Rank History
| Year | Team | Position | Team Rank | OFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | CIN | RHP | 38 | 35 |
Grades Update: Nov 2020
| OFP | Role | FB | SL | Ctr/Cmd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 30 | 70 | 45 | 30/20 |
Nov 2020 Report
Evaluator: James Chipman
Age: 21 yr
Height: 6-7
Weight: 240 lbs
Hits/Throws: R/R
Acquired: 2020 Draft - Round 5
RuleV: 2023
Physical Description: Giant human. Every bit of the listed: 6' 7" 240 pounds. XL frame. Maxed out, grown man body. High waist; broad shoulders; long levers; large hands; thick, strong lower half. Solid athleticism. Moves well for his size.
Delivery & Mechanics: Stretch only; compact arm action and standard 3/4 slot with just moderate effort. Good arm speed; large leg kick and hand break yield deception; solid extension. Hip and trunk rotation leave landings closed with an open front foot. Flashes clean, athletic and well-repeated delivery, considering his size. Struggles mightily to repeat. Athleticism is present to find more consistency.
Fastball: Electric high octane fastball that sits upper-90s, regularly scraping triple digits. Predominantly flat, but it's metrically sound thanks to his arm angle and the offering's high efficiency backspin. At his best when he's simply overpowering batters in the zone and elevating the ball out of the zone as a chaser. The control is well below-average and the command is nearly bottom of the scale, sapping the grade from elite to double-plus. Grade: 70
Slider: Sits 86-91. Lacks consistent feel; shows the ability to spin the ball, but velocity and break are inconsistent. Shows a firm version around 89-91 that has short horizontal break resembling a cutter. The lower velocity band produces tighter two-plane break with modest depth. Sits well below-average; flashes fringe-average to average. Should improve and gain consistency with pro instruction. Grade: 45
Control and Command: Raw dart thrower. Well below-average control and bottom of the scale command. Stuff is powerful enough that he literally just needs to fill the zone more frequently. Misses are abundant: especially arm-side; prone to sailing pitches over the catcher. Control: 30 | Command: 20
Overall: It's easy to scoff at a high risk reliever profile with bottom of the scale command and an inconsistent slider. A smarter move would be to recognize that Joe Boyle, Kyle Boddy's Driveline team and the Cincinnati Reds could be a match made in heaven. Already armed with an elite high efficiency fastball, solid athleticism and an improved delivery, the Reds will look to build off what's right and rectify what's wrong. Should Boyle learn to find the strike zone with more consistency, there's a minimal role 40 reliever potential. For the time being, Boyle is a solid lotto ticket worth keeping an eye on.
OFP: 35
Role: 30 - Up / Down Emergency Depth
Risk: High
