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Jerry Keel
Born: 09/26/1993 (Age: 22) |
| Bats: Left |
Throws: Left |
| Height: 6' 6" |
Weight: 240 |
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| Long tall body, long arms; high leg lift, slow, mechanical, low three-quarter arm slot, slingshot arm action, deceptive, slow arm, wavers on curveball; command is fringy at best, missed spots, didn't show pitchability |
| Grant Jones |
| 07/29/2016 |
| Fort Wayne TinCaps (Low A, Padres) |
| 7/28/16 |
| 40 |
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| Yes |
| FB |
50 |
88-91 |
92 |
Showed some sink and dive on occasion, will throw to both sides of the plate, velocity dip in the seventh to 86-88 (t89); movement gives pitch average projection |
| CH |
40 |
80-81 |
81 |
Threw sparingly, showed potential with arm side fade, occassional tumble; needs repetitions with pitch |
| SL |
45 |
77-81 |
81 |
Sat around 80, sweeping action, fringy pitch; threw less often than curveball, some ability to mix in and play off fastball |
| CB |
35 |
68-71 |
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1-7 movement, loopy and deep; arm slot wanders, very inconsistent at present, lacks command; spun a couple that showed fringe potential and generated swing-and-miss, limited projection for useful consistency |
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Keel has four pitches and average velocity from the left side, and the fastball plays well with occasional sink and dive. His command is fringy, and he lacks an overpowering pitch. The changeup and slider both showed potential as 40-45 pitches, but the curve displayed no real promise of developing into a useable major league pitch. His arm speed in general is slow, and it wavers on the deuce.
The long-term outlook here is an organizational depth piece with some potential of touching the majors as a left-hander out of the bullpen if either his change or slider take a step forward.
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