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 ... A former first round draft pick by the Yankees straight out of highschool. hit 98 on the gun as a 17 yr. old.
Mentored by his father (who has a PhD) The Cole family, however, decided that attending college at UCLA was in Cole's best interest. And he has lived up to the hype in one of the toughest college baseball conferences ever since.
As a freshman Cole set UCLA's freshman single-season record with 104 strikeouts. Ranked second in the Pac-10 in opponent batting average, fourth in strikeouts and 9th in innings pitched. Later in the summer he went on to play for team USA where he basically led all pitchers. And was rated the number 1 amateur prospect. I won't reiterate what he's done since (after all I'm a commenter and not a feature writer) but the accolades have kept a commin'.
There has been a some question concerning Coles mental make-up as it was rumored that he had a few locker room run-ins with fellow team mates early on in his collegiate career. Nothing serious though, as I'm led to believe that it was typiclal chest beating and locking horns amongst some of the older players.  Getting a little testy with Cole as the freshman BMOC.
Physical make up... he's a prototype at 6'4" and 220 lbs with decent mechanics.  What's not to like.
The down side.... His agent is Scott Boras which means he'll probably be delayed until the final hour before he sets foot on the field. Rumor says that he will garner 8 to 10 mil. in signing bonuses.  
I cast in my lot mid-season last year with this one. I hope we get him. I'm going with... every bit of a concensus number 2 pick as Dustin Ackley was right now. Is he Strass? Nah, he's mortal, but I think he falls in line with the David Prices.
Pantywaist...(he he ;D) I havn't heard that one in years. Thanks to Spec for keeping up with the horse race.