6-keys: media/spln/mlb/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. The consensus best hitter and best defender in this year's crop -- high school or college -- he also has at least solid power and homered twice in his first eight pro games in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. This kid has fantastic eyes at the plate and can anchor any lineup hes thrust into. Since bonus pools have become hard-capped, top-of-the-market international players bonuses have fallen well below those of domestic draftees, and its unclear how that might shift with the implementation of an international draft. Below is how much money each team has available to spend in their international bonus pools. Players have to be registered with Major League Baseball in advance in order to be eligible to sign. -- $600,000Joan Gutierrez, SS, Ven. MLB has pushed for an international draft for years (decades, really), but the union has resisted because it would strip players of the freedom to pick their team, not to mention limit their earning potential. -- $405,000Manuel Genao, RHP, D.R. Salas has baseball bloodlines. Players at this stage can change a lot in three months, let alone three years. The international signing period ends on Dec. 15, 2023. According to a source, testimony in that case was heard last week, and we may soon learn more about its outcome and subsequent fallout. Skenes has shown the ability to manipulate the shape of his slider, and it's paid dividents depending on the handedness matchup. Yoeilin Cespedes, SS, D.R. He's a pro hitter. Taylors profile is actually carried by the bat, showcasing loud line drive and fly ball exit velocities to his pull-side. As has been the case with past classes, after these players sign, they will be pulled off the International Players section of The Board and warehoused in a ranking of their signing class for record-keeping purposes. lvarez shows an impressively quick right-handed bat that should help him hit for average and power the higher he climbs. Major League Baseball's international signing period for 2023 opens on Sunday, Jan. 15. He has touched 100 mph, has a wide array of secondary pitches, and has been praised for his poise and makeup, per MLB.com. -- $350,000D'Angelo Tejada, D.R. -- $497,500Daniel Mielcarek, SS, D.R. Right now, it's more power-over-hit, but scouts think the hit tool could be average too. Dominican SS Joendry Vargas: One of the better pure hitters in the international class, 17-year-old Vargas has advanced strike zone knowledge and a rare sweet right-handed swing. As always, our boards are based on three pillars: Jesus Caba, SS, D.R. As always, the FV grade is a more important measure for readers to focus on than the ordinal rankings here. Reiner Lopez, RHP, Ven. 4/MLB No. He's also an above average runner, but the legs play up thanks to strong instincts and burst in the field. The floor here is pretty high as far as prep bats go. Signing Bonus Pool B: $6,366,900 Cincinnati Reds Detroit Tigers Miami Marlins Milwaukee Brewers Minnesota Twins Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners Tampa Bay Rays, Signing Bonus Pool A: $5,825,500 Arizona Diamondbacks Baltimore Orioles Cleveland Guardians Colorado Rockies Kansas City Royals Pittsburgh Pirates San Diego Padres, $5,284,000 Pool Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs Chicago White Sox Houston Astros New York Mets New York Yankees San Francisco Giants St. Louis Cardinals Toronto Blue Jays Washington Nationals, $4,644,000 Pool Boston Red Sox Los Angeles Angels Philadelphia Phillies, $4,144,000 Pool Los Angeles Dodgers Texas Rangers, CLICK HERE FOR THE 2023 MLB INTERNATIONAL PROSPECT BONUS BOARD. Kuehler developed extremely quickly upon arriving to Campbell. He carried that over into an equally impressive sophomore campaign in 2022. A premium high school hitter. Ariel Castro, OF, Cuba: Twins ($2,400,000) More 12. On defense, he shows plus potential because of his soft hands, blocking ability and receiving skills. : D-backs+ ($950,000) More 19. He's a line drive machine. The Mariners are expected to sign Celesten. The younger Salas has all the tools to be an impact player at the game's most demanding position. #13 Ariel Castro (OF, Cuba) #15 . Here's a look at other prospects who signed for $300,000 or more: AngelsByron Castillo, OF, D.R. Cuban RHP Luis Morales: "(One) of the most interesting and dynamic prospects in the class," according to MLB.com, Morales already sits in the mid-90s and shows promising secondary pitches, including both a curveball and slider. He must turn 16 before he signs and be 17 before Sept. 1 the following year -- in practical terms, that means players born between Sept. 1, 2005, and Aug. 31, 2006, will be eligible