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Ryne Nelson, P

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Scouting report

Nelson had injury issues and moved back and forth from the rotation to the bullpen at Oregon. In the 'pen, he sits in the upper-90s with huge life and tough angle, and his fastball has nearly perfect backspin. His breaking stuff has nasty, vertical action that mirrors his fastball action, and he has pretty good feel for both his curveball and slider; the changeup lags behind. The Diamondbacks will try to develop Nelson as a starter and hope consistency in that role will help him develop viable control/command, which he lacked in the Fall of 2020 as he worked in the 93-96 range. Because of how his fastball works, he need only have crude control of it to be a viable starter, though he's not yet there. This is a high-ceiling/variance power pitching prospect with a spottier track record than is typical for a recent college draftee. (Fall Instructional League)

Name	Age	Lvl	Team	Level	G	GS	IP	ERA	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	FIP	xFIP	SIERA
Ryne Nelson 181.0	26	A	AZ	mlb	27	25	147.2	4.33	7.6	2.1	1.0	3.77	4.00	4.10