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Jordan Sheffield
Born: 06/01/1995 (Age: 22) |
| Bats: Right |
Throws: Right |
| Height: 5' 10" |
Weight: 190 |
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| Shorter RHP, looks trimmer than last year, more defined musculature, still a rounder frame, will require maintenance; aggressive early tempo into high, rotational leg kick, rares back and chucks it from a three-quarters slot; above-average arm speed, loses balance point, struggles to execute with pitch-to-pitch timing consistency, will get too quick down the hill; effort through release, head whack, well below-average command, 40 projection; really struggles with consistency out of the stretch, semi-slide step, sub-1.2 on the regular, loses lower-half push without takeaway, velo will tick down |
| Wilson Karaman |
| 05/23/2018 |
| Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (High A, Dodgers) |
| 1x 2017, 2x 2018 |
| 50 |
| 2019 |
| Yes |
| FB |
55 |
92-94 |
97 |
Above-average present sitting velo, projection to plus in relief role; some ride to it, solid-average movement, will wander around the zone on him, straightens out in upper quadrants, finish to beat barrels in zone but will leave in hittable locations too often; has shown 95-97 out-the-gate velocity in multiple starts, pitch can play there in relief role; will cut it occasionally in the high 80s, undeveloped variant |
| SL |
55 |
77-83 |
84 |
Shape-shifter, hybrid pitch, will get sweepier right-right, harder vertical variant to lefties; above-average movement will flash plus when he gets more vertical, inconsistent execution, will roll it, loses plenty of 'em up and arm side; above-average projection with great consistency, some gap from present though |
| CH |
45 |
85-87 |
88 |
Hard circle change, straight, occasionally draws out mild fade; contact pitch, limited swing-miss, enough to keep High-A hitters off barrel, between below-average velo separation, average movement, and poor command don't see a path to an average third pitch here |
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Sheffield's a fiery pitcher with a good baseline of stuff. He struggles to consistently execute a noisy delivery that has its share of effort, and the below-average command projection that ensues points him pretty squarely onto a relief track. He's shown the ability over multiple starts to get to additional velocity when amped up at the outing's start, and offers potential value in middle-inning relief with higher-leverage potential if command of his top two maxes out.
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