Ofelky Peralta 2018

[Luke-OH]

I am pretty low on Peralta. I will say that he looks better this spring. It appears that he’s gained weight, changed his arm slot, and is repeating better. Still no legit secondaries though.

Here is some video from last year for comparison.

 

[Frobby]

Still a young guy (21 this year).    I’ll hold out some hope.  

[Frobby]

Struck out Machado, Schoop and Rasmus in the same innings in a sim game yesterday, according to Dan Duquette.    “He has simplified his delivery and he’s been throwing strikes.”  

http://www.masnsports.com/steve-melewski/2018/03/hearing-from-buck-showalter-and-dan-duquette-in-norfolk.html

[Luke-OH]

25 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Struck out Machado, Schoop and Rasmus in the same innings in a sim game yesterday, according to Dan Duquette.    “He has simplified his delivery and he’s been throwing strikes.”  

http://www.masnsports.com/steve-melewski/2018/03/hearing-from-buck-showalter-and-dan-duquette-in-norfolk.html

Merged with my post of the same name. Included is an example of the simplified delivery (higher arm slot as well) DD is talking about.

[Frobby]

2 minutes ago, Luke-OH said:

Merged with my post of the same name. Included is an example of the simplified delivery (higher arm slot as well) DD is talking about.

Thanks, I forgot you’d started a thread on him already.   

[Luke-OH]

Peralta totally lost his release point in the 2nd and 4th innings tonight. Didn't throw many offspeed pitches, and when he did, they weren't particularly good. When he had his release point, his fastball looked amazing, downhill plane and extension he didn't have from the old low arm slot. He got a bunch of whiffs on fastballs on the plate, and everyone knew fastballs were coming. Play by play guy said said he was in the upper 90s, less effort than with his old delivery.

[MachoMachadoMan]

Saw Peralta conversation popping up in another thread following his last start. Wanted to bubble it up here. 

Ofelky (still just 21 years old) had his best start of the season in his second year with Frederick. 

6 IP, 3 H, 3 Ks, 1 R and most importantly, just 1 walk. 

The last time Peralta pitched 6 innings and walked only 1 batter was July 2016. 

Check the rest of Peralta's stats

[Luke-OH]

6 hours ago, Luke-OH said:

The mechanics are much improved. He’s still got a long ways to go to throw enough strikes to even be a BP guy, much less a starter, but I can see the path forward now.

Last year, I watched him a few times and it wasn’t just that he had no control, he had a delivery that screamed “he’s never going to throw strikes”. He was a low 3/4 long arm action slinger, who didn’t know where any part of his body was headed.

This year, he’s moving down the mound better, has a higher, more consistent release (still needs work) and he’s getting better extension. He still needs to finish pitches better and get more repeatable, but it’s a workable delivery.

The higher release and added extension helps his FB become a real swing and miss weapon in the upper 90s. He doesn’t have a consistent second pitch yet though, so like I said, still much work to do.

@MachoMachadoMan here is my comment on his delivery I made in the other thread.