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Alec Marsh, P
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The velo spike that Marsh first exhibited while pitching in the Constellation Energy League last year held through 2021 spring training, and he's a very obvious candidate to have a statistical breakout this season because of the new heat. He was up to 100 last summer and I didn't see a fastball below 96 during any of my spring looks. He's went from a Pac-12 pitchability guy to an upper-90s bully within a couple of months. Visibly stronger in the upper body, Marsh attacks the zone with his newfound velocity and mixes in a lot of sliders, which typically sit about 86 mph. His glove-side command of that pitch is very good, and its angle makes it an effective backfoot weapon against lefties. He has some release variation when he throws his curveball but that pitch clearly has utility as a get-me-over strike. While I saw few of them during the spring, Marsh would flash an occasional above-average changeup while he was at ASU, a pitch that has much more effective movement toward the arm-side corner of the plate. Assuming Marsh hasn't lost touch and feel for that changeup via his newfound strength and velo, he's going to have a viable four-pitch mix and be a lock to start. He'll likely move into the top 100 if he can hold the big heat while taking the ball every fifth day during the season. (Constellation Energy League, Alternate site)