IP 593
ERA 4.568
WHIP 1.449
BB/9 2.884
SO/9 6.799
  • Full name Christopher Lee Mason
  • Born 07/01/1984 in Gastonia, NC
  • Profile Ht.: 6'1" / Wt.: 190 / Bats: R / Throws: R
  • School UNC Greensboro
  • Drafted in the 2nd round (56th overall) by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2005 (signed for $630,000).
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    Mason would be drafted as a hitter if that's all he did. He's a plus defender at third base, runs well and has juice in his bat. However, it's his lightning-quick arm that teams really covet, as he set UNC Greensboro's single-season strikeout record with 126 in his first 103 innings. Mason's size, athletic ability and stuff have elicited comparisons to Tim Hudson. He's a fierce competitor who has built a reputation for dominance. He broke Kevin Millwood's North Carolina record for strikeouts in high school, and he was an American Legion ball legend. He posted a 49-inning scoreless streak for Cherryville (N.C.) Post 100, which lost in the national championship final in 2003. Mason has a quick arm like Hudson and a fastball that reaches the 89-92 mph range. It's a plus pitch because he commands it and it has good life. His hard curveball is a little slurvy but grades out as a plus pitch as well because he commands it and keeps it down in the strike zone. He figures to be drafted well north of the sixth round, where the Athletics snared Hudson in 1997.

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  • Rated Best Control in the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008
  • Rated Best Control in the Southern League in 2007

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