Jacob Steinmetz Stats & Scouting Report

IP	50
ERA	3.6
WHIP	1.4
BB/9	3.06
SO/9	10.62

Full name Jacob Steinmetz
Born 07/19/2003 in Queens, NY
Profile Ht.: 6'5" / Wt.: 220 / Bats: R / Throws: R
School Elev8 Academy
Drafted in the 3rd round (77th overall) by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2021 (signed for $500,000).

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Steinmetz was 5-foot-10 when he was 14, but he has since shot up eight inches to 6-foot-6, 220 pounds. His high school team didn't play this spring in New York, so Steinmetz spent time in Florida pitching for Elev8 Academy, where he raised his profile with a promising mix of size, stuff and upside. Steinmetz lacks polish, but he's young for the class (he turns 18 shortly after the draft) and has a mix of promising raw components to mold. His fastball operates in the low 90s, with the ability to reach 95 mph and the physical projection to potentially reach the upper 90s when he gets stronger. The big weapon for Steinmetz is his hard curveball, which has tight, sharp bite to it with spin rates often in the 2,800 rpm range and sometimes cracking 3,000. The raw feel for spin is there for Steinmetz to develop it into a plus pitch that could miss a lot of bats, and while he flashes it at times, he doesn't execute it consistently. He has shown some feel for a changeup too, though his fastball and curveball are his main two pitches. Like a lot of young, long-framed pitchers, Steinmetz has work to do to sync up his delivery to be able to throw more strikes. There's a high-risk, high-reward element to Steinmetz, a player some team is going to dream on with what their pitching development group can do with him.

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Steinmetz was 5-foot-10 when he was 14, but he has since shot up eight inches to 6-foot-6, 220 pounds. His high school team didn't play this spring in New York, so Steinmetz spent time in Florida pitching for Elev8 Academy, where he raised his profile with a promising mix of size, stuff and upside. Steinmetz lacks polish, but he's young for the class (he turns 18 shortly after the draft) and has a mix of promising raw components to mold. His fastball operates in the low 90s, with the ability to reach 95 mph and the physical projection to potentially reach the upper 90s when he gets stronger. The big weapon for Steinmetz is his hard curveball, which has tight, sharp bite to it with spin rates often in the 2,800 rpm range and sometimes cracking 3,000. The raw feel for spin is there for Steinmetz to develop it into a plus pitch that could miss a lot of bats, and while he flashes it at times, he doesn't execute it consistently. He has shown some feel for a changeup too, though his fastball and curveball are his main two pitches. Like a lot of young, long-framed pitchers, Steinmetz has work to do to sync up his delivery to be able to throw more strikes. There's a high-risk, high-reward element to Steinmetz, a player some team is going to dream on with what their pitching development group can do with him.