Mets Prospect Profile: SP Calvin Zeigler

 

 This is the next post in a series intended to bring awareness to some of the lesser-known prospects in the Mets' organization  This series will post a different prospect each weekday at 11:00am EST for the benefit of our fans.

Next up is probably going to be an all-or-nothing Mets prospect.

Calvin Zeigler is a 20-year 6-0/205 RHSP, drafted by the Mets in the 2nd round of the 2021 draft, directly out of top prospect team TNXL Academy.

His pro career has so far been a series of missteps. 

He was never used in 2021 after the draft and went on the shelf until 2022.

He started 16 games for St. Lucie with very little success (0-6, 4.44). The only highlight was 70-K in 46.2-IP (but 35 walks came along with that).

He was then shut down for the remainder of the season with a torn quad.

2023 brought one friggin start, with three strikeouts in one friggin inning, followed with being shut down for the remainder of this friggin season with bone friggin spurs on his elbow.

And now the once high school phenom with the incredible 93-95 fastball with sink is a three year vet with basically no accomplishments to speak of.

Talent wise, it was all here for this guy. Sure, there was wildness, but you can't teach two + pitches like the big spin fastball and slider Zeigler has.

Not much else to say here. Bringing up his phenomenal high school stats mean nothing at this point.

I've been trying to find someone at camp to tell me, one, is Z healthy, and, two, if so, what team will he suit up with this season, but nobody will discuss this guy. I don't know. Maybe Musk put him on the Space-X this past weekend.

My guess he will return to St. Lucie and be slow placed along side fellow walking wounded ex-phenom, Matt Allan.

My prediction is he will move into the pitching lab (if he hasn't already), and then come out a back-end reliever, if not a pure closer.

News at 11....