Edwar Colina Stats & Scouting Report

IP	7
ERA	6.43
WHIP	2
BB/9	2.57
SO/9	11.57

Full name Edwar Osnel de la Cruz Colina
Born 05/03/1997 in Caracas, Venezuela
Profile Ht.: 5'11" / Wt.: 240 / Bats: R / Throws: R
Debut 09/25/2020

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TRACK RECORD: Colina was an older international signee out of Venezuela who received just an $8,000 signing bonus. After starting for four years and working his way up to Triple-A, Colina moved to relief in 2020 and made his major league debut on Sept. 25 against the Reds.

SCOUTING REPORT: Colina has a short but large frame and throws two pitches out of a simple delivery and short arm action. He attacks east-west with a hard, running sinker in the 95-99 mph range and a mid-80s slider with lots of horizontal movement. His slider moves hard and late and he has a better feel to command it than his sinker. Colina has below-average command overall and is susceptible to lefthanded hitters, which got exposed when he gave up three hits, four runs and two walks in his debut.

THE FUTURE: Colina will need to improve his fastball command to be effective in a middle relief role. That will be his primary goal in 2021.
TRACK RECORD: Colina is a short righthander, but he's not small. And ever since the Twins signed him as an older-than-usual international signee, Colina has been effective. He climbed from the Dominican Summer League to Triple-A in just four years.

SCOUTING REPORT: If Colina has his way, he would join Royals righthander Brad Keller as the only MLB starter to qualify for the ERA title throwing two pitches more than 95 percent of the time. Like Keller, he's a fastball-slider pitcher without a real third pitch and his fastball and slider can both be quite impressive. He sits 94-96 mph over longer outings (and 97-98 in bursts) and his plus fastball has premium sink and run when he elevates. His mid-80s slider is also plus, generating a lot of whiffs with tilt. Colina works East-West, busting righthanders on their hands with his fastball and then running his slider away from them. He has been effective against lefties as well, although they feasted on him in two late-season starts at Triple-A. His control has steadily gotten better, but it is only fringe-average.

THE FUTURE: Most likely, Colina ends up as a reliever thanks to his lack of a third pitch and what will likely be struggles against more advanced lefthanded hitters. But Keller gives him a template to try to follow. He's ready for Triple-A Rochester.

Scouting Reports

TRACK RECORD: Colina was an older international signee out of Venezuela who received just an $8,000 signing bonus. After starting for four years and working his way up to Triple-A, Colina moved to relief in 2020 and made his major league debut on Sept. 25 against the Reds.

SCOUTING REPORT: Colina has a short but large frame and throws two pitches out of a simple delivery and short arm action. He attacks east-west with a hard, running sinker in the 95-99 mph range and a mid-80s slider with lots of horizontal movement. His slider moves hard and late and he has a better feel to command it than his sinker. Colina has below-average command overall and is susceptible to lefthanded hitters, which got exposed when he gave up three hits, four runs and two walks in his debut.

THE FUTURE: Colina will need to improve his fastball command to be effective in a middle relief role. That will be his primary goal in 2021.
TRACK RECORD: Colina was an older international signee out of Venezuela who received just an $8,000 signing bonus. After starting for four years and working his way up to Triple-A, Colina moved to relief in 2020 and made his major league debut on Sept. 25 against the Reds.

SCOUTING REPORT: Colina has a short but large frame and throws two pitches out of a simple delivery and short arm action. He attacks east-west with a hard, running sinker in the 95-99 mph range and a mid-80s slider with lots of horizontal movement. His slider moves hard and late and he has a better feel to command it than his sinker. Colina has below-average command overall and is susceptible to lefthanded hitters, which got exposed when he gave up three hits, four runs and two walks in his debut.

THE FUTURE: Colina will need to improve his fastball command to be effective in a middle relief role. That will be his primary goal in 2021.
TRACK RECORD: Colina is a short righthander, but he’s not small. And ever since the Twins signed him as an older-than-usual international signee, Colina has been effective. He climbed from the Dominican Summer League to Triple-A in just four years.

SCOUTING REPORT: If Colina has his way, he would join Royals righthander Brad Keller as the only MLB starter to qualify for the ERA title throwing two pitches more than 95 percent of the time. Like Keller, he’s a fastball-slider pitcher without a real third pitch and his fastball and slider can both be quite impressive. BA GRADE 50 Risk: Extreme BA GRADE 45 Risk: High BA GRADE 45 Risk: High He sits 94-96 mph over longer outings (and 97-98 in bursts) and his plus fastball has premium sink and run when he elevates. His mid-80s slider is also plus, generating a lot of whiffs with tilt. Colina works East-West, busting righthanders on their hands with his fastball and then running his slider away from them. He has been effective against lefties as well, although they feasted on him in two late-season starts at Triple-A. His control has steadily gotten better, but it is only fringe-average.

THE FUTURE: Most likely, Colina ends up as a reliever thanks to his lack of a third pitch and what will likely be struggles against more advanced lefthanded hitters. But Keller gives him a template to try to follow. He’s ready for Triple-A Rochester.
TRACK RECORD: Colina is a short righthander, but he's not small. And ever since the Twins signed him as an older-than-usual international signee, Colina has been effective. He climbed from the Dominican Summer League to Triple-A in just four years.

SCOUTING REPORT: If Colina has his way, he would join Royals righthander Brad Keller as the only MLB starter to qualify for the ERA title throwing two pitches more than 95 percent of the time. Like Keller, he's a fastball-slider pitcher without a real third pitch and his fastball and slider can both be quite impressive. He sits 94-96 mph over longer outings (and 97-98 in bursts) and his plus fastball has premium sink and run when he elevates. His mid-80s slider is also plus, generating a lot of whiffs with tilt. Colina works East-West, busting righthanders on their hands with his fastball and then running his slider away from them. He has been effective against lefties as well, although they feasted on him in two late-season starts at Triple-A. His control has steadily gotten better, but it is only fringe-average.

THE FUTURE: Most likely, Colina ends up as a reliever thanks to his lack of a third pitch and what will likely be struggles against more advanced lefthanded hitters. But Keller gives him a template to try to follow. He's ready for Triple-A Rochester.