Max Debiec

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #160 prospect in 2021 draft
  Debiec was on the same 3D Sweets team with Malakhi Knight and Thatcher Hurd that stayed in Arizona for a month playing local high schools and impressed on the circuit. He was considered the top prep pitcher in the Northwest heading into the spring after showing a fastball that sat 91-94 mph throughout the summer and topped out at 96-98 with high spin rates, with the ability to throw consistent strikes. This spring, while still ranking as the top prep hurler in the region, he’s looked like a different pitcher, with an effortful delivery that evaluators feel needs to be reworked and a fastball that went from sitting 90-94 mph in April down to 86-89 mph and topping out at 91 in May. His power breaking ball, which blends between a slider and curveball in shape and velocity, hasn’t shown its usual snap or power and his low-80s changeup, considered a weapon coming into the spring, has also struggled. Some evaluators believe Debiec’s regression could be due to fatigue from playing both basketball and baseball late into the spring, and a strong performance in the West Coast League in June could raise his stock. Debiec has great size at 6-foot-7, 200 pounds with some projectability left, but his decreased fastball velocity has added to concerns that he might need to move to the bullpen. Debiec underwent Tommy John surgery at the end of his season.

• March, 2021 Scouting Report
  Debiec was on the same 3D Sweets team with Malakhi Knight and Thatcher Hurd that stayed in Arizona for a month playing local high schools and impressed on the circuit. He was considered the top prep pitcher in the Northwest heading into the spring after showing a fastball that sat 91-94 mph throughout the summer and topped out at 96-98 with high spin rates, with the ability to throw consistent strikes. This spring, while still ranking as the top prep hurler in the region, he’s looked like a different pitcher, with an effortful delivery that evaluators feel needs to be reworked and a fastball that went from sitting 90-94 mph in April down to 86-89 mph and topping out at 91 in May. His power breaking ball, which blends between a slider and curveball in shape and velocity, hasn’t shown its usual snap or power and his low-80s changeup, considered a weapon coming into the spring, has also struggled. Some evaluators believe Debiec’s regression could be due to fatigue from playing both basketball and baseball late into the spring, and a strong performance in the West Coast League in June could raise his stock. Debiec has great size at 6-foot-7, 200 pounds with some projectability left, but his decreased fastball velocity has added to concerns that he might need to move to the bullpen. Debiec underwent Tommy John surgery at the end of his season.