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Mick Abel, P

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Scouting report

Abel has been the best pitching prospect his age since his sophomore year of high school and he's the youngest pitching prospect in the 50 FV tier across baseball. He has the prototypical starter's frame at a broad-shouldered 6-foot-4, already throws hard and should be able to hold that kind of velocity for a whole season as his frame fills out, has a strong natural proclivity for spinning his breaking stuff, and will also flash a really good changeup once in a while. While Abel's sitting fastball velocity slipped throughout his showcase summer, he was still reaching back for 97 early in outings and the rest of his profile was more complete than other prep arms, so even though his senior season was cancelled because of COVID-19, he was the first high school pitcher selected in the 2020 Draft. Then, aside from some remote live BP work during the summer, he rested until Instructional League where he once again showed big, mid-90s gas. He's got star-level ceiling if he can execute his secondary stuff consistently. (Fall Instructional League)