to Portland!
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