Kyle Barraclough Stats & Scouting Report

Full name Kyle David Barraclough
Born 05/23/1990 in Santa Clara, CA
Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 229 / Bats: R / Throws: R
School Saint Mary's
Debut 08/07/2015
Drafted in the 7th round (240th overall) by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2012 (signed for $65,000).

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Barraclough had a solid four-year career at St. Mary's. He passed Tom Candiotti to rank second all-time for St. Mary's career strikeouts. