Teams had to decide which prospects to attack on the
49 rosters last week. And let's look at three
interesting decisions made with players who showed their stuff in
the Arizona Fall League. I'm Jim Callas on,
on the pipeline and this is the beat report outfielder
Jacob Hurtubise went from no draft to free agent in
2020 part of the Reds 40 man roster, three
years later signed for$20,000 out of Army Hurtubise batted
334 7943 between AA and AAA. This season age
25 and top the minors in on base percentage.
He features plus plus Steve and used to steal 45
bases this season for going 11 ft 11 on swipes
in the A fl more of a corner guy than
a center fielder. Praised for his constant energy.
Signed for$140,000 out of the Dominican Republic of 2017
right here. Juan Mejia finally joined the Rockies Sporting
Man roster. Six years later, the heo a
5.06 a between high and double 88.2. They impressed
him the folly by allowing just two runs while striking
out 16 in eight and one third innings. He
worked with a lively 9496 mile an hour fastball and
a sharp 8384 mile hour slider according pair of strikeouts
with the slide piece in the perfect in in the
Fall Stars game. If he can find his control
, he could be a high leverage reliever though he
showed well in the fall league, the Blue Jays
exposed 20 22nd rounder CG Van Eyk to the rule
five draft. The Florida state product Van Ek missed
2022 following Tommy John's surgery just 34 and one third
innings in the minors this summer. While advancing to
a A, he did display one of the better
curveballs in the A FL part of four pitch mix
. It also includes a 91 to 95 mile an
hour fastball, a slider and a change up for
posting 2.51 A with 14 strikeouts in 14 and third
innings in Arizona. He could draw rule five interest
as a potential back to the rotation started for more
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