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Ben Wetzler
Born: 09/12/1991 (Age: 22) |
| Bats: Left |
Throws: Left |
| Height: 6' 1" |
Weight: 210 |
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| Standard three-quarters arm slot; arm comes lower at times; works from the first base side of the rubber; repeats mechanics well; hides the ball well behind a high leg kick; shortened leg kick out of the stretch; slow arm; compact arm action; gets behind the baseball; lacks explosion; stays tall and balanced until back leg comes through on finish; glove leads; stays closed; throwing hand can float out at front. |
| Ron Shah |
| 06/02/2014 |
| (Rookie, ) |
| 05/24/14 |
| 40 |
| 2017 |
| Yes |
| Fastball |
45 |
86 |
88 |
Four-seam fastball; features sink; natural lefty run; spots it well to either side of the plate; lack of velocity; good deception; hitters struggle to pick it up; aforementioned factors allow for a bump in grade. |
| Slider |
45 |
80 |
81 |
Slider; inconsistent offering; some are flat and left over the plate; decent command; early break; lacks two-plane break or bite; creates some tilt; |
| Changeup |
45 |
81 |
81 |
Changeup; some late sink; deceptive offering; small velocity cap compared to the fastball; spots it east-west; keeps it down; deterred by lack of fastball velocity. |
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The player is a quick-working finesse southpaw with a great track record of performance as a college pitcher in a major conference. His strengths are his ability to keep hitters off balance to due his pitchability of a three-pitch arsenal and consistently throw strikes.
However, this player is a fringe major league pitcher. The arsenal will not play in the bullpen and won't be able to turn over a lineup multiple times in the long run to profile in the starting rotation. The fastball plays up due to his control and command, but the changeup plays down as a result. His other offering in the slider lacks bite or explosion when it crosses the plate. I fail to see any projection or true weapon in the arsenal that will allow this player to carve out a niche in the major leagues.
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