DrB's 2020 Giants Top 50 Prospects: #17 Melvin Adon

Melvin Adon RHP.  DOB:  6/9/1994.  6'3", 235 lbs.

AA:  2-6, 2.60, 45 IP, 11.80 K/9, 5.20 BB/9, 14 Saves.
AAA:  0-1, 13.94, 10.1 IP, 15.68 K/9, 6.97 BB/9.

Melvin Adon may be one of those guys you keep dreaming on who never realize the dream, but the dream is so good, you don't want to let it go.  Fangraphs calls him the "hardest throwing pitcher in the minors."  He consistently hits triple digits with the FB, but has struggled with command and struggled to find a secondary offering.  The slider emerged last year as a put away pitch which helped the K/9, but the BB/9 also ballooned to dangerous levels.  Can he still pull that all together and make himself and dominating reliever?  2020 is probably a critical year for him.