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Ryan Pepiot, P
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Count the Dodgers among the teams whose pitchers are more often throwing a changuep in the style of Devin Williams, pronating around the baseball and using side spin to get arm-side action on the pitch. Pepiot is one of the pitchers in this mold, and while it can take him a few tries to get feel for his changeup's release, once he does it is a lethal offering. He can mis-locate it and still get a swing and miss, or freeze left-handed hitters who think the pitch is inside when in fact it tails back over the plate. This is Pepiot's style generally, relying on stuff much more than precision. Now that he's had a velocity spike (sitting 93-96, up from 90-94 throughout an up-and-down 2019), that type of approach is more viable. Remember that Pepiot's stuff took a nose dive during his 2019 draft year and the 2020 developmental environment was weird, so we don't know if he'll hold that velo all season as a starter. If he can, he'll move onto the overall top 100 list. (Alternate site)