UPDATED RESEARCH - 2023 Draft Prospect - RHP - Levi Wells

 

Levi Wells

RHP Texas State

 

12-14-22 - Here's a first look at 2023's top Draft prospects -

https://www.mlb.com/news/draft-top-100-prospects-list-2023?s=03 

#49 Levi Wells

RHP, Texas State

Scouting grades: Fastball: 55 | Curveball: 60 | Slider: 55 | 

 After spending his first college season as a reliever at Texas Tech in 2021, Wells transferred to Texas State and got the chance to start. The move paid off, as he earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors, beat Stanford in NCAA regional action and continued to thrive in the Cape Cod League. He has thrust himself into early-round consideration and could become the Bobcats' highest-drafted pitcher since 2000 first-rounder Blake Williams. 

Wells works at 91-95 mph and reaches 97 with his fastball, showing the ability to get it past hitters with high spin rates and carry at the letters or downhill plane lower in the zone. He also generates good spin on a pair of breaking pitches, with his 78-82 mph downer curveball grading better than his 84-89 mph slider/cutter with tighter break. He doesn't use his changeup very often and it gets too firm in the upper 80s at times, though it does have some bat-missing fade. 

Wells has improved significantly since high school, when there were questions about his maturity and he threw with significant effort and head whack. He has grown up and cleaned up his delivery, allowing him to consistently provide strikes unless he lapses into overthrowing. Projected as a reliever when he was a prepster, he now looks like a four-pitch starter with a bulldog attitude.

11-28-22 - 2023 MLB Draft: College Top 100 Prospects - https://d1baseball.com/prospects/2023-mlb-draft-college-top-100-prospects/ - 

50 Levi Wells RHP Texas State Sun Belt 

 

10-19-22 - https://www.prospectslive.com/prospects-live/2022/1/15/2023-mlb-draft-prospects-fx4td?s=03 - 

56 RHP

Levi Wells

Texas State

Levi Wells has really begun transforming his profile over the last two years, dialing down the effort on the bump whilst improving his stuff. There's still some headwhack in the delivery, but its improvement is noteworthy. The fastball is up into the mid-90s these days. 

The curveball is really interesting zipping into the zone in excess of 2800 rpms at times, and firm in the low 80s. He's performed on the Cape and caught folks' attention. If he continues to iron out the effort in his operation and the stuff maintains, projecting Wells as a starting pitcher prospect would really see his stock surge.

 

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