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Alex Speas, P
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Scouting report
When Speas returned from Tommy John rehab in 2019, he was 95-99 in his first outing back, then was up to 102 in the next one before being shut down because the Rangers thought he was throwing too hard. It seemed plausible that if healthy during a normal 2020, he'd have mowed through several levels of the minors and earned a 40-man spot. Instead he had no real opportunity to do so and was passed over in the Rule 5. Up until he had yet another injury this spring, he was back in the upper-90s, 96-98 and touching 99 during my in-person looks. It took him a while to find feel for his slider (and just to throw strikes in general), but once he did that pitch was a 70-grade offering in the 85-87 mph range. Speas' delivery is really rough and he has a spotty health track record. He'll come up and dominate for spurts but is volatile due to command and injury issues.