We continue our look at prospect pitcher pitch grades by moving on to the Changeup – Present (CHP). While a changeup is a great weapon against opposite-handed hitter, Eno Sarris and I have found that they result in fewer strikeouts than you would expect. So a great changeup isn’t really a necessity, as a strong curve could be just as effective and lead to more strikeouts.

That said, let’s check out the top seven CHP grades, as sorted by grade and then FV.

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We continue our look at prospect pitch grades, this time moving along to the curveball. Now, I present to you the top 7 pitchers in Curveball – Present (CP) grade, as sorted first by grade, and then by FV. I only included pitchers with a 60 grade CP and at least a 45+ FV grade.

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Yesterday was the start of our look at prospect pitcher individual pitch grades, as I began with the fastball. Today, let’s move on to the slider. Now, I present to you the top 8 pitchers in Slider – Present (SP) grade, as sorted first by grade, and then by FV.

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Let’s talk about the best prospect fastballs! These are the 9 pitchers with at least a 70 grade FB – Present (FBP) and 50 or higher FV grade for those with a 70 grade FBP.

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Yesterday I began diving into prospect pitch grades and strikeout rate. Today, I’m going to share correlations with some additional pieces of data we might want to use to help project a prospect’s strikeout potential.

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After concluding our look at hitter prospect scouting grades and stats, it’s time to flip on over to pitchers. I’ll begin by looking at the pitch type grades, strikeout rates, and SwStk% marks. First, let’s see how these pitch grades correlate with those two metrics.

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As continue our look at scouting grades and stats, let’s now move along to hitter speed, represented by the Spd grade. Although there is also a Future grade, we’re not going to bother with it, as only four of 420 prospects earned a higher Future grade than Present. So all our analysis will be based on the Spd – Present (SP) grades. We’ll start by looking at correlations and grade distribution.

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Yesterday, I listed and discussed the top 12 prospects in the Hit – Present (HP) grade. Today, let’s look toward the future, as we’ll take a gander at the top 14 in the Hit – Future (HF) grade. Since there are a whopping 42 prospects slapped with a 60 grade HF, I’m going to only include those with an FV of at least 55 in that HF tier. If the prospect also appeared on yesterday’s board, I won’t discuss him again.

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Yesterday, I analyzed the hitter hit tool grades and their correlations with various hitter skill rates and results. Now let’s take a look at the leaders in the Hit – Present (HP) grade. Below are the top 12 in HP.

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For the last week and a half, I have looked at prospect scouting power grades and stats. Today, we move along to prospect scouting hit tool grades. While power grades are pretty clearly meant to forecast a prospect’s Major League ISO and/or HR/FB rates, it’s not entirely obvious to me what a Hit grade is meant to tell us.

Is it indicative of underlying skills relating to hitting ability, such as walk/strikeout rates, along with BABIP, or is it more of the ultimate result of those skills, such as batting average and/or on base percentage? From perusing through Kiley McDaniel’s old articles back in 2014 explaining the scouting grades, it seems like OBP is the intent, but I’m not 100% sure. Either way, let’s dive into the correlations between the present and future hit grades with the various underlying hitting talent skills and results.

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