Thursday, January 24, 2019

Scouting the 2019 Draft: Zach Thompson

Zach Thompson, LHP.  DOB:  10/28/1997.  6'2", 225 lbs.

2018 College(Kentucky):  2-1, 4.94, 12.19 K/9, 5.81 BB/9.

Zach Thompson is a big-bodied lefty.  He sports a solid 4-pitch mix starting with a FB that sits in the low 90's and touches 96.  He missed 2 months of the 2018 college season with a "non-surgical" elbow injury.  He seemed healthy pitching in the Cape Cod League and Team USA in the summer.

Thompson utilizes an extreme drop and drive delivery which looks a lot like Clayton Kershaw's.  It's a sign of the weakness of this college pitching crop that Thompson is ranked near the top.  If the draft were held today, I am not sure he would even make my first round, but it's also not hard to envision him having a Casey Mize type junior season and jump into the top 10 or even top 5 by draft day.  Staying healthy all season is the key.

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