Rank History
| Year | Team | Position | Team Rank | OFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | HOU | RHP | 21 | 40 |
Grades Update: Jan 2021
| OFP | Role | FB | CT | CB | SL | CH | Cont/Cmd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 40 | 50 | 45 | 55 | 45 | 40 | 45/45 |
Jan 2021 Report
Evaluator: Rhys White
Age: 24 yr
Height: 6-4
Weight: 201 lbs
Hits/Throws: R/R
Acquired: 2017 Draft, Round 4
RuleV: On 40-Man Roster
Physical Description: Tall, long limbed, wiry strength. Ideal starter frame that is well-filled out. No projection left because he is at physical peak. Likely to maintain conditioning long term due to high fitness level.
Delivery & Mechanics: Simple set-up with no wasted movement. He drops his shoulders, and releases his pitches from a three-quarters armslot. Because he has no wasted movement he pitches the same way with or without runners on base.
Fastball: Solomon has two variations of the fastball, a fastball is best spotted up in the zone with arm-side movement and a fastball best spotted low in the zone with some sink. The fastball tops out at 95 and sits 92-94. He is very aggressive early in counts with the fastball, looking to use it to get ahead of opposing batters. He generates average swings and misses with the fastball. Grade: 50
Cutter: Solomon likes to mix his low 90's cutter in with the fastball early in counts. Not a pitch he uses to generate whiffs, he has it play off the fastball and is trying to induce weak contact from opposing batters. He uses it sparingly to left-handed batters but sprinkles it in more frequently against right-handed batters where the cut away from them plays up. Grade: 45
Curveball: The former Notre Dame pitcher uses his curveball as a putaway pitch. It has traditional 12-6 shape and is a low 80's offering with above average vertical movement. He loves to use it late in counts after establishing the fastball to generate whiffs. It best plays when spotted low and away to both handedness of batters where it starts in the zone and falls away. Grade: 55
Slider: Peter Solomon's slider gets 1-7 movement and is more slurvy as opposed to a hard sweeping horizontal slider. The slider is a mid 80's offering with below average horizontal movement and above average vertical movement. He uses it after setting up the curve and will exclusively use it late in counts in my looks. Batters at the High A level were given fits by his slider, however it was a brief look and I don't envision him being able to dominate upper level hitters with the slider Grade: 45
Changeup: Solomon rarely uses his changeup in my looks, but the few I saw he lacked a consistent feel of the changeup. It consistently has below average tumble and fade and when you pair that with the lack of feel you can see why it is rarely used. I saw a good changeup thrown with the same arm-speed as the fastball and had average tumble out of the zone which was encouraging, but that is rare. Grade: 40
Control and Command: The former Notre Dame pitcher does an average job of throwing strikes, the problem comes in he lacks command of his offerings. He won't walk a lot of guys but at times when he pitches he struggles to put his pitches in spots where he can optimize each pitch. Control: 45 | Command: 45
Overall: He currently is a starter in the Astros organization but I feel his most likely role is in the bullpen because of his lack of command where he can use all five of his pitches. As a five pitch reliever he has what it takes to succeed in the current three batter minimum. The fastball and curveball are his bread and butter and if he can effectively mix in the cutter and slider and sparingly the changeup he has enough pitches to get through an inning. He is a recent TJ survivor so there is a hope that the velocity takes a tick forward and the other stuff could possibly take a tick forward but that has yet to be seen in games so that's just hopeful thinking on my part.
OFP: 40
Role: 40 - Low Leverage Reliever
Risk: Moderate
