Manuel Mercedes RHP. DOB: 9/21/2002. 6' 4", 190 lbs. International Amateur Free Agent July 2019.
2024(A+): 4-9, 5.28, 116 IP, 6.91 K/9, 4.19 BB/9, 2.28 GB/FB.
Mercedes has the size and arm to be a big league SP. He's a throwback who pounds the zone with a mid-90's power sinker inducing an elite groundball percentage. His short term problem is limiting walks as he needs to keep them below 3.0/9 to make his approach work. The longer term issue is the contact/GB approach just doesn't work as well as it used to prior to the launch angle era. So the tools are there but he needs to refine his command and learn to use his secondar pitches earlier in counts and as K pitches.
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