MACK - Thoughts and Graphics - SP - Nolan McLean

 

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Nolan McLean (NYM) made his AAA debut!

 

McLean fired off 7 scoreless innings with 7 K as he flexed his high-octane arsenal. McLean wields a wide array of pitches including one of the nastiest sweepers in MiLB. He is a rapidly rising pitching prospect.

Here is Nolan McLean's (NYM) arsenal reclassified 

Some quick thoughts

- Deep pitch mix

- Sweeper as advertised

- The slider at 90 MPH is sweet

- Fastballs are decent at 95-96 MPH

This is one of the best pitching prospects in MLB!

            Mack – This is big news.

We all have been trying to determine which starter would be the first to emerge from Syracuse this season. Would it be Tidwell, or Sproat. Well, McLean just put a wrench to that question.

This was, as close as it could have been, a perfect outing. There wasn’t one barrel. Think on that. Not one opponent batter put their bat properly on one damn pitch. Every hit was a single. The two hardest balls were groundouts. And the majority of balls thrown out of the zone were designed to do that. Near perfect.

So, who’s first now? Well, with the Mets current rotation already leading the league with the lowest ERA, and two original rotation pieces scheduled to come back in the next 30 days, I don’t see anyone hopping the shuttle from Syracuse to LaGuardia this season.

But boy… with Christian Scott returning next spring, and these three starters ready, the Mets seem to have finally be growing a proper rotation for years to come.