Lazaro Estrada, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays
Level & Affiliate: Low-A Dunedin Age: 22 Org Rank: NR FV: 35 Line: 2.2 IP (relief), 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K
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I don’t know anything about Estrada except what I was able to glean from Wednesday’s data output. Estrada’s curveball averaged just shy of 3,400 rpm. If that’s what he’s capable of doing consistently, he’d be comfortably atop the major league average curveball spin rate leaderboard. I’ve never had this kind of immediate access to data before, so I’m not sure how spontaneously aggressive to be with putting someone like Estrada on a prospect list after just looking at pitch data without ever having laid eyes on him. But even though he hasn’t performed at an elite level, he’s someone who needs to be monitored because of his talent for spin.