Rank History
| Year | Team | Position | Team Rank | OFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | MIA | RHP | 15 | 45 |
Grades Update: May 2021
| OFP | Role | FB | CB | CH | Ctr/Cmd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 40 | 40/30 |
May 2021 Report
Evaluator: Joe Drake
Age: 22 yr
Height: 6-2
Weight: 220 lbs
Hits/Throws: L/R
Acquired: 2020 Round 3
RuleV: 2023
Physical Description: Average starter's frame with broad shoulders, high waist and long levers. Has filled out since being drafted; little projection remaining. Aggressive mentality on the mound; runs hot.
Delivery & Mechanics: Semi-windup; tall and fall delivery with high effort from 3/4s arm slot. Fast arm; average stride and extension. Medium-length arm action, drops behind body and hides the ball well. Simple delivery that he repeats well despite effort.
Fastball: 91-93, t95; good ride with a little run. Plays well at the top of the zone; able to finish at-bats with it. Great pairing with curveball, helps it play up. Can have trouble locating; leaves it up armside or yanks it; others sit middle-middle. Dominates righties but gives up hard contact to lefties when left in the zone. Induces more groundballs than you'd expect. Grade: 50
Curveball: 80-83; Power curve with major movement. true two-plane break with great depth and sweep; an absolute hammer. 11-5 shape with hard, late bite. Rarely ever squared up, lots of whiffs. Can struggle to locate in part due to the amount of movement the pitch gets, but even the poorly located pitches elicit whiffs on occasion. Plays very well off fastball, tunnels well. Legitimate weapon that will be even more effective if he can improve consistency and command. Command keeps grade from getting to a 7. Grade: 60
Changeup: 82-87; quite firm with little tumble or fade. No feel; hardly used. Project pitch that has already been emphasized as a focal point of his training. Grade: 40
Control and Command: Inconsistent and sometimes erratic, likely due to high-effort delivery; very on/off. Fringey strike thrower and sometimes just loses the release entirely and struggles to get it back. Ticked up on the cape and during short senior year showing that there's potential for average command down the road. Likely to struggle against lefties without third pitch or command improvement. Control: 40 | Command: 30
Overall: Right-handed data darling due to high spin-rates with a shot to start and a seemingly high floor as an MLB reliever. The fastball/curveball combo is excellent and good enough to fast track him to the majors as a reliever, should Miami decide to go that route, and gives him a shot at high-leverage work. The change and command will need significant work for him to stick as a starter, but Miami has shown an affinity for changeup development in the past.
OFP: 45
Role: 40 - Backend SP #5 or High-leverage Reliever
Risk: High
