Rank History
| Year | Team | Position | Team Rank | OFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | CLE | LHP | 49 | 35 |
Grades Update: Nov 2020
| OFP | Role | FB | SL | Ctr/Cmd | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 30 | 45 | 40 | 50 | 40 | 50/45 |
Nov 2020 Report
Evaluator: Justin Lada
Age: 25 yr
Height: 6-4
Weight: 220 lbs
Hits/Throws: L/L
Acquired: 2018 Draft - Round 4
RuleV: 2021
Physical Description: Average starters build. Solid frame. Filled out. Average wingspan. Classic, medium, build for a starting pitcher. Shows good athleticism and flexibility. Works to get the most from is build.
Delivery & Mechanics: Stands around the middle of the rubber. Shifts front foot to the third base side before leaning into a funky, coiling left kick where he breaks his hands over. Drives with back hip well. Does not get into his lower half very deeply with the back leg. Solid extension with the front leg. Could get shoulders and torso a little more square to the plate ahead of his arm path than he currently does. Three-quarters arm slot. Repeatable, solid delivery.
Fastball: 90-93 and runs up to 94. Below average spin. Above average command east and west. Most commonly misses up and to his glove side, when he does miss. Not a lot of movement so he needs to command it well with its fringe-average velocity and spin. Competitive pitch when he paints the black with it. Could be more velocity to come, especially in a relief role. Grade: 45
Curveball: 79-82 with 2-8 shape. Low usage breaking ball offering. Lacks depth and overall is a below average offering. Grade: 40
Slider: 83-85 with 9-4 shape. Tight, late break. Adept at keeping it down and to his glove side. Pairs well with his fastball and with his arm slot. Easily the best offering in his entire arsenal and will miss bats efficiently. Grade: 50
Changeup: 77-79. Has some late fade to it, but like the curveball, is a low usage pitch without any impressive characteristics other than keeping right handed hitters off of the fastball. Grade: 40
Control and Command: Control over command arm, but has a good chance to have average to above-average command overall. Taking into account just throwing his fastball and slider, his command is probably a tick better. Needs more consistent fastball command, especially to his arm side. His curveball and changeup command come in below average, which probably explains why he is fastball/slider heavy. Needs at least his changeup to improve along with its command to remain a starter. Fastball/slider combination is good enough options with enough command to profile as a reliever presently. Control: 50 | Command: 45
Overall: Scott has the build and history of durability (once through a 120+ complete game in college) but lacks the present fastball zip and third pitch to profile as a starter. He is good at staying in the zone, avoiding walks in a way a pitcher without premium stuff needs to. Neither his changeup nor curveball presently looks like an average offering. Most likely, he needs the changeup to emerge as more fringe-average, at least, in order to keep hitters off the fastball and give him to the tools to turn a lineup over twice. He heavily features his fastball/slider in his starts for the reason that he has better command of both and his slider is an average/nearing above-average offering. He can miss bats with the slider and there may be some additional velocity still to come with his fastball. Scott is a self-proclaimed nerd about the craft of pitching. He's worked hard in each of his pro offseasons to add velocity. He's already begun to do that, as he went from 88-90 in college to 90-93 in pro ball. Another tick or two is possible, but more likely that actually comes in the bullpen. In which case he can profile as an effective, strike-throwing reliever with two average offerings from the left side.
OFP: 35
Role: 30 - Up/Down Emergency Depth
Risk: Moderate
