Prospect # 11 : RHP - Jesse Beal

[Tony-OH]

http://www.orioleshangout.com/plus/plusarticle.asp?ID=2327

I know this is going to shock a lot of folks, but this guy has a lot of projection about him and some scouts really feel he could end up something special.

Plus Members can read all about him.

[Crazysilver03]

Ugh, my plus membership has been all kinds of screwed up for a few months now.

My main question, what is his velocity?

[Big Mac]

Ugh, my plus membership has been all kinds of screwed up for a few months now.

My main question, what is his velocity?

Same here. Can't access any plus content for some reason.

[ChaosLex]

Ugh, my plus membership has been all kinds of screwed up for a few months now.

My main question, what is his velocity?

Same here. Can't access any plus content for some reason.

Ditto.

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[Leitch]

Ugh, my plus membership has been all kinds of screwed up for a few months now.

My main question, what is his velocity?

"Currently he sits in the 88-90 range with good sink"

- From the profile

[weams]

My Plus is all good. I am however, surprised.

[SteveA]

Ditto.

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Same here.

[QSII]

It says he could be really good! Hope I didn't give away any secret content.

[Satyr3206]

Have to admit I'm surprised.

[Frobby]

Its a sign of lack of depth that we're already reaching for Beal. I'm not surprised but I am concerned.

[crawdad]

Its a sign of lack of depth that we're already reaching for Beal. I'm not surprised but I am concerned.

I think it is pretty common to be discussing potential by the time you reach this stage in a prospect list. If the scouts seem high on them and the guy has a high grounder rate, then you know Tony is going to like him over other "potential" prospects. The list is basically hitting on C+ talents, which are basically guys who have a tool or two and may break out. Along with guys who are pretty marginal, but are good enough to see time as a bench player. Beal belongs in the former category. He has a tool and he might learn how to use it at a MLB level.

[ChaosLex]

Its a sign of lack of depth that we're already reaching for Beal. I'm not surprised but I am concerned.

Considering Joseph, Avery, etc., have yet to be named, I'm not too concerned.

[Dr. FLK]

Same here. Can't access any plus content for some reason.

Same here...

[ScottieBaseball]

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We'll look into things on our end as well.

[Frobby]

I will say this for Beal, he's very young. At the same age (18), Bergesen pitched only 5.2 innings at Bluefield, and he spent the next year at Aberdeen posting a 4.82 ERA. Britton pitched at Bluefield to a 5.29 ERA, 1.62 WHIP and 5.6 K/9, and then pitched in Aberdeen at age 19. If Beal was able to put up decent numbers at Delmarva next year, he'd be pretty far ahead of the game.