to sign in the upcoming signing period. Emerson is largely average on the dirt, though his range and hands do show better than his average speed. During the course of working on the 2023 class, I became aware of about a half-dozen players set to sign in 2025 and 26 who already have verbal deals for north of $3 million. With college ball right around the corner and more industry insight at our fingertips, it's time to dive into the top college prospects for the 2023 class. Nimmala will be just 17 years old at the time of the draft and offers some of the most intriguing athlete upside at the top of the class. Even though it seems likely there will eventually be a draft, in the immediate-term, teams are behaving as if there wont be one to avoid being caught flat-footed in the event one doesnt materialize, or that it takes a while for the infrastructure that would support a draft to be put in place. 96)Milwaukee stuck to a theme by taking a speedy outfielder in the first round for the second consecutive year, following up Garrett Mitchell last summer with Frelick this time around. With the summer showcase circuit behind us and college fall ball in full swing, we're ready to re-rank the 2023 draft class. Signed for $3 million out of the Dominican Republic in January, he's built like a young Alex Rodriguez or Manny Machado and could have solid-or-better tools across the board. 60)The biggest asset on Houses scouting report was his plus power. In the event of a draft, international prospects would lose the agency to pick their employers, an ability they currently enjoy, while North American draft prospects do not. In 2022, he took 25 free passes, punching out just seven times. This crop of talent looks strong with college bats and college pitching likely dominating the headlines leading up to the event. Clark doesn't try to hit homers. Accurate information on international players can be hard to find, but bonus size is generally a good proxy for prospect status. That said, he's really begun developing into plenty of game power and could run into 20+ HR at his peak. Teams can not entice players by offering to put them on the 40-man roster. The international amateur arena is a procedural and ethical mess that has undergone wholesale structural changes several times during my time as a writer, most recently because of what the pandemic did to shift the timeline of each signing period. He could repeat Low-A in 2022 and still be ahead of the curve, with plenty of time to figure it out. Jenkins has missed time with hip issues and a broken hamate bone, something teams will need to consider. While players routinely have agreements lined up to sign with clubs multiple years in. Emerson showcased a whole lot of tools on the circuit in 2022 with an impressive hit tool and sneaky power. He features an intriguing toolset that includes plus power and arm strength as well as solid to plus speed. Theres no reason to doubt that the pop wont keep showing up in his first full season next year, and even if he needs to move off short, his offensive ceiling is considerable enough to make him a potential No. -- $800,000Bladimir Pichardo, RHP, D.R. He has a strong arm for the infield with soft hands, smooth actions and good transitions around the bag. The 19-year-old infielder's carrying tool remains his power with 24 homers in 90 . International players under 25 can sign minor-league contracts only. Indians: George Valera, OF (No. Taylor has a short, simple swing from the left side with good upper body rotation and whippy bat speed. 12)We gave 2021 first-round pick Chase Petty a long look, but Urbinas upside is too hard to ignore. -- $600,000Hector Liriano, OF, D.R. As is often the case with top international prospects, Salas has been on the scouting radar for quite some time even though he is only 16. : Brewers ($1,300,000) More 34. White Sox: Colson Montgomery, SS (No. He's got a short biting slider in the mid-80's that he's primarily utilized against righties to garner chases, as well as a tumbling change-up in the same velocity band that he can command away from lefties with consistency. Really loud. Sunday marks the open of the 2023 international signing period, one of two ways MLB teams can acquire amateur talent each year. Munetaka Murakami, the record-setting slugger of the Yakult Swallows in Japan, won't be posted until after 2025, when he will be 25 and no longer subject to the international bonus pools. Bonuses of $10,000 or less are exempt from the pools. The fastball gets up to 99 with immense hop at the top of the zone and true bat-missing qualities. -- $500,000Jeremy Ciriaco, SS, D.R. He spent four years working for the Phillies Triple-A affiliate, two with Baseball Info Solutions and two contributing to prospect coverage at ESPN.com. That's a seven mph jump that, in three months, took him from a lower-end Division 1 arm into now one of the harder throwers in the country for his age group. The Angels (Noah Syndergaard), Phillies (Nick Castellanos), Red Sox (Trevor Story), and Rangers (Corey Seager, Marcus Semien) each forfeited $500,000 to sign free agents with qualifying offers as non-CBT payers (Texas forfeited $500,000 each for Seager and Semien). 