Bryan Hoeing

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Miami Marlins #22 prospect in 2023
  BA Grade/Risk: 40/Medium
  
  Track Record: Hoeing was drafted out of high school by the D-backs in 2015 but opted to head to Louisville. He was drafted again in 2018, this time by the Giants, but returned to school. He finally turned pro a year later, when Miami called his name in the seventh round and signed him for $227,200. The tall, athletic righthander made his big league debut on Aug. 20 and made eight appearances.
  
  Scouting Report: Hoeing cuts an intimidating presence on the mound from his 6-foot-6 frame but does not possess the kind of blowaway velocity one would expect from a man his size. Instead, he relies on command and control of a mix built around a sinker-slider combination. The former pitch sits around 92 and touches 94 while the latter comes in about 10 mph slower. He altered the grip on his slider before the 2022 season and now puts more pressure on his middle finger during the pitch. He rounds out his arsenal with a mid-80s changeup and a four-seam fastball in roughly the same velocity range as his sinker.
  
  The Future: Hoeing is largely a finished product and fits best as a spot starter or bulk reliever. He'll likely bounce between Triple-A and the big leagues.
  
  Scouting Grades: Fastball: 45. Slider: 50. Changeup: 40. Control: 45

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #271 prospect in 2019 draft
  The Giants took Hoeing in the 36th round last year after his junior season with Louisville, but the 6-foot-6, 225-pound righty decided to go back to campus where he's had a career-best year splitting time as a starter and a reliever. Through 50.2 innings, Hoeing has posted a 2.66 ERA with 10.84 strikeouts per nine that easily tops his previous best strikeout rate, and has also cut his walks. Hoeing has solid stuff, with a fastball that gets up to 95 and a pair of average secondaries in a curveball and a splitter. Hoeing has a clean, repeatable delivery with a three-quarter, low-effort slot, but he lacks deception and can get hit around at times a bit because of that. Hoeing has been more effective in a reliever role than as a starter.
• Ranked #391 prospect in 2018 draft
  Scouts love Hoeing's delivery, they love his ability to locate an average changeup and they are impressed with his ability to locate his somewhat slurvy 78-80 mph breaking ball. But Hoeing has remained in a modest relief/weekday starter role because he's struggled to miss bats. He was 7-2, 3.15 with 55 hits, 20 walks and 45 strikeouts in 60 innings as of late-May. Hoeing was a 34th-round pick of the Diamondbacks out of high school even though he pitched his senior season just four months after he had surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee and then found out he needed Tommy John surgery right before the draft. After sitting out out his freshman year to recover, he's generally 90-92 mph working out of the bullpen--he touched 94 in high school. Hoeing locates three pitches with advanced control for his age, but as a draft-eligible redshirt sophomore it may make sense for him to try to take another step forward next year at Louisville.
• Ranked #267 prospect in 2015 draft
  Scouts weren't supposed to need to check in on Hoeing this spring. He tore the ACL in his right knee last December while playing basketball. Since ACL surgeries normally take 6-12 months for a full recovery, there was a pervading thought that Hoeing would be headed to Louisville and would get three more years to add some strength to his slender 6-6, 195-pound frame. But just four months later he was already pitching in game action. Hoeing was once again featuring an 88-91 mph fastball with above-average sink this spring and he's touched 94 mph in the past. His curveball shows average potential, although it gets sweepy at times. Like many high school pitchers, he hasn't had much need for a changeup yet. Hoeing is a premium athlete who has excellent body control for a pitcher his size.

• February, 2023 Scouting Report
  BA Grade/Risk: 40/Medium
  
  Track Record: Hoeing was drafted out of high school by the D-backs in 2015 but opted to head to Louisville. He was drafted again in 2018, this time by the Giants, but returned to school. He finally turned pro a year later, when Miami called his name in the seventh round and signed him for $227,200. The tall, athletic righthander made his big league debut on Aug. 20 and made eight appearances.
  
  Scouting Report: Hoeing cuts an intimidating presence on the mound from his 6-foot-6 frame but does not possess the kind of blowaway velocity one would expect from a man his size. Instead, he relies on command and control of a mix built around a sinker-slider combination. The former pitch sits around 92 and touches 94 while the latter comes in about 10 mph slower. He altered the grip on his slider before the 2022 season and now puts more pressure on his middle finger during the pitch. He rounds out his arsenal with a mid-80s changeup and a four-seam fastball in roughly the same velocity range as his sinker.
  
  The Future: Hoeing is largely a finished product and fits best as a spot starter or bulk reliever. He'll likely bounce between Triple-A and the big leagues.
  
  Scouting Grades: Fastball: 45. Slider: 50. Changeup: 40. Control: 45
• December, 2022 Scouting Report
  BA Grade/Risk: 40/Medium
  
  Track Record: Hoeing was drafted out of high school by the D-backs in 2015 but opted to head to Louisville. He was drafted again in 2018, this time by the Giants, but returned to school. He finally turned pro a year later, when Miami called his name in the seventh round and signed him for $227,200. The tall, athletic righthander made his big league debut on Aug. 20 and made eight appearances.
  
  Scouting Report: Hoeing cuts an intimidating presence on the mound from his 6-foot-6 frame but does not possess the kind of blowaway velocity one would expect from a man his size. Instead, he relies on command and control of a mix built around a sinker-slider combination. The former pitch sits around 92 and touches 94 while the latter comes in about 10 mph slower. He altered the grip on his slider before the 2022 season and now puts more pressure on his middle finger during the pitch. He rounds out his arsenal with a mid-80s changeup and a four-seam fastball in roughly the same velocity range as his sinker.
  
  The Future: Hoeing is largely a finished product and fits best as a spot starter or bulk reliever. He'll likely bounce between Triple-A and the big leagues.
  
  Scouting Grades: Fastball: 45. Slider: 50. Changeup: 40. Control: 45
• April, 2022 Scouting Report
  BA Grade: 40/Medium
  
  Midseason Update: Hoeing has been the biggest pop-up arm in the Marlins&#39 system this season. He&#39s not going to light up radar guns by any measure—his fastball sits around 92 mph—but he does an excellent job keeping the ball on the ground, changing eye levels and keeping the ball off the barrel.
• December, 2018 Scouting Report
  The Giants took Hoeing in the 36th round last year after his junior season with Louisville, but the 6-foot-6, 225-pound righty decided to go back to campus where he's had a career-best year splitting time as a starter and a reliever. Through 50.2 innings, Hoeing has posted a 2.66 ERA with 10.84 strikeouts per nine that easily tops his previous best strikeout rate, and has also cut his walks. Hoeing has solid stuff, with a fastball that gets up to 95 and a pair of average secondaries in a curveball and a splitter. Hoeing has a clean, repeatable delivery with a three-quarter, low-effort slot, but he lacks deception and can get hit around at times a bit because of that. Hoeing has been more effective in a reliever role than as a starter.