Prospect Notes - Tyler Cloyd and Jay Johnson

As pitcher in the Phillies organization, Tyler Cloyd is an interesting prospect. At 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds he has decent size. By the numbers he has good control, which he does. A career 3.98 K:B, a BB/9 of 1.92, and K/9 of 7.67. But what about his stuff? Does he posses anything special? Let us take a look at his start in Richmond last night. 

 Line: 4/16 Richmond - 6 IP, 10 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's // 87 pitches, 60 strikes
               4/11 New Hamp - 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 6 K's, 1 HR // 88 pitches, 56 strikes

Pitches: FB, SL, CH

Quick Hit: Cloyd will pound the strike zone and challenge the hitter. However, he wants to induce weak contact and have the hitter get themselves out. 

Cloyd took the mound for Reading last night, and to me, did not show overpowering stuff. His fastball sat 86-88 and topped out at  90. The fastball had a little arm-side run, but not a whole lot. He did cut the fastball a couple times last night, but I am not entirely sure that it was on purpose. The change was at 81 for most of the night and had more fade and sink than the fastball. His slider was on and off all night. Sometimes he stayed behind the pitch, other times he got around it. At 77 MPH it seemed to be more of a 'show me' pitch than anything else. 

Cloyd very much wants to work by sequence. Not having overpowering stuff he looks to speed you up, only to slow you down. He will throw his secondary pitches early in the count, but also will work back to them late. He does leave himself vulnerable to the opposite field when he missed up. In one sequence in back-to-back hitters Cloyd missed his spot away on Tommy Joseph and Johnny Monell both went to the opposite field gap for doubles. 

Below in one of the at-bats between Gary Brown and Tyler Cloyd. You see all of his pitches in this at-bat. 

 

 

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 Jay Johnson grabbed the attention of his fellow pitchers last night and might be on the verge of making a name for himself in the organization. He made the jump from Low-A Lakewood to AA Reading this year. He had some command troubles last year, but he also missed a lot of bats. It is easy to see when you see his stuff. If he can sure up some of his command problems, this could be a guy to keep an eye on, in my opinion.

He came into the game last night after Cisco left the game with an apparent leg injury. He got one-third of an inning of work and threw all fastballs, although he did show a hard slider in warm-ups. His fastball sat a 92 and he touched 94 last night. That reading is not from the stadium, that was from the Reading team gun. And that is what caught his teammates eye. "He has never thrown this hard," said one pitcher. Is it sustainable? I do not know. But if he does, keep an eye on him. 

Below is from his warm-up.
  

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