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Adam Kloffenstein, P
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Scouting report
After the shutdown, Kloffenstein didn't quite make the alt site cut and instead threw bullpens and later received permission to pitch in the independent Constellation Energy League in Texas (Brett Eibner and Fernando Rodney were signed out of that league) for one of the two Sugar Land teams. The Blue Jays were able to monitor his progress via a crude stream and, as Gil Kim told our own David Laurila some months ago, pitch data generated at his games and in some of his side sessions. There his fastball generally sat about 93-94 with sink. Still just 19-years-old for much of 2020, Kloffenstein filled out pretty fast, maybe a little too much, but he looked a little leaner during the summer. In the past Kloffenstein has shown two different (but not especially distinct) breaking balls and a changeup, but the sinker and slider are clearly at the forefront of the profile right now and mostly what he worked with in 2020. The mean projection is somewhere on the sinker/slider Blake Treinen reliever and a grounder-getting No. 4 or 5 starter line. I've made no change to Kloffenstein's FV here. (Constellation Energy League)