Orioles signed Denyi Reyes to a MILB deal

[Roll Tide]

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* An unreported minor league move was finalized Monday with the Orioles signing pitcher Denyi Reyes.

Reyes, 25, has appeared in 112 games and made 72 starts in six years, and he spent the past two seasons with Double-A Portland in the Red Sox’s system. He didn’t pitch in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season.

The Red Sox signed Reyes in 2014 as an international free agent and assigned him the following year to the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League. He was placed on the 40-man roster in November 2018, designated for assignment in January 2020 to make room for Mitch Moreland and outrighted a week later.

Reyes elected free agency after the 2021 season and signed with the Orioles. He’s listed on Double-A Bowie’s roster.

The overall numbers are impressive, including a 44-21 record, 2.92 ERA, 1.050 WHIP and 1.3 walks and 0.7 home runs allowed per nine innings. But Reyes wasn’t as effective in Double-A, going 12-14 with a 4.18 ERA and 1.211 WHIP in 46 games (31 starts).

Reyes, listed at 6-foot-4 and 255 pounds, represented the Dominican Republic this year at the Olympics in Tokyo.

 

 

https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2021/12/another-look-at-lyles-and-other-notes.html

[Moose Milligan]

Awesome!

[ChosenOne21]

We've signed worse

[Morgan423]

Keep doing these once the lockout ends, ME.  One of them might turn into Miguel Gonzalez 2022.

[Bahama O's Fan]

This looks like a good signing

[Sports Guy]

This was reported..not sure why it says it was unreported.

[Frobby]

Already a thread on this in the MiL forum.  

[sportsfan8703]

MLB pipeline had him as Boston’s #19 prospect in 2019. Seems like he might be a RH version of Alex Wells. Reyes might throw a bit harder at 88-92. Good milb depth to add. His scouting report from mlbpipeline after the 2019 season is below,

Scouting grades: Fastball: 50 | Slider: 50 | Curveball: 45 | Changeup: 50 | Control: 60 | Overall: 40

Boston spent more than $146 million on its 2014 international class, including a $72.5 million contract for Rusney Castillo and a record $31.5 million bonus (plus a matching amount in penalty tax) for Yoan Moncada. Signed with no fanfare for $90,000 out of the Dominican Republic that July, Reyes has pounded the strike zone and dominated everywhere he has gone since. The low Class A South Atlantic League named him its pitcher of the year in 2018, when he ranked second in the Minors in WHIP (0.91), fourth in ERA (1.97) and K/BB ratio (7.6) and fifth in walk rate (1.1 per nine innings).

Reyes derives his success from uncanny command, a knack for sequencing his pitches and deception. His fastball works from 88-92 mph with ordinary life, but plays better than its velocity because he uses his 6-foot-4 frame and high arm slot to create extension and downhill plane. His changeup is his most reliable secondary offering and his low-80s slider/cutter is more effective than his mid-70s curveball, which has shape but lacks power.

Reyes has supreme pitchability but his body is fairly maxed out, so he probably won't throw much harder. He has little margin for error but rarely made mistakes while averaging 0.9 walks per nine innings during his first four pro seasons. While it's hard to give him a ceiling higher than a No. 5 starter, he's intelligent, determined and gets the most out of his ability.

[ChosenOne21]

I never get how three average MLB pitches and plus control/command leads to a grade of solidly below average, but somehow it does

[Can_of_corn]

17 minutes ago, ChosenOne21 said:

I never get how three average MLB pitches and plus control/command leads to a grade of solidly below average, but somehow it does

I don't get how 88-92 with ordinary life gets a 50 grade.

[sportsfan8703]

47 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't get how 88-92 with ordinary life gets a 50 grade.

If we’re talking about Reyes he had a 40 overall grade. He’s probably more of a 35 now given that he didn’t show the same results in AA that he did in A ball. Can’t complain about any milb signing especially when it’s on the pitching side for our system. 

[ChosenOne21]

3 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't get how 88-92 with ordinary life gets a 50 grade.

"It plays up due to his high arm slot and downhill plane he generates" or something like that from the scouting report

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, ChosenOne21 said:

"It plays up due to his high arm slot and downhill plane he generates" or something like that from the scouting report

I read that.  I also think that is not very often the case when a guy gets to the majors.

He has pedestrian velocity and movement.