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Peyton Battenfield, P
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Scouting report
Battenfield was drafted by Houston and then acquired along with Cal Stevenson when the Astros needed to added depth arm Austin Pruitt. Battenfield sat 91-94 in 2019 and his fastball has plus vertical movement, but he was comfortably in the mid-90s during instructs and now has a plus cutter, the best of his four pitches. He's a 2021 breakout candidate. (Fall Instructional League)