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Luis Gil, P
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Scouting report
Gil was acquired in the one-for-one Jake Cave trade with Minnesota, and at that time, he was a hard-throwing lottery ticket with a velvety smooth delivery and projectable frame. The grace and ease of his delivery belied his control problems, similar to how Neftalí Feliz and Yadier Alvarez both tricked evaluators into projecting heavily on their command. Gil's feel for release is now dialed in enough that he is unlikely to have serious, role-altering walk issues, but not so much that he suddenly projects as a starter. His presence on the 40-man adds to the likelihood that he ends up working in relief and only relief, as does his limited repertoire. His fastball is dominant (it generated a 20% swinging strike rate in 2019) and he can execute a slider to his glove side fairly regularly, but that slider relies on location and is crushable in the zone. His changeup is still relatively new but isn't great. I think it has more ceiling than the slider just by virtue of the fact that Gil hasn't had as long to work with it. If that develops into an out pitch then perhaps he'll be able to close, but for now I think he's a fastball-dominant set-up type. (Alternate site, LIDOM)