3)Some scouts considered Hernandez the best prospect in the 2020 international class and the Cubs say he has more upside than any foreign player they've signed recently -- including Eloy Jimnez and Gleyber Torres. Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Sam Dykstra. If there's one critique, scouts do question where the body can go from here. 1/MLB No. After a slow start in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League, he has tripled and doubled in his last two games. : Mets+ ($1,400,000) More 44. Felnin Celesten, SS, D.R. The international signing period used to run from July 2 to June 25 each year, but the start of the 2020-21 signing period was pushed back to Jan. 15 because of the pandemic, and that change is now permanent under the current agreement. Dodgers: Diego Cartaya, C (No. I pulled out portions of these documents for reference in the pieces published earlier this week and have done so again here, but I suggest readers familiarize themselves further. January 2023 has been relatively quiet for the Atlanta Braves, punctuated by a few big days. An above runner, maybe a tick more, he's got the potential to net double digit homers and stolen bases at his peak whilst developing into a Kike Hernandez type pro. Thanks as always, keep up the great work! He's also flashed an above average splitter, though it's inconsistent both in shape and execution. The . Defensively, it's a solid average glove with an above average arm, though his size may ultimately shift him to third base. A new year, a new board and new ranks. Jan 30, 2023. The 2022-2023 international free agent market will feature at least three teenagers set to sign contracts that exceed $4 million in bonuses. He played a bit of third base, but with good range to his right and a strong arm, he projects a more natural fit at third base if hes forced off the shortstop position. 3/MLB No. Still, the impact and track record against velocity and spin has evaluators believing this is a big league regular bat. As the list below indicates, we try to project as far off into the future as possible. Hes already shown that off with two homers (including a grand slam) in his first three games in the Florida Complex League. 8)Kansas City sent Pea to its alternate site last year when he was still only 17 -- a sign of how advanced they believe the July 2019 signee was. : Tigers+ ($1,100,000) More 49. When the most recent CBA was ratified, the league and the MLBPA had until July 25 to agree to a draft, the first of which would have taken place in 2024 had they done so. The Dodgers and Rangers each forfeited $1,000,000 from their pools for signing players who had rejected qualifying offers to lower their pool to $4,144,000. Lawlar earns 55s and 60s across the board as a shortstop who can hit for both average and power and steal his fair share of bags too. Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 3:26 AM ET, Park Factors : Mets+ ($1,100,000) More 30. 5/MLB No. February 26, 2023. 13)Arizona looks like an organization ready to turn even more attention to its young farm system, so the club must have been elated when Lawlar dropped to the No. 55)The only thing that will remove Veen from the Rockies top spot, in all likelihood, will be when he graduates to the big leagues. Yes, hes struggled during his United States debut, but keep in mind hes played all year at age 19 and jumped to full-season ball. He's a true power pitcher with a bulldog mentality on the bump. For many scouts, the top international prospect this year is Ethan Salas, a 16-year-old catcher from Venezuela who is also the brother of Jose Salas, a shortstop in the Marlins' system. Were talking about an thunderous bat that should hit for average and power. Cuban OF Brandon Mayea: According to MLB.com, one evaluator dubbed 17-year-old Mayea "mini Gary Sheffield" for his explosive bat speed. : Nationals+ ($550,000) More 40. A very well regarded prep bat, Troy built off a strong freshman campaign at Stanford with an arguably stronger summer at Wareham. Korean baseball reporter Daniel Kimsays Shim is on the verge of signing with the Pirates. The 2023 international signing period opens on January 15, as the new collective bargaining agreement has formalized the mid-January start date that has been in