I found Witherspoon from Twitter, and all of the clips I could find of him really impressed me. Below is a report summarizing those clips.
Name: Malachi
Witherspoon
Position:
RHP
Commit:
Jacksonville University
Arm
Slot: H3/4
|
Pitch |
Velocity |
Present |
Future |
|
Fastball |
90-94 |
50 |
60 |
|
Changeup |
80-85 |
45 |
55 |
|
Curveball |
78-81 |
45 |
60 |
|
Slider |
|||
|
Control |
|
40 |
55 |
Physical Description: High waisted, nearly filled out lower half, sloped shoulders.
Mechs: H3/4 arm slot, stretch only (at least in the short clips I found), med high leg kick, some drift towards plate, average back leg drop, explosive torso rotation, hard front leg brace
Abilities: Riding fastball that plays up and down the zone. His primary offspeed pitch is his hammer curveball with hard late break (11-5 mvmt) with plus depth. Changeup falls right off the table and plays well with his fastball, even with a relatively low velocity differential, also projects as plus. Has out pitches to both righties and lefties, projecting a low platoon split. Above average command, pitches within himself, doesn’t overthrow.
Weaknesses: Not a ton of physical projection left, some aggression in the delivery.
Summary:
Witherspoon does not have much draft hype right
now, but this is a guy with three plus pitches and an above average feel for
the strike zone. There is some aggression in the delivery, and he’s near
maturity physical wise, but Witherspoon repertoire depth and feel for pitching
really stand out, and there’s middle of the rotation potential here. Real
pleasure watching him, would get aggressive in trying to sign him away from a
middling D1 (Jacksonville) school.
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