UPDATED RESEARCH - 2023 Draft Prospect - LHP - Magdiel Cotto

 

Magdiel Cotto

LHP Kentucky

2-6-23 - Prospect Live - Top 100 Prospects -

74 LHP

Magdiel Cotto

Kentucky

Cotto has an extremely impressive arm with loose, whippy action and significant arm speed. He's been up to 97 and comfortably sits 93-95 over long innings from the left side. That's sellable by itself. He's got a slider and a changeup, both of which are more of a work in progress, lacking the command necessary to be consistent compliments to the heat. Given the 6-foot-4-inch frame, the natural arm talent and the track record of throwing innings, Cotto has a definitive up arrow next to his name.

 

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

68 Magdiel Cotto LHP Kentucky SEC

 

 

11-12-22 - 2023 MLB Draft – Top 50 College Prospects -

https://www.prospects1500.com/mlb-draft/2023-mlb-draft-top-50-college-prospects/

 

46. Magdiel Cotto, LHP, Kentucky – Yes, his career ERA is over 6.50, but there is a ton of potential in this left arm. He sits mid-90s while having touched 97 with a whippy arm to go along with a decent slider and change. The big problem with Cotto is his consistency and command. When at his best he can get Ks via the sharp slider or the late dropping change, as well as blow the ball by the best hitters. Unfortunately his pitch placement catches too much of the plate, and his offerings can get flat and squared up too often. He could feasibly fall outside the top 100 college players by draft day, or he could be a day one pick, the variations in potential outcomes here are massive.

 

7-28-22 - https://www.prospectslive.com/prospects-live/2022/1/15/2023-mlb-draft-prospects -

 

65 LHP

Magdiel Cotto

Kentucky

Cotto has an extremely impressive arm with loose, whippy action and significant arm speed. He's been up to 97 and comfortably sits 93-95 over long innings from the left side. That's sellable by itself. He's got a slider and a changeup, both of which are more of a work in progress, lacking the command necessary to be consistent compliments to the heat. Given the 6-foot-4-inch frame, the natural arm talent and the track record of throwing innings, Cotto has a definitive up arrow next to his name.

 

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