place for the last two years. If there's one critique, it may be that the throwing arm is below average, maybe a tick better. Wilson showcases 40-grade power but many believe he'll grow into fringe-average pop in the pros. No matter if you're a diehard to the format or relatively new, everyone loves prospects and wants to establish a rock-solid core on their dynasty team. He shows good raw power, and it is expected to increase as he develops. These are the international bonus pools for the 2022-23 signing period: Clubs that received a Competitive Balance Pick in Round B of the Draft (Athletics, Brewers, Mariners, Marlins, Rays, Reds, Tigers and Twins) received a pool of $6,366,900 while clubs with a Competitive Balance Pick in Round A (D-backs, Guardians, Orioles, Padres, Pirates, Rockies and Royals) received $5,825,500. Better than McKenzie Gore. Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft: 10-Team, Late Pick (2023) MLB Prospects to Stash in Redraft (2023 Fantasy Baseball) Deep Sleepers: Matt Carpenter (2023 Fantasy Baseball) Rangers land Pablo Guerrero, brother of Vlad Jr. MLB Pipeline's Top 50 International Prospects. Thirty-one of the players on the 2022 Top 50 International Prospects list are from the Dominican Republic. Because these players are so close in age to the younger prospects who participate in any given domestic draft, I like to use theoretical draft position as a barometer by which to grade the international amateurs. Players have little to no recourse when this happens, though that might change depending on the outcome of a recently-filed lawsuit in the Dominican Republic. Baseball America recently ranked the elder Salas the No. Long, lean and explosive describe Nimmala well. The changeup shows promise too with feel for pronation. One of this year's top international pitcherswho won't sign for a high bonus or get attention in public rankings (yet)was a solid, projectable arm up to 90 mph during the scouting process who has since reached 97 mph and shown feel for a good breaking ball. The base signing pool for the Astros, Blue Jays, Braves, Cardinals, Cubs, Giants, Mets, Nationals, White Sox and Yankees is $5,284,000. Of the pair, Frelick is almost guaranteed to be the one who wont graduate by 2023. February 26, 2023. When we put out a new Top 100 list or Top 30 by team ranking, as we did recently, were trying to look into a crystal ball and predict the stars of tomorrow. The 20-year-old is regarded as a future front-of-the-rotation starter. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Top 250 Prospects for Dynasty Leagues. But then again, it might be best not to doubt the backstop. There are 12 prospects from Venezuela, three from Cuba, two from the Bahamas and one each from Mexico and Korea. : Tigers ($900,000) More 45. Luciano has some of the best bat speed and raw power in the Minors, and he's hitting .270/.358/.510 with 19 homers in 89 games between Low-A and High-A while making his full-season debut at age 19. The Top 300 is here. It's a two-plane sweeper with impressive depth and a bat-missing track record. The Top 300 is here. -- $350,000, TwinsJuan Hernandez, SS, Ven. 4/MLB No. 23)The No. The signing period is now neatly confined to a single calendar year and runs from Jan. 15 to Dec. 15. Honeyman is a solid player in almost every aspect of the game and is a bit of a sum-of-his-parts type of player. February 26, 2023. He'll be able to sign a contract of any size at that time. Still, this bat will be drafted for the juice. 1/MLB No. Tigers: Jackson Jobe, RHP (No. Top 100 MLB prospects 2023: Keith Law's rankings, with Corbin Carroll at No. Luis Morales, RHP, Cuba: Athletics+ (3,000,000) More 6. 1/MLB No. To be eligible to sign, players must be at least 16 years old and turn 17 by Sept. 1 of the following year. And thats not just for right now, or even next year. The fastball is already up into the upper-90s with top of the scale ride. Skeptics do question the fastball command, however. -- $310,000Carlos Monteverde, OF, Ven. 1 prospect for the Blue Jays since he signed for $3.5 million back in July 2018, and hes backed that up with his performance in his first full season. : Giants ($2,697,500) More 16. 1/MLB No. He'll ambush pitches over the right field fence, but it's not necessarily his game. -- $497,500Jose Mejia, INF, D.R. The international signing period runs through Dec. 15, 2023. He went from throwing 86 mph in October to now touching 93 mph. This is a premium power bat with easy plus raw power to all fields. 