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Emmanuel Clase, P
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Due to both a severe late strain and a positive PED test, Clase (pronounced CLAH-say) didn't pitch at the alt site (the suspension prevented it) and instead threw a little during instructs (he sat 97-98) and then tossed a single inning for Estrellas Orientales in LIDOM. He was throwing hard but looked out of shape. Rather than move him back into the 45 FV tier now that the (modified) duration of his suspension has concluded, I'm leaving him in the 40+ tier due to skepticism about his ability to be as explosive as one needs to in order to throw 99-102 without help. That kind of arm strength made Clase internet baseball famous for a minute during his tongue-burning, 23-inning big league cup of coffee in 2019. His cutting fastball sat around 99 mph and touched 102.7 during that stretch. He looked like a huge steal for Texas, which pilfered him from San Diego, straight up, for Brett Nicholas. When Clase was announced as the PTBNL for Nicholas in May of '18, he hadn't yet pitched that year. By that Fall he was sitting in the upper-90s with natural cut. His 40-man timeline and relative inexperience were likely part of why San Diego was willing to move him. Cleveland acquired him from Texas as part of the Corey Kluber trade the following offseason. He still hasn't thrown a pitch for a Cleveland affiliate. (Fall Instructional League, LIDOM)