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Jesse Biddle
Born: 10/22/1991 (Age: 22) |
| Bats: Left |
Throws: Left |
| Height: 6' 5" |
Weight: 220 |
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| Very smooth; minimal effort; big kid; long legs; looks strong; deliberate with high leg lift; comes high frontside; high 3/4 slot; offers some deception with the leg/frontside glove swing; everything works well with the arm/action; quick to the plate; 1.25 w/ runners on; athletic; good PFP skills. |
| Jason Parks |
| 06/07/2014 |
| Reading Fightin Phils (AA, Phillies) |
| 06/06/2014 |
| 50 |
| 2015 |
| No |
| FB |
55 |
89-91 |
92 |
Bland pitch; struggles with command; present 30 grade command; limited projection on that front; can't see command ceiling over fringe-average; easy delivery but struggles to get over his frontside and finish; works up and arm-side; struggles to work low in the zone and can't hit gloveside targets; velocity was average; mostly 89-91; movement was average; some arm-side but pitch lacked hop; couldn't set the table and couldn't make his pitch when behind in the count; don't see plus potential because of the below-average command. |
| CB |
50 |
69-73 |
75 |
Pitcher shows more confidence in CB than FB; long break; can show a tight rotation and depth, but not hard to track out of hand; some feel for throwing pitch for a strike; better at 73 mph with slightly less length to the break and more hard vertical action; CB at 75 was elevated and flat; hit out of the ballpark for opposite field blast; has the look of a better MiLB pitch than a ML pitch; lacks the FB command to get bats moving on it; will not be a consistent out pitch against better hitters; more of a steal a strike pitch at highest level. |
| CH |
55 |
80 |
82 |
Limited look at the pitch; dropped a few; some arm-side fade; like with the FB, struggled to stay over it and locate down in the zone; more room for projection; should end up being best secondary pitch; has some feel for it; not same level of confidence as CB at present. |
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Biddle didn't show major league rotation stuff in start; FB was soft and average; worked mostly around 90; worked up and flat; CB is a minor league pitch; has feel and confidence with the offering; can get tight rotation and drop for a strike, but break is often too soft and long, and without FB command, won't be effective against high level bats; CH has some feel; projects to be main secondary offering; overall command profile is well below-average at present; I don't see an average command profile in the future.
Poor body language in the face of setbacks; sunken shoulders and low-energy responses; didn't attack hitters; couldn't make his pitch when pressed; has all the size/strength necessary; really smooth delivery; stuff is just average and the command is below-average; difficult to project to a major league rotation given current profile; more comfortable putting reliever tag given low intensity arsenal.
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