Mikell Manzano RHP. DOB: 11/30/2002. 6'0", 140 lbs. IFA 2020
2021(DSL): 3-4, 3.54, 48.1 IP, 13.03 K/9, 0.93 BB/9, GB/FB= 1.63
2022(ACL): 3-3, 3.93, 55 IP, 13.25 K/9, 2.78 BB/9, GB/FB= 1.83
2022(A): 0-2, 23.63, 2.2 IP, 13.50 K/9, 10.13 BB/9, GB/FB= 1.50
Manzano is a smallish RHP with big time K/BB, at least until an end-of-season promotion to San Jose with an extremely SSS. There are several videos of him pitching you can look up on the Youtube. He obviously weighs more than 140 lbs but is otherwise athletic looking with loose arm action. He seems to be able to pinpoint his FB on the outside corner and backs that up with a late breaking ball. I am not sure but I think I saw both a curveball and slider in the videos. I can't say I saw anything that looked like a changeup.
This completes my trio of IFA prospects age 20 or less coming out of the ACL and whose last names all start with M. We'll call them the M boys, Manzano, Medina and Maldonodo. Two righties and 1 lefty. All with similar physical size and pitching style. My feeling his Maldonado may have the highest ceiling but Medina is a lefty and Manzano had the best ratios and nabbed the late season promotion. I am hopeful they will all be assigned to San Jose to start 2023. I will watch their progress with interest.
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