Noah Skirrow

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #248 prospect in 2020 draft
  A Canadian-born, 6-foot-3, 225-pound righthander at Liberty, Skirrow elevated his draft stock after making the Cape Cod League All-Star team last summer with Orleans. Skirrow started seven games over the summer and posted a 2.76 ERA in 29.1 innings while striking out 20 batters and walking 13. While there, he showed a fastball that sat mostly in the 91-92 mph range but could touch 95. He also landed an impressive breaking ball. That stuff was largely in line with what scouts had seen from the workhorse righthander in previous years, as he was up to 95-96 in a starting role in 2019 with Liberty as well. During that sophomore season, Skirrow led the Atlantic Sun Conference in strikeouts per nine innings (11.5) and posted a 3.76 ERA. With a strong spring, Skirrow had a chance to push himself into the third- or fourth- -round range. He performed at a high level over four 2020 starts—1.96 ERA in 23 innings—but his stuff wasn’t quite as loud. Scouts saw a fastball that was more 87-92 and sitting in the 88-89 mph range. While Skirrow continued to show good feel for spinning two breaking balls, the velocity drop leads scouts to feel he might work best in a reliever role at the next level. In that case, he can let everything eat and potentially work with two above-average pitches.

• April, 2022 Scouting Report
  BA Grade: 40/High
  
  Midseason Update: Skirrow doesn&#39t have impressive stuff, topping out in the low 90s in a starting role, but he&#39s managed to put up solid numbers at Double-A with a heater that gets good ride up in the zone. He mixes in a pair of breaking balls that he has feel to spin.