Return to MLB Prospect index Brett Cecil - LHP Brett Cecil Scouting Report - Cecil was the 38th overall selection by Toronto in the 2007 MLB Draft. - He was born on July 2nd, 1986 in Maryland. - In his final season at Maryland, Cecil had a 3.32 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 62.1 innings, while walking 19 as a closer. - Cecil has been strictly a starter since joining the Blue Jays system and has struck out 185 over 168.1 innings over the 2007 and 2008 seasons. His combination of a high strikeout rate, low walk rate and extremely impressive groundball rate makes for somewhat of a statistical anomaly. His ERA predictably increased in each of his three levels of ball in 2008, with a 1.74 mark in high Single-A, 2.55 in 77.2 innings in Double-A and 4.11 in 30.2 innings of Triple-A. - The Jays have slowly readjusted Cecil to extending his innings since he closed in college. - Cecil has an excellent slider that hits the mid to high 90's with great movement. It somewhat acts like a cutter. He can run his fastball to the mid 90's, but it more frequently is in the low 90's. Cecil also has a curve and change offering, but like many prospects, he hasn't found consistency and confidence in those pitches. - Ranked 90th by Baseball Prospectus in their Top 100 Prospects for 2009. Brett Cecil Updates RealGM will be tracking Brett Cecil throughout his minor league development and present updates on his progress here and within our Wiretap. May 5, 2009: Cecil gives up one earned run over six innings while striking out six in his first MLB start. Brett Cecil Links - Latest Brett Cecil news via Google - Cecil's Minor League Baseball Reference page - Cecil's BaseballCube page - Cecil's FirstInning.com page - If you have updates on Brett Cecil that warrant inclusion on this page, please email me at [email protected]