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Ariel Jurado
Born: 01/30/1996 (Age: 20) |
| Bats: Right |
Throws: Right |
| Height: 6' 2" |
Weight: 240 |
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| Maxed frame with little projection despite modest RHP size; balanced takeaway, some hunch to shoulders, quick through leg kick with moderate momentum; closed front side, clean arm action, consistent timing, average arm speed to a true three-quarter slot with moderate plane; drive has mild drift, above-average stride, clean strike with mild effort; repeatable, low-maintenance delivery |
| Wilson Karaman |
| 04/17/2016 |
| High Desert Mavericks (High A, Rangers) |
| 4/14/16 |
| 55 |
| 2017 |
| Yes |
| 4-seam FB |
55 |
90-92 |
93 |
Some deception from closed delivery, fairly straight but with late life, will attack hands and inner-third with command, can generate in-zone whiffs, strong tandem with two-seam |
| 2-seam FB |
55 |
88-89 |
90 |
Heavy pitch with boring action and mild run; plus command, drives the pitch down to lower quadrants, very difficult to square, tunnels off four-seam plane with plus late movement, real worm-burner |
| CH |
55 |
83-86 |
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Strong compliment, tunnels with consistent arm speed, fade, and tumble; feel to turn it over, pitch finishes down in and below zone with command; moderate swing-and-miss, another ground ball pitch |
| SL |
40 |
80-82 |
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Limited usage, but some sweep, lacks late bite, command kept it off barrels, will front door to steal strikes |
| CB |
40 |
72-75 |
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Developmental pitch, leaned on it heavily in this outing; soft pitch with rolling shape, lacks bite, average depth; hides it well, later pickup, potential utility as a strike-stealer |
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Jurado took the ball on a miserable evening with 30-40 mph sustained winds blowing out in Lancaster and survived five innings to tell the tale. The two variants of his fastball have a fine rapport with his changeup; he commands all three pitches, tunneling them effectively and creating a difficult pick-up for hitters that results much more often than not in ground ball contact. The delivery is clean and repeatable, and outside of a couple hangers with his under-construction curveball he commanded down in the zone all night. He didn't show a ton of feel for spinning the ball in this look, though the elements may have played a role.
The raw stuff does not overwhelm, but the movement, command, and pitchability are all assets. A step forward with either of his breakers could take him to the middle of a rotation, but short of that he projects to add value as a versatile 11th man with runs at the back of big league rotations.
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