Scheppers won the 1st round of our AFL video request balloting, which I've been conducting through Twitter.
His fastball touched 98.1 MPH in the video to the left (from 2009 Rising Stars game). Scheppers created a lot of buzz among spectators who witnessed the event live, striking out Brandon Allen, getting a Buster Posey ground out, and ending the inning with a Domonic Brown flyout. He was an overpowering reliever that night -- retired the side in order.
Lincoln Hamilton saw Scheppers' stuff as second only to Strasburg's when he ranked 2009 draft prospects.
Showing no ill effects from the shoulder injury that brought his draft stock to a screeching halt in 2008, Scheppers threw 180 pitches over the course of eight AFL relief outings (45 TBF) -- 22.2% K, 8.9% BB and 57.1% GB.
Owner of a $1.25 million signing bonus, he struck out 35.6% of the batters he faced his junior season at Fresno State, but his 11.1% walk rate showed cause for concern.