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Mason Black, P
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Black has mostly been seen during summer ball, both on the 2019 Cape (he pitched well enough there to start the All-Star Game) and in the 2020 South Florida Collegiate Baseball League, where he won Pitcher of the Year. He missed a huge chunk of his freshman year due to an appendectomy, then only made a handful of collegiate 2020 starts due to the pandemic. He shortened his arm swing over the summer but his arm action is still pretty long, and Black has an intense, demonstrative mound presence that I think fits in a bullpen. He'll sit in the mid-90s with tail on his two-seamer, movement that pairs well with a changeup, though the rest of his repertoire is a work in progress. How his four-seamer, utility knuckle curve and slider look in 2021 may dictate whether teams project him as a starter.