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Jared Shuster, P
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Scouting report
Shuster's stuff got better while his walk rates dipped, and even though his high-effort power pitching style has a relief vibe to it, he has the repertoire depth and (more recently) strike-throwing ability to be developed as a starter. Shuster went from sitting 88-92 as an underclassman to sitting 91-95 as a junior. He also went from a WHIP close to 1.60 as a freshman and sophomore to one under 1.00 during his pre-draft summer on Cape Cod and month-long, pre-pandemic tear as a junior, amassing 78 strikeouts and allowing just 50 baserunners in those 60 innings. Shuster's changeup is his best secondary offering, and he sells it to hitters by mimicking his fastball's intense arm speed. Again, Shuster doesn't look like a touch-and-feel guy at first blush but he has a real knack for locating his changeup down and to his glove side over and over again. If he can retain his riding fastball's new velocity, then he'll have two plus pitches and only need to refine the consistency of his slurvy breaking ball to project as a fourth starter type, or a multi-inning power reliever if this recent run of strike-throwing turns out to be a mirage. (Fall Instructional League)