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Draft  | Prospect Scouting Reports  | 5/18/2018

MLB Draft Pack: May 18

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April 27 MLB Draft Pack: Kyle Bradish, Steven Gingery, JT Ginn, Jordan Groshans, Kyle Isbel, Jeremiah Jackson, Osiris Johnson, DaShawn Keirsey, Jr., Trey Riley, Jayson Schroeder.
May 4 MLB Draft Pack: Hogan Harris, Aaron Hernandez, Justin Jarvis, Jake McCarthy, Mason Montgomery, Noah Naylor, Noah Song, Nick Sprengel, Austin Wells, Kerry Wright.
May 11 MLB Draft Pack: Blaze Alexander, Nick Decker, Gunnar Hoglund, Nolan Kingham, Adam Kloffenstein, Grant Little, Ford Proctor, Cole Sands, Mike Siani, Riley Thompson.

Prospects covered this week: Dylan Coleman, Jeremy Eierman, Seth Halvorsen, Jameson Hannah, Nicholas Schnell, Kendall Logan Simmons, Hugh Smith, Jonathan Stiever, Lineras Torres Jr., Simeon Woods Richardson




Dylan Coleman, RHP

Height/Weight: 6-6/240
Bats/Throws: R/R
Birthdate: Sept. 16, 1996
College: Missouri State
Hometown: Potosi, Mo.
Projected Draft Round: 2-4

Dylan Coleman has been a big beneficiary of having had two more well-known draft prospect teammates over the past couple of seasons, first with now-White Sox Jake Burger in 2017 and now Jeremy Eierman this season, meaning that high-level scouts have had the opportunity to evaluate Coleman over those two years, likely far more so than if it was just Coleman alone as a prospect at Missouri State. 

Coleman has always shown very good raw stuff, but has had some trouble harnessing it over the course of his career at Missouri State, which has in turn led to less-than-outstanding results. He's having a solid enough year this season, currently at 8-2 with a 3.90 ERA across 83 innings. He's done an excellent job limiting contact, with only 57 hits allowed (good for a measly .196 BAA), but he's also walked 46, while striking out 104 hitters in those innings. 

Coleman is extremely physical, with a broad-shouldered and very well-built 6-foot-6, 240-pound frame, looking every bit of the hard-throwing, durable righthanded pitcher archetype. There is a pretty high level of effort to his delivery, with a pronounced head whack through release as well as some restriction to the arm stroke. All of those factors have been pointed at as potential hindrances to Coleman's command, but the stuff speaks for itself. 

Coleman is one of college baseball's hardest throwers as a starting pitcher, capable of working his fastball into the mid-90s and holding it there, having touched 97 several times this season. He's able to create pretty steep plane to the plate from a high three-quarters slot, and the pitch by itself is very tough to square up when Coleman is in command of it. His go-to secondary pitch is his slider, a pitch that projects as plus long term, thrown in the low-80s with sharp, late snap that is more than capable of missing bats at the highest level. 

Coleman has the size and arsenal of a potential starting pitcher, and while he will likely be given the chance to start after being drafted, at this point in time is future could lie in the bullpen, where his command concerns won't be as pronounced and his two plus pitches will play well in short stints. Look for Coleman to come off the board somewhere early on Day 2 of the MLB Draft. 


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