Rank History
| Year | Team | Position | Team Rank | OFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ARI | RHP | 43 | 35 |
Grades Update: Dec 2020
| OFP | Role | FB | SL | CH | Cnt/Cmd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 30 | 55 | 55 | 40 | 45/40 |
Dec 2020 Report
Evaluator: Rhys White
Age: 23 yr
Height: 6-1
Weight: 200 lbs
Hits/Throws: R/R
Acquired: 2019 5th
RuleV: 2022
Physical Description: Short and compact frame with a thick lower half. Built like a running back. He has some room to fill out especially in the upper body. He is a good athlete on the mound.
Delivery & Mechanics: Grammes comes at you with a three-quarters delivery with a whippy arm. He starts his delivery with a decent leg kick, then takes a short stride towards the plate where he starts to dip and drive towards the mound. His front leg swings open on the follow-through and he lands completely facing the first-base side. When he has runners on base he speeds up the delivery which at times messes up the timing and affects his command.
Fastball: The pitch explodes out of the hand and can touch 99 in short spurts. More consistently sits 92-95 when he has to pitch multiple innings in an outing. The fastball is straight which causes it to pay down due to the lack of movement. He is aggressive early in counts and will throw it to both lefties and righties. More advanced left-handed hitters will be able to pick it up out of the hand because of the lack of deception in the delivery. The command comes and goes and when you pair that with the lack of movement, it plays down from its velocity. Grade: 55
Slider: Grammes slider is his swing and miss pitch. It is slurvy in its movement with average horizontal movement and plus vertical movement. He uses the pitch late in counts to get swings and misses or to generate weak contact. He is more likely to throw it against right-handed batters to give him a second offering against righties. When he is ahead in a count he will attack batters with it, especially after throwing back-to-back fastballs. Grade: 55
Changeup: The changeup is inconsistent in my looks. When thrown well and at the same arm-speed as his fastball, it can show good movement and deception and plays well off the fastball. The problem is he lacks feel for the changeup, and more often than not he overthrows the changeup which hurts the movement and in turn causes the ball to get barreled up by opposing hitters. Grade: 40
Control and Command: Grammes has below-average command and control. He consistently misses the target that his catcher sets up. His stuff is wild and the movement of the slider is hard for him to place in spots where it can be effective. During spurts he losses the strike-zone because he tends to overthrow his pitches which affects the control of his offerings. Control: 45 | Command: 40'
Overall: Conor Grammes is relatively new to solely focusing on pitching and there is some hope that he can refine the rougher edges. If he can refine his command and control there is the hope of a low leverage reliever. The fastball and slider are both graded above average and will ultimately carry the profile as he ascends up the minor leagues. The changeup does need to take a step forward for him to ever hope to remain a starter, which already looks to be a very low percentage outcome. Back in college, he was a two-way player who drew rave reviews because of his ability to hit for power and throw in the upper 90's, so if pitching doesn't work out there is still a chance he could play as a position player in the minors.
OFP: 35
Role: 30 - Up/Down Emergency Depth
Risk: Low
