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Slade Cecconi, P
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Scouting report
Cecconi was sitting 94-97 in the summer before his senior year of high school, then missed most of the following spring with an oblique issue. He came back just before the draft, sat in the low-90s, and his stock couldn't recover, so he went to school. Over two years at Miami (he was a draft-eligible sophomore), his arm strength returned, and Cecconi was once again living in the mid-90s while incorporating a slider with variable shape (it has very nasty two-plane break when it's well-located), and a lesser (but viable) change and cutter during the very brief 2020 college season. Either time or pro development unlocked yet nastier stuff during Cecconi's summer and Fall instructs outings. Sources from both inside and outside Arizona's org saw Cecconi sitting 94-96 and touching 98 with two breaking balls that were more-consistent looking than they were when he was in college; he had feel for both of them. A prospect who looked like that likely would have gone somewhere between picks 10 and 15 rather than in the sandwich round. (Alternate site, Fall Instructional League)