9)The Red Sox picked fourth in the 2021 Draft, their earliest selection since 1967, and landed MLB Pipeline's top-rated prospect in California prepster Mayer. -- $300,000, MarinersSebastian De Andrade, C, D.R. The 2023 MLB Draft will take place from July 9 through July 11 during All-Star festivities in Seattle, Washington. Brandon Mayea is an outfielder out of Havana, Cuba who ranks ninth among MLB Pipeline's top international prospects for 2023. White can also pronate and turn over a changeup. -- $350,000, YankeesJerson Alejandro, RHP, D.R. Royals: Erick Pea, OF (No. section: | slug: mlb-international-signing-period-top-players-bonus-pools-what-else-to-know-as-padres-land-no-1-prospect | sport: baseball | route: article_single.us | Enrique Jimenez, C, Ven. Heck, someone who signs Sunday could one day find himself in Coopertown. Unless otherwise noted, clubs have not confirmed the deals. Tampa Bay signed Colmenarez to a $3 million deal back in January because of his potential at a premium position. MLB's international prospect signing period starts today and the Twins are expected to sign three of the top 25 players in the 2023 class, per Baseball America's rankings. Our team has taken in nine showcase tournaments and been closely monitoring fall scrimmages, including sitting in on several exhibitions. -- $1,000,000Juan Hernandez, SS, Ven. Braves: Michael Harris, OF (No. Raymond Mola, OF, D.R. February 26, 2023. Hes a guy who knows how to get on base and is a nightmare for the opposition when he runs. -- $640,000Rafhlmil Torres, SS, Ven. 5 Dodgers prospects to watch this spring. The Official Site of Major League Baseball. : Athletics+ ($750,000) More 41. -- $320,000Juan Frances, OF, Ven. Crews produces elite exit velocities and balances the raw power with a strong approach and feel for the strike zone. Here are the bonus pools for the 2023 international signing period, according to MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez: Because they paid competitive balance tax in 2021, the Dodgers forfeited $1 million in bonus pool money to sign Freddie Freeman. Hes going to move fast, with how his catching develops the only thing that will slow him down at all. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Reds: Matt McLain, SS (No. The Rangers forfeit $500,000 each for Corey Seager and Marcus Semien. The Angels, Phillies and Red Sox each forfeited $500,000 from their pools for signing players who had rejected qualifying offers -- Noah Syndergaard, Nick Castellanos and Trevor Story, respectively -- last offseason, so each has a pool of $4,644,000 . Yerlin Luis, OF, D.R. Again, verbal agreements are sometimes made a couple of years in advance of a player actually being eligible to sign, a phenomena that tends to happen most often with top-of-the-market prospects. The real deal. : Angels ($900,000) More . Beyond his 70-grade run tool, the former Boston College star looks like a potential plus hitter, and he works well in both center and right. Manuel Cabrera, SS, D.R. on January 15, 2023 Major League Baseball's international signing period opened on Sunday, Jan. 15. Thats unlikely given that hell only turn 20 in November. Astros: Tyler Whitaker, OF (No. This is an advanced hitter. : Mariners ($600,000) More 43. Its one of the best changeups in the class and comfortably projects plus. He has a nice loose swing and shows the ability to hit home runs in batting practice and games. This is largely how Im able to efficiently collect bonus information, but it also reveals an unsavory aspect of the current system that might eventually bring about an international draft. A draft likely wont address all of the abuses of the current system, but it should curtail the practice of teams and 14-year-olds coming to multi-million-dollar agreements. Featuring above average power and a potential solid average hit tool, Shaw has impact in his bat and a mature approach. 12)Leiter turned down first-round interest as a New Jersey high schooler in 2019 to attend Vanderbilt, where he was spectacular in his lone full season this spring, no-hitting South Carolina in his first SEC start, tying for the NCAA Division I strikeout lead with 179 in 110 innings and helping the Commodores reach the College World Series finals. The fastball eats. He's got a prolific eye at the plate with an extremely advanced approach and a grand willingness to use the whole field. He's got a super-quick arm and natural deception that's been hell on the opposition. Padres: Robert Hassell III, OF (No. Skenes velo sits in low-to-mid 90s, though when he rears back he's been up to 99. -- $340,000Jose Pirela, OF, Ven. Thatll be a big part of his development. His slider works into the mid-80s with sweeping action and short vertical tilt. More Prospects News. With Nolan Gorman and Matthew Liberatore both likely in the Majors by 2023, the top spot will be Walkers to lose by then. