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Portal arm to watch: LHP Carlos Rey from Nova Southeastern (D2 in Florida). Baseball Reference career stats

ETA: Rey is draft eligible and is ranked 346 on the BA 400. Should he commit to LSU, he will still be a draft sweat.

Here are a couple of reports from Baseball America on him:

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The loose, long-armed lefty has the sort of life on his 92 mph fastball that will bring scouts to Davie, Fla. Rey is an effectively wild pitcher, and a low, three-quarter slot and the fact that he throws across his body can create an uncomfortable at-bat for hitters. Attacking with a two-pitch mix, Rey's slider is a firm, 85-88 mph sweeper, but it lacks consistency. When the junior lefty is on, he can be very difficult to handle but there is room for improvement with his control. Rey gives off reliever vibes for the next level with a chance for the velocity to tick up even more thanks to his room to add size and strength to his wiry-athletic 6-foot-2, 180-pound frame.

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March Report: Rey is a 6-foot-2, 180-pound lefthander with swing-and-miss stuff, but he’s also consistently struggled to harness it throughout his career. His walk rate is over 15% at Nova Southeastern, though he has outperformed that, via a 2.62 ERA, early in the 2023 season thanks to racking up 50 strikeouts and avoiding hits in his first seven starts. Rey throws a fastball in the 90-94 mph range, a mid-80s slider and a mid-80s changeup. He missed plenty of bats in the Cape Cod League in 2022 as well, though his 25 strikeouts in 21 innings also came with 18 walks.

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Does he throw strikes?

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You can click on the stats link I posted if you really want an answer.

If you're asking that question as a way to shite on the current roster, please take it to a different thread.

The stats say no… get off your high horse. It was a simple question and you didn’t have to be an arse about it

are we getting a crowd sourced preview this week?

I was looking for it yesterday lol, love reading those things man

JUCO commit Tanner Reaves is having an excellent freshman year at Blinn.

.423 15 HR 70 RBI

1:1 BB:K ratio and a .502 OBP

I finally saw a highlight of him playing in the field. It's from today's playoff game. Looks like he's playing second.

More coaching turnover, the coach at Miami OH was fired last night. They have a pitcher with a COVID year that's interesting, but nothing else really.

The coaching turnover this year won't be as severe as last year. And outside of the Alabama opening, there really isn't anything open now where portal shopping gets fun.

The Bama job might be a good domino though depending on who they hire. If they hire the guy from Campbell, the feeding frenzy on that roster will be absurd.

I haven't been able to find dimensions. It's called Leroy Dreyer Field if anyone wants to dig in on it.

ETA: Nevermind, found it and yeah it's tiny.

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The dimensions of the natural turf field are: 325 foul lines, 355 power alleys and 375 straightaway center. Athletic field expert Floyd Perry rated the playing surface, in the summer of 2000, among the top 1 percent in all of college baseball.

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I think it's Ostrander. That's why I don't think that job creates much of a ripple effect.