Shane Panzini
RHP 6-3 220 Red Bank Catholic HS (NJ)
1-14-21 - Baseball America
# 200
Shane Panzini
Red Bank (N.J.) Catholic HS RHP
Ht: 6-2 | Wt: 220 | B-T: R-R
Commit/Drafted: Virginia
Age At Draft: 19.7
One of the older players in the high school class, Panzini will turn 19 in October but has a solid package of pitches to go along with a simple, repeatable delivery. Listed at 6-foot-2, 220 pounds, Panzini has a workhorse frame and a higher, three-quarter arm slot. His best offering is his fastball, which gets up to 95 mph and sits in the 91-93 mph range typically. Panzini also has three secondary offerings, though an 80-82 mph slider is likely his best at the moment—a solid-average pitch. The Virginia commit also throws a 12-to-6 curveball in the mid 70s, which scouts say is more of a fringy or below-average offering now. He also throws a firm, 86-88 mph changeup that gives him an offspeed offering that moves away from lefthanded hitters. Panzini doesn’t have a true wipeout offering, but he does have a chance to sit with a plus fastball and currently profiles as a back-of-the-rotation type who does a lot of things well. How MLB clubs evaluate his age and commitment to Virginia will be big factors in where he goes in the draft, as the Cavaliers have done a nice job getting prospects—and particularly pitchers—to campus in recent years.
12-3-20 - Perfect Game combined their picks for the first two rounds in this mock draft -
23. Cleveland Indians | Joshua Baez, OF, Dexter Southfield HS | (2/52) Shane Panzini, RHP, Rad Bank Catholic HS
The high school route it is for both Indians picks. Baez sports some of the very best tools in the high school class, with the potential of all of them being average or much better. He is young for the class and brings toughness that will help his minor league journey. Panzini is a durable bulldog with a power fastball that holds during outings and two very good breaking pitches. The development of the changeup could help his future ceiling as well. -Jered Goodwin
Sakowski’s Take: What a prep haul this would be. Baez was likely the biggest riser throughout the course of the circuit, looking like a high-end power/arm strength/athleticism right field profile who has extremely loud tools, while Panzini did nothing but perform all summer and capped it off with a great outing at WWBA, working into the mid-90s with strikes, a full 4-pitch mix, and a physical, durable build. Cleveland has proven to be unafraid of taking upside preps early on, and Baez fits that mold perfectly.
11-11-20 - Prospects Live Top 300 Prospect List -
58. Shane Panzini - RHP
Bio:
Height: 6-2
Weight: 220 lbs
Hits/Throws: R-R
Hometown: Spring Lake, NJ
School: Red Bank Catholic
Panzini is a very physical righthander with serious stuff. His fastball touches 95, but routinely sits 92-94. Advanced feel for a firm, fading changeup and a projectable breaking ball. Operation is easy, clean and super matured. Panzini is raw, but has the body and physicality that make him an easy arm to dream on. Some Matt Cain comparisons have been thrown around.
8-9-20 - Prep Baseball Report -
Strong, durable frame at 6-foot-2, 200 pounds and he came out firing bullets at 94-95 from a short, quick arm action. He settled in at 91-93 and had hard sweep to a 79-81 slider that got swings and misses. He struck out seven in three innings, allowing four runs on four hits and two walks. Dominated his first couple of innings before a couple balls found some holes and he ultimately allowed a grand slam
7-22-20 - draft prospects from the Northeast -
Shane Panzini, RHP, New Jersey (Red Bank Catholic HS)
Panzini is on the older side for the 2021 class, already 18 and turning 19 in October. A Virginia commit, he has a strong build (6-foot-3, 220 pounds), a simple delivery and threw 91-94 mph with scattered strikes, mixing in an upper-70s curveball that flashed fringe-average. He struck out three of the eight batters he faced and walked one.
PG -
Shane Panzini is a 2021 RHP/1B with a 6-3 220 lb. frame from Spring Lake, NJ who attends Red Bank Catholic. Big and strong athletic build, pretty mature physically especially in the lower half. High 3/4's arm slot, has a step by step methodical delivery with good lower half use, arm is fast and loose coming through. Power fastball up to 95 mph, works his heavy fastball down in zone well and has plus command potential on the pitch. Change up is his best secondary pitch, advanced pitch right now with feel and deception. Threw both a curveball and slider, slider showed more promise at present especially if he can add some power to it. Strike thrower with two big present pitches and the potential for more.
Shane Panzini - Electric arm from New Jersey that has a really good FB/SL combo and a good four pitch mix in his arsenal. While he did give up two hard hit singles to Camden Hayslip and Marcelo Mayer, Panzini showcased a quality fastball in the 92-95 MPH range with run, getting one of his strikeouts swinging with the pitch. His best pitch is a tight slider that has good command to both sides of the plate and is set up well by his fastball. He does have a curveball that he did throw a couple of times in the high-70’s that does morph with the slider at times, but does have more vertical movement. He is still developing his change-up, but he has shown a nice feel for the pitch throughout the summer.
Mack's spin -
Panzini has all the tools to succeed as a back-end starter in the bigs. Another year of exposure can only increase his positioning in the draft.
Still, I don't see him in the first round. Second maybe. Surely the third.
1 comment:
Panzini sounds like a good one
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