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted That's because the teams themselves know their own class of commits better than anyone but are generally working off older reports or small snippets of more recent looks. 47)Hassell is off to a solid start in his first full season with a .320/.414/.478 line in 90 games at Low-A Lake Elsinore, showing off the advanced hit tool that made him the eighth overall pick in 2020. Prospect Highlights. : Brewers ($1,400,000) More 36. Tony Ruiz, OF, D.R.31. He's hitting .255/.386/.340 through 13 games in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League. His defensive work remains a work in progress, but there has been growth there in 2021.That entire package has cemented his place atop the New York rankings for a good while to come. by Handedness, Board Update: 2023 International Amateur Prospects, Official Professional Baseball Rules Book, recently-filed lawsuit in the Dominican Republic, the league and the MLBPA had until July 25, New Brewer Owen Miller Is Evolving as a Hitter (Or at Least Trying To). : White Sox+ ($700,000) More 42. 1 pick in the Korea Baseball Organization's amateur draft a few weeks back, but he withdraw his name to pursue opportunities with MLB teams. -- $800,000Luis Merejo, INF, D.R. ), where he also holds the career basketball scoring record. Better than Brien Taylor. Cardinals: Jordan Walker, 3B (No. Prospects Live Staff MLB Draft, 2023 MLB Draft A new year, a new board and new ranks. This class is led by a strong and deep crop of college talents. A buttery delivery with a low-launch, three-quarter arm slot and electric arm speed. Derniche Valdez, SS, D.R. Jenkins is long, lean, athletic, and projectable at 6-foot-3, 205 pounds, showcasing some of the best bat speed and power in the class. : Astros+ ($897,500) More 22. When he first came over to MLB, Shohei Ohtani had to sign a minor-league deal with the Angels because he was only 23. Luis Almeyda, SS, D.R. 10)Basically, the only way lvarez isnt at the top of the Mets list come 2023 is if he somehow graduates next season. Strong eyes and quick twitch gives him the ability to make good swing decisions consistently, and it is rare to see him post poor at-bats. The reality, though, is it's much more difficult to gauge an international class because players, mostly from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, are signing at 16 and 17 but often agreed with a team when they were 13 or 14. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: mlb | pageType: stories | Between that initial commitment and their official signing date, so much can change. Emerson has shown the ability to get to any ball in any quadrant of the zone and slash it gap-to-gap. Unless otherwise noted, clubs have not confirmed the deals. Mayea has a mature athletic build with a muscular frame and. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. Roughly 30 percent of current MLB players were originally signed as international free agents, including stars like Ronald Acua Jr., Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Juan Soto, and Julio Uras. Its been called international signing day. Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hisashi Iwakuma, Kenta Maeda, Kosuke Fukudome, Alexei Ramirez, Raisel Iglesias, Seung-Hwan Oh and dozens of others signed after the WBC and went onto successful, multi-year MLB. 2/MLB No. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted He may ultimately be a second or third baseman baseman, but if it's a plus hit tool, it won't matter where he plays. -- $797,500, AthleticsRamon Landaeta, C, Ven. . He's a Kenny Lofton type of spark-plug that provides far more value than his slugging percentage will ever indicate. Hes put on a lot of muscle over the course of the last calendar year. : Red Sox ($1,400,000) More 26. Hes jumped stateside again this season in the Arizona Complex League, and while results havent been stellar, the pieces are still there to make the Dominican Republic native an above-average hitter for both average and power in time. Players with a 40+ FV grade or above tend to be prospects who I think would go in the first two rounds of a draft, while the teenage 40 FV prospects are the sort Id ballpark in the $700,000 to $1 million bonus range as draft prospects, basically the slot amounts just after the second round. News. 1. 97)During his pro debut after being a bit of a surprise third-round pick in 2019, Harris showed that the Braves mightve been shrewd to take the two-way player and let him hit, as he reached full-season ball. While he has some two-way potential, Skenes has more upside on the mound working from a three-quarter arm slot with smooth mechanics, a short-arm action, hiding the ball on his back hip and creating a lot of deception. 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