Noah Denoyer 2022

[Aristotelian]

Haven't seen much about this guy, but he has progressed up to Bowie in Age 24 season. Undrafted minor league free agent in 2019 (not 2020). Most of his innings have been at Delmarva, now up to Bowie after quick stint at Aberdeen. So far at every level he has had an ERA in the low 3's or under, with 10.6 K/9 vs 3.5 BB/9, and he is now off to a strong start at Bowie. Just a solid consistent projection. Last night went 4 IP, O ER, 7K, 2 BB's, so I wonder if he could get on the prospect radar screen in the near future. 

Twitter feed @noahdenoyer37 has some nice video. Looks like a nice hard slider for his out pitch? 

 

[Yossarian]

Every time i see his last name,  The Pixies "Debaser" plays in my head. 

[Aristotelian]

Just after starting this thread I took my son to a Baysox game. Guess who was nice enough to sign autographs on his way out? I must admit I had no idea who he was but thankfully signed the ball "[illegible] #30" so I could look him up. 

[Aristotelian]

Four inning save to close out a 5-4 win, 4 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 4 K. 

[RZNJ]

We have a lot of pitchers who are lights out for 3-4 innings.

[Tony-OH]

2 hours ago, RZNJ said:

We have a lot of pitchers who are lights out for 3-4 innings.

In the minors...

[Tony-OH]

I've been watching him for a bit, but just haven't seen enough yet to get me excited over him. The fastball can be bleh at times and the slider is inconsistent. Saying that, he's at least a guy i pay attention to and I'm going to take a harder look at him with Bowie since I have better video options when they are away from Bowie poor camera angles.

[RZNJ]

Another really strong outing in relief. 5 IP, 1 H, 0 walks, 7 K's.  Probably not a starter prospect but he and Watson strike me as interesting multi inning relief prospects. 

[Aristotelian]

Seems like he has gotten consistent production in AA. What's stopping us from moving him up to AAA? I believe they have a spot in their rotation.

[Aristotelian]

https://twitter.com/BSLOnTheVerge/status/1533772871180464128?s=20&t=6FOLHS_ryKxPS6T8oZ8K0Q

[Frobby]

54 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Seems like he has gotten consistent production in AA. What's stopping us from moving him up to AAA? I believe they have a spot in their rotation.

He’s thrown 20 innings in AA.   I doubt he’ll be promoted anytime soon.  

[sportsfan8703]

54 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

https://twitter.com/BSLOnTheVerge/status/1533772871180464128?s=20&t=6FOLHS_ryKxPS6T8oZ8K0Q

Glad he’s having success, but he looks like a reliever at best. Only pitches from the stretch and almost fell down twice in that video. 

[RZNJ]

Fastball looks so so at 93.  From that video it looks like the 12-6 (or is it 11-7) is THE pitch.   

[Aristotelian]

33 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Glad he’s having success, but he looks like a reliever at best. Only pitches from the stretch and almost fell down twice in that video. 

I only saw him slightly lose his balance once. Not sure what that has to do with his ceiling. Many starters pitch from the stretch (Darvish, Burnes, Strasburg etc). I've never understood the wind up. Seems like any marginal effect on stuff isn't worth the moving parts.

That said, I forgot he started in A+ this year and am certainly getting carried away. 

[LookinUp]

2 hours ago, RZNJ said:

Fastball looks so so at 93.  From that video it looks like the 12-6 (or is it 11-7) is THE pitch.   

Seems like a candidate for a driveline offseason to see if he can gain 4 mph and change his profile. Not saying that's at all likely to succeed, but it's what guys are doing nowadays.