2022 11th Round Pick (#317): Zach Showalter - P - (HS) Wesley Chapel HS (FL)

[Jammer7]

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Showalter is a 6-foot-1, 195-pound righthander with a close-to-maxed-out frame and an impressive fastball. The pitch sits in the 90-95 mph range and plays up with what scouts have called “elite ride.” He dominated with the pitch during the summer and fall and got loads of swing and miss in the middle and top of the zone against high school hitters. It’s an easy plus fastball projection given the life and velocity of the pitch, though Showalter’s secondaries need more refinement. He throws a slurvy breaking ball in the upper 70s that is below-average and has also infrequently thrown a firm, mid-80s changeup that also needs to improve to get to an average pitch. Showalter throws solid strikes, but his lack of secondaries adds to his reliever risk.

Maybe this report from BA explains why Showalter was paid what he was. A lot of reliever risk here. “Elite ride” on the FB. 
 

https://www.baseballamerica.com/draft-history/mlb-draft-database/#/?Year=2022&Round=0&TeamId=1002&Position=&SchoolName=&FourYearSchoolType=false&JuniorCollegeType=false&HighSchoolType=false&OtherSchoolType=false&StateOrCountry=&Signed=&SigningBonusMin=0&SigningBonusMax=0&PlayerName=&OverallNumber=0

[baltfan]

1 hour ago, Jammer7 said:

Maybe this report from BA explains why Showalter was paid what he was. A lot of reliever risk here. “Elite ride” on the FB. 
 

https://www.baseballamerica.com/draft-history/mlb-draft-database/#/?Year=2022&Round=0&TeamId=1002&Position=&SchoolName=&FourYearSchoolType=false&JuniorCollegeType=false&HighSchoolType=false&OtherSchoolType=false&StateOrCountry=&Signed=&SigningBonusMin=0&SigningBonusMax=0&PlayerName=&OverallNumber=0

Odds are he won’t work out.  Most of these lottery ticket types don’t.  Still worth it though for the times that it does.