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2021 MLB Draft / College Baseball Thread

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Keith Law with some various thoughts on the Indians' draft in The Athletic this morning:

Cleveland

Gavin Williams (1) had first-round stuff, maybe top 10 stuff, and wowed scouts who attended East Carolina’s regional against Vanderbilt by hitting 98 and holding velocity deep into his outing. He has three pitches and a delivery that’s on line to the plate. He’s had some minor injuries that pushed him to later into the round, but Cleveland might have gotten a steal here. Ole Miss right-hander Doug Nikhazy (2) was badly overworked in the postseason; Ole Miss had him throw 119 pitches on a Saturday and still rolled him out for a relief appearance two days later. He mixes all four pitches well and hides the ball enough to add deception, although everything is average and he tops out around 92. He’s extremely competitive and has been a successful starter in the country’s best conference for three years. He was also arrested on a DUI charge when he was 20, behavior that likely affected his draft stock.

Tommy Mace (2A) came into the year as a potential first-rounder, a senior who’d save a team some money but was worthy of the pick. He struggled to get into any kind of rhythm this spring, still just 90-94 and getting hit in the zone on it, relying on a cutter because it was the one pitch he could get to work. There’s something here, but he needs a new pitching plan.

High school shortstop Jake Fox (3) swings uphill too often and doesn’t offer much if any projection. He’ll move to second base in pro ball. Georgia’s Ryan Webb (4) has power stuff from the left side, but it’s the offspeed stuff – changeup, curve and slider – that separates him, and if he pitches more away from the fastball and off his secondaries, he has mid-rotation upside.

Fullerton right-hander Tanner Bibee (5) throws strikes with four average-ish pitches, topping out at 92, with a changeup that can flash above-average when he gets it down in the zone. Cleveland took Mace’s teammate, right-hander Jack Leftwich (7), who’s been up to 96 since at least his freshman year with a power slider, but without the command to start. He and Franco Aleman (10) spent most of the season in the Gators bullpen; Aleman is a slinging right-hander with some velocity and a sweepy slider.
 

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