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Post by ramireja on Sept 10, 2017 22:41:17 GMT -5
and with everything I just said, we'd be very curious if you had any scouting thoughts while watching him yesterday! I didn't have my gun with me and wasn't really studying him but the stadium gun mostly read 89-91. He pounds the zone with a 3 pitch mix. No real put away pitch though. Both secondaries we're about average. Fastball command looks to be a strength. Many thanks....always appreciate your looks!
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Post by bnich on Sept 12, 2017 12:41:35 GMT -5
Regarding Requena, what is his ceiling? He's been pitching well for Greenville. Does he start next season in Salem? Does he have a chance to be a real prospect? My brief opinions on some of this: To me, Requena is obviously not a Mata/Darwinzon level prospect but he's also more than a Daniel Gonzalez/Denyi Reyes type of guy as well. He's climbed to #51 in the rankings here and is ranked #29 over at MLB Pipeline. They make note of a FB that sits around 90, so while he lacks plus velocity, he's also not sitting in the mid 80s topping out in the high 80s like Gonzalez/Reyes. Perhaps more importantly, there is also note of sink on his FB and this tends to align with the impressive 57.5 GB% this year (55.4% in the GCL last year). Throw in a couple of decent secondaries (curve, change) at this level of development, and I'd say his reasonable ceiling is something of a backend starter with a more realistic projection an an up-and-down guy. So depending on what you mean by 'real prospect', yes I think he could continue to climb and be a top 20 prospect in the system, but no, his ceiling would not allow for him to be, say a Top 100 MLB prospect overall. Thank yoU!
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