Ryan Eades
| IP | 11 |
|---|---|
| ERA | 2.455 |
| WHIP | 1.545 |
| BB/9 | 4.909 |
| SO/9 | 8.182 |
- Full name Ryan Nelson Eades
- Born 12/15/1991 in Slidell, LA
- Profile Ht.: 6'2" / Wt.: 210 / Bats: R / Throws: R
- School Louisiana State
- Debut 06/08/2019
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Drafted in the 2nd round (43rd overall) by the Minnesota Twins in 2013 (signed for $1,294,100).
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Eades doesn't pitch Fridays like most potential college first-round picks, but that's more a testament to sophomore righthander Aaron Nola, a potential top 10 pick in 2014. Scouts are watching to see if Eades loses steam down the stretch as he did last season, and they've been watching Eades for a while. He was hitting 94 mph as a 16-year-old, then injured his shoulder when he was a prep junior. He had labrum surgery and missed his senior season but has been healthy all three years at Louisiana State. He has an athletic 6-foot-3, 198-pound frame and looks the part of a frontline starter, running his four-seamer up to 90-95 mph and adding a two-seamer this year to get more early-count contact. He's honed his breaking ball into a power curveball that scrapes the low 80s, and has improved his changeup under the tutelage of pitching coach Alan Dunn, a longtime pro pitching coach. Eades grades out better than he's performed, though he has improved his strikeout rate from 6.0 strikeouts per nine innings to 8 K/9 IP as a junior. Eades tends to miss armside and high when he leaks out on his front side or gets fatigued, but his strong work ethic has reduced that in 2013. He slots into the 20-40 range on most teams' draft boards but could go higher with a strong finish.
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Eades earned a place in Louisiana State's rotation as a freshman in 2011, and he steadily improved, helping the Tigers advance to the College World Series in 2013. The Twins were intrigued by Eades' promising three-pitch foundation and took him in the second round of the 2013 draft. Eades struggled in his first full season, posting a 5.14 ERA in low Class A in 2014. He rebounded with a strong 2015 campaign with high Class A Fort Myers, improving his walk rate and pitching to a 3.11 ERA. The righthander consistently pitches in the low-90s and reaches 94 or 95 at times. His best secondary pitch is his upper 70s curveball, which features heavy depth and flashes tight spin. Eades is still working to make his curveball more consistent because it can sometimes flatten and lose power. His changeup has become an effective pitch for him as well, and he shows feel for locating the pitch down and away from lefthanded hitters. Eades also throws a two-seam fastball with sink and a mid-80s slider. While neither of his pitches is elite, the sum of Eades' parts could make him a back-end starter, though he'll have to continue to prove his way up the ladder. He's likely to advance to Double-A in 2016.
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Eades doesn't pitch Fridays like most potential college first-round picks, but that's more a testament to sophomore righthander Aaron Nola, a potential top 10 pick in 2014. Scouts are watching to see if Eades loses steam down the stretch as he did last season, and they've been watching Eades for a while. He was hitting 94 mph as a 16-year-old, then injured his shoulder when he was a prep junior. He had labrum surgery and missed his senior season but has been healthy all three years at Louisiana State. He has an athletic 6-foot-3, 198-pound frame and looks the part of a frontline starter, running his four-seamer up to 90-95 mph and adding a two-seamer this year to get more early-count contact. He's honed his breaking ball into a power curveball that scrapes the low 80s, and has improved his changeup under the tutelage of pitching coach Alan Dunn, a longtime pro pitching coach. Eades grades out better than he's performed, though he has improved his strikeout rate from 6.0 strikeouts per nine innings to 8 K/9 IP as a junior. Eades tends to miss armside and high when he leaks out on his front side or gets fatigued, but his strong work ethic has reduced that in 2013. He slots into the 20-40 range on most teams' draft boards but could go higher with a strong finish.
