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Scouts look on as Missouri pitcher RobZastryzny throws complete game

By Alex M. Silverman

March 8, 2013 | 10:30 p.m. CST

Missouri pitcher Rob Zastryzny throws a pitch during the Tigers' 6-2 win over San Francisco University on Friday at

Taylor Field. ¦ Sarah Ng

COLUMBIA — In the bottom half of the seventh inning at Taylor Stadium on Friday night, two

Major League scouts sit with radar guns by their sides. One, wearing a knit hat with a bill like a

baseball cap and a winter coat, turns to his colleague.

“So how good is 'Game of Thrones?'” he asks, referring to the fantasy TV show on HBO.

It’s a bottom-of-the-inning topic of conversation; something

frivolous to pass the time before Missouri pitcher Rob

Zastryzny takes the mound again.

“I just crushed seasons 1 and 2 of 'Walking Dead,'” the man in

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the knit hat tells his hoodie-wearing associate.

When Missouri takes the field, the dynamic shifts. Both men

pick up their radar guns and one retrieves his notepad — with

his team’s logo on top of each page — from a black Eddie Baue

backpack, where he had stashed it during the bottom of the

previous inning. The talking stops, as both men point theirradar guns toward home plate. The player they are here to see

is on the mound.

One row in front, two more men with radar guns and notepad

stare with similar focus. There are probably “five or six or

seven” scouts at the game, says the scout with the knit cap.

When asked if they all came to see Zastryzny, he said, “That’s

probably a fair guess.”

Scouts typically refuse to provide their names, and on Friday

only one scout openly shares his thoughts on Zastryzny. It’s hard to believe there’s much

controversy based on the pitcher's outing. Zastryzny is on his way to a complete game, his first

since April of last season, allowing only two first-inning runs and striking out 10 San Francisco

hitters in Missouri’s 6-2 win.

The scout with the knit hat lists all the pluses he sees in the junior pitcher’s game: the strength o

each pitch, a variety of pitches, an aggressive nature and a competitive streak.

Zastryzny knows the scouts are there, but claims it doesn’t affect him. Even though it’s his junio

year, which in baseball means he will be eligible for the upcoming MLB draft, he has been

pitching in front of scouts for years.

“They’ve seen me throw 200 innings,” Zastryzny said. “Not all of them, but there’s been scouts

here watching Matt Stites, Eric Anderson, guys who come in and play us. If they base it on this

year, then they base it on this year, but I feel like I’ve thrown in front of scouts.”

The two scouts stand up from their seats and head for the exit before they could see Zastryzny

strike out the final San Francisco batter. They’ve seen all they need to see.

And Zastryzny has given the scouts all the thought he needs to give.

“It’s out of my mind,” Zastryzny said. “The draft is gonna take care of itself. If I go high, I go high

If I go low, I go low.”