Chase Perry
RHP Mainland Regional HS (NJ)
25. Chase Petty, RHP, Mainland Reg (HS)
6-foot-1, 185 pounds. Freakishly good athlete with exceptional rotational power and movement patterns. Lively arm, well above-average arm speed for age. Fastball works in the 95-96 mph range, touching 97-98 mph frequently. Future plus slider, 82-83 mph, hard biting action to it. Hard changeup site 90-91 mph, natural arm-side actions, plays like a two-seam fastball. High effort delivery that likely projects out of the pen, but the current and future stuff will always miss bats.
3. RHP Chase Petty, Mainland Regional High School (NJ)
Even though the Marlins went all arms in the 2020 MLB Draft, that doesn’t mean they won’t pick another pitchers especially with a high ceiling. Chase Petty is another prep prospect that Miami could entertain with their 16th overall pick.
On Perfect Game, Petty is the eighth ranked prospect and the second ranked right-handed pitcher in the country. He’s also the top ranked prospect in the state of New Jersey. Petty was selected to play in the 2020 Perfect Game All-American Classic.
Petty is one of top power arms in the country and in the class of 2021. At 6’1” 185 pounds, Petty has tremendous arm speed and velocity. His fastball sits 96-98 mph and was clocked at 100 mph over the summer. His changeup is his best secondary pitch but also possess a slider that could develop into a plus pitch. Chase Petty is currently a verbal commit to the Florida Gators.
The one negative about Petty is that he struggles with command. If he can’t improve his command and develop a third pitch, he probably won’t be a starter at the next level. Petty does have the tools to be a good backup bullpen arm with his triple-digit fastball that has armside movement.
Chase Petty – RHP: The absolute most electric arm in the Prep Class. And quite frankly, it might not be that close. Petty brings a Fastball that reaches Triple Digits, sitting 94-97 MPH with Average Spin Rates, but will show some fantastic movement. From hard 2 seamers in on RHH to some natural cut at times. With improved command, it has every chance of reaching a future 70 Grade and honestly even 80. It is that good. The Slider gets big Horizontal Movement and is a wipeout pitch against RHH. He rounds the arsenal out with a Changeup that again, shows plus movement, just Below-Average, command, but shows true potential to give him a possible 3 Plus-Pitch mix. Command (45) and the high effort delivery will lead some to bullpen risk questions, I think if the command can settle at that 45, he has a chance, but without it, it’s an uphill battle even with his nasty stuff.
14) Chase Petty, RHP, Mainland Regional HS (NJ)
Petty has some of the most extraordinarily loud stuff that I have ever seen from a prep arm. It starts with his fastball, which sits in the mid-high nineties and gets up to 100 with sharp arm-side run. He does a good job of getting in on the hands of righties, and while he gets more soft contact than whiffs, the sheer stuff is enough to miss bats right now. I see a lot of similarities between his fastball and Dustin May’s. Both touch triple digits with heavy movement, and while they may not miss as many bats as a traditional north/south 4-seamer, May has shown that major success can still be had with the power sinker. His changeup is probably his best secondary offering, with good run and downward action. He shows the ability to miss bats with the change, and he has an advanced feel to locate the pitch down in the zone. The slider flashes plus at times with sharp 10/4 shape. What will take Petty to the next level is more consistent command of his entire arsenal. He struggles to control his fastball at times just because of how much late movement it has, and he needs to throw his slider for more strikes as well. Improved command will take Petty from a hard-throwing high school kid to more of a complete pitcher. Petty’s mechanics are really solid, as well. He generates great hip/torso separation, has phenomenal scapular range of motion, and has an efficient hip hinge. The arm speed is electric, as well. The knock on him is that the track record of extremely hard-throwing high school arms is not pretty, and there is some violence in the delivery that could cause injury concern. He has a starter’s arsenal, athleticism, and frame, and if he can stay healthy and improve his command, he has one of the highest ceilings of any pitcher in the draft. Petty is committed to Florida.
MLB -
Chase Petty, RHP, Mainland Regional High School (N.J.) -- Yes there is some effort and reliever risk, but it’s hard to deny how electric this Florida recruit’s stuff is. Petty, our No. 5 high school prospect, was 96-99 mph on Sunday with a low three-quarters slot and plus movement. He flipped in a curve ball, a 90-mph changeup and a splitter, throwing better strikes than he has in previous showcase events.
Chase Petty - Petty has been rising up draft boards thanks to the purely electric stuff in his arsenal. This weekend saw his fastball once again get up to 99 MPH. He paired that with his changeup and a few sliders to work a pair of strikeouts, though he did walk two batters as well. The fastball looks like it explodes out of his hand. The slider, while good, was inconsistent. Keep in mind, he’s running it up there at 90 MPH, so there’s quite a bit of potential with that pitch. A lot of the power for Petty comes from his ability to generate from the lower half. The pure stuff that Petty has makes him one of the more fun players to watch in this class.
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2 comments:
Perry the fire baller...nice.
definitely will go in the first round and may be on the board when the Mets get to pick
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