Tanner Peters Stats & Scouting Report

Full name Tanner Ray Peters
Born 08/06/1990 in Simi Valley, CA
Profile Ht.: 6'0" / Wt.: 175 / Bats: R / Throws: R
School Nevada - Las Vegas
Drafted in the 16th round (496th overall) by the Oakland Athletics in 2011.

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UNLV righthander Tanner Peters isn't physically imposing at 6 feet and 150 pounds, but he gets it done on the mound. Peters posted the eighth-best ERA in the country this year (1.50) heading into regional play, and finished behind only Trevor Bauer with eight complete games. Peters throws his fastball in the 88-91 mph range and tops out at 93. His changeup is his best secondary offering--and it's devastating when it's on--and he throws a curveball and a cutter. He's undersized and doesn't have knockout stuff, so scouts may wait to draft him next year as a senior.

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Peters broke out as a junior for Nevada-Las Vegas in 2011, going 9-4, 1.50 as the Mountain West Conference pitcher of the year. Spending all of 2013 in the high Class A Stockton rotation, he was a workhorse, logging the most innings of any California League pitcher (166) and ranking second in strikeouts (159). While he's undersized and doesn't have huge upside, Peters gives himself a chance with four solid-average pitches and feel for his craft. His fastball sits at 88-91 mph, sometimes touching 92, and he gets good sink on it to pound the bottom half of the zone. When he misses up, he's homer-prone. His changeup is the closest thing he has to a plus pitch, and with its deception and good fading action it does garner a few plus grades from scouts. He throws his curveball for strikes but realized he needed a quicker breaking ball and added a slider during the season. The Athletics laud Peters for being a quick learner and good self-evaluator. He repeats his delivery and added some deception in 2013 when the team moved him to the third-base side of the rubber. He will move up to Double-A Midland in 2014 and projects as a back-end starter or middle reliever.