Running 2024 Texas League Pitching Preference List

Below is a running preference list of pitchers I have evaluated and completed reports for during the 2024 Texas League season. Other pitchers evaluated, but excluded due to lack of prospect significance or limited conviction in the report.

  1. Texas RHP Winston Santos | Role: 55
    • TLDR: Potential middle-of-the-rotation starter with a plus 3-pitch mix and quality command projection.
    • Full Report
  2. Texas RHP Emiliano Teodo | Role: 50
    • TLDR: Electric 23-year-old working as a starter with an elite FB/SL combination, but command and durability questions portend a likely move to the pen.
    • Full Report
  3. Los Angeles Dodgers RHP Edgardo Henriquez | Role: 50
    • TLDR: 22-year-old reliever powered by his 102 MPH FB with opportunity for elite-level effectiveness out of the pen.
    • Full Report
  4. Miami (via San Diego) RHP Adam Mazur | Role: 50
    • TLDR: Strike-throwing, FB-first righty with developing secondaries and a back-end starter look.
    • Full Report
  5. Arizona RHP Dylan Ray | Role: 50
    • TLDR: 23-year-old righty showing quality 4-pitch mix as he returns from injury, look of a back-end ML starter.
    • Full Report
  6. Miami (via San Diego) LHP Robby Snelling | Role: 45
    • TLDR: Athletic, high-profile lefty showing fringe raw stuff in his age-20 season at AA.
    • Full Report
  7. Texas LHP Mitch Bratt | Role: 45
    • TLDR: Lefty starter showing intriguing combination of stuff and polish as a 21-year old at AA, back-end rotation outcomes in play.
    • Summary Report
  8. Oakland RHP Gunnar Hoglund | Role: 40+
    • TLDR: Formerly high-regarded pitching prospect showing decent combination of stuff and command in his age-24 season.
    • Summary Report
  9. Texas RHP Skylar Hales | Role: 40+
    • TLDR: Young reliever succeeding in AA on the strength of his quality FB/SL combination and developing feel for the zone.
    • Full Report
  10. Texas LHP Bryan Magdaleno | Role: 40
    • TLDR: Lefty reliever with a plus FB/SL combo from a tough arm angle, should play in mid-leverage situations with enhanced effectiveness against LHHs.
    • Summary Report
  11. St. Louis RHP Edwin Nuñez | Role: 40
    • TLDR: 22-year-old recently converted to a relief role—showed big stuff in an abbreviated look but faces significant command concerns.
    • Summary Report
  12. Los Angeles Dodgers RHP Jerming Rosario | Role: 35+
    • TLDR: 22-year-old in AA struggling with command—intriguing pitch mix worth developing, but unlikely to achieve requisite consistency.
    • Summary Report
  13. Texas RHP Dane Acker | Role: 35+
    • TLDR: Future depth-type starter with solid FB shape and fringe feel for multiple secondaries.
    • Full Report
  14. Texas LHP Robby Ahlstrom | Role: 35+
    • TLDR: Skinny lefty reliever with chance to play in a low-mid leverage ML relief role, command and secondary consistency drive risk.
    • Summary Report
  15. Kansas City RHP Jacob Wallace | Role: 35+
    • TLDR: 25-year-old righty reliever with standout FB effectiveness but need for secondary improvement.
    • Summary Report
  16. Kansas City RHP Eric Cerantola | Role: 35
    • TLDR: Power FB gives chance for low-leverage single-inning relief role, but lack of strike-throwing or secondary consistency limit likelihood of achieving this.
    • Summary Report
  17. Texas RHP Ricky Devito | Role: 35
    • TLDR: Righty reliever with intriguing pitch-mix but significant strike-throwing issues likely to impede ML value.
    • Summary Report
  18. St. Louis RHP Zane Mills | Role: 35
    • TLDR: Low-octane 24-year-old with relative polish, unlikely to provide big league value without a significant jump in his stuff.
    • Summary Report
  19. Oakland LHP Domingo Robles | Role: 30
    • TLDR: Off-season minor league free agent signee having increased success than at time of initial report as a 26-year-old in AA.
    • Summary Report
  20. Texas RHP Ben Anderson | Role: 25+
    • TLDR: Low-octane righty struggling at AA in his age-26 season, depth piece able to get outs in the upper-minors.
    • Summary Report

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Connor Pierce

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