As usual, the Giants had an assortment of raw power arms in the AZL. Among them, Cabeza featured the best pitchability and earned the highest marks on the staff. He won all seven of his decisions. At his best, Cabeza threw strikes with three pitches. He ran his fastball into the mid-90s at times but it sat more in the 90-91 mph range. His slider and changeup also showed flashes of being average pitches, with his changeup the more consistent of the two. At 21, Cabeza was older than most pitches in the league. He missed all of 2004 with an injury while still in the Dominican, and was sidelined in early August with a knee injury that flared up against after his promotion to low Class A, precluding him from pitching in the South Atlantic League playoffs.
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