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Camilo Doval, P
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Doval is one of the weirder pitchers in all of the minors, as his delivery and stuff are each as odd as they are inconsistent. When he's right, the long-armed, side-winding right-hander chucks upper-90s stuff with either heavy sink, or rising cut action caused by his arm angle. He also throws a hard, horizontal slider. The Trackman readout for Doval is shocking. His primary fastball/cutter spins in at about 2700 rpm, which is incredible considering how hard he throws. He also generates nearly seven feet of extension, and the effective velocity of his fastball is about 2 mph harder than its actual velo. There are outings where he's untouchable for several innings. He also has nuclear outings where he walks everyone and gives up a bunch of runs before registering an out; this has now been the case for several years. Doval has been 94-97 during 2021 spring training and is on the 40-man, but is still a prospect of extreme variance since his stuff has almost no precedent and I can't decide if that's good or not. With someone like Kervin Castro it's easy to see the fastball angle and carry and know that's going to play, while Doval could be a waiver wire roller coaster or answer the question "What if Brad Ziegler had elite velocity?" (Alternate site, Fall Instructional League)