2021 top 10 potential customers for righties

The MLB Pipeline will reveal its list of the top 100 prospects for 2021 on Friday, January 29. Before the launch of the Top 100, we will examine the 10 best baseball prospects in each position. In the short 2020 season, many young people were called in to help launch teams. Six of

The MLB Pipeline will reveal its list of the 100 best prospects for 2021 on Friday, January 29. Before the launch of the Top 100, we will examine the 10 best baseball prospects in each position.

In the short 2020 season, many young people were called in to help launch teams. Six of the top ten right-handed pitchers of the past year have made their way into the major leagues, although only one – Dustin May of the Dodgers – has graduated off the list of possible candidates as a result.

As a full 2021 season approaches, expect more of the same. Seven of our new Top 10 are expected to continue to establish themselves in rotation in the major leagues or make their debut this year, with several of them having a chance to compete for the Rookie of the Year award.

It is a good division of school age recruits or hires (Sixto Sánchez, Ian Anderson, Luis Patiño, Matt Manning, Grayson Rodriguez) and university recruits (Nate Pearson, Casey Mize, Max Meyer, Emerson Hancock and Logan Gilbert), with Meyer and Hancock representing the 2020 Draft class.

The top ten potential customers (ETA)

1. Nate Pearson, Blue Jays (2021)
2. Casey Mize, Tigers (2021)
3. Sixto Sánchez, Marlins (2021)
4. Ian Anderson, Braves (2021)
5. Luis Patiño, Rays (2021)
6. Matt Manning, Tigers (2021)
7. Grayson Rodriguez, Orioles (2022)
8. Max Meyer, Marlins (2022)
9. Emerson Hancock, Mariners (2022)
10. Logan Gilbert, Mariners (2021)
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Main tools

Fastball: Pearson (80)
Even though he struggled a bit in the big leagues and lost time with a strain on his elbow flexors, the fastball was still as impressive as ever. He averaged 96.3 mph and peaked at 101.5 mph during his time with Toronto, and he reached an impressive rotation rate of 2,300 rpm in the four-seamer.

Curveball: Manning (60)
Manning has the only positive curve in the Top 10, and it is his final move. It is a true 12 to 6 hammer with strong downer action and high turning rates.

Slider: Meyer (70)
Many felt that Meyer could take the hitter out of the big leagues with his slider immediately after signing. It was the best shot of all arms in Draft 2020, a break ball that plays 91 mph and from which it adds and subtracts depth.

Moving in: Sánchez, Rodriguez (65)
Sánchez launched his move over the 80s more than any other pitch during his time in the big leagues in 2020, an unattainable out-of-speed pitch that plunges onto the board and misses a ton of bats. Rodriguez’s move has now become his best secondary offer, launched in the 1980s and consistently dipping / running under the barrel.

Another tone: Mize (70)
Although his results in the major leagues were not the best, Mize showed that his mid-1980s divider is still close to the top of the scale, with a much better vertical movement than the league average on the diving field.

Control: Mize, Sánchez (60)
We are willing to give Mize a mulligan about his control problems in the major leagues last year based on his history of launching strokes (1.4 BB / 9 in college and 1.9 BB / 9 in minor leagues). Sánchez’s athletic build and repeatable delivery helped him limit hikes to 2.5 out of nine in the major leagues last season, continuing the Minors trend, where he has only walked 1.8 out of nine in his career.

Superlatives

Highest ceiling: Rodriguez
There are many candidates on this list to claim this category, but Rodriguez’s size, material, pitch sensitivity and age (he will be 21 in 2021) make it easy to imagine the first round of 2018 leading this list in the future.

Higher floor: Mize
With three positive pitches, a medium curved ball and a sinker, it is difficult to match Mize in terms of repertoire and sensitivity to launch him – again, despite his first fights in the big leagues. This combination of things and command is why he was the No. 1 overall choice in 2018, after all.

Rookie of the Year Candidate: Anderson
Many on this list will see considerable time in the major leagues in 2021, but no one shot as well as Anderson during a major league debut in 2020. Especially due to his postseason, it is difficult not to put Anderson on top of any League ROY Prize National list of candidates.

Highest riser: Anderson
Anderson had not been in the Top 10 for a year at this time, but a combination of graduations from the 2020 list and Anderson’s performance in Atlanta catapulted him to fourth place.

Humble start: Sánchez
The Phillies found Sánchez almost accidentally, seeing him when they were patrolling a Cuban catcher in the Dominican in 2015. They managed to sign the right-hander for just $ 35,000; debuted in the United States in 2016 and climbed into the major leagues in 2020, aged 22, with the Marlins.

More to prove: Mize
While we’re giving him a mulligan, it’s still a little worrying that Mize posted an ERA of 6.99 in his seven major league matches in 2020 and was hit harder than anyone expected. This year offers a new start, but he will have to show that he can lose barrels more consistently.

Keep an eye on: Quinn Priester, Pirates
Although he did not make an official pitch in 2020, like many Minor League arms, few prospects of pitching are generating more buzz than the Pirates’ first round pick in 1919. Illinois’s high school product was successful when he joined the organization’s alternate training site in late summer and was then wiped out during the educational league game in Florida, with some believing he could be at the top or near the top of the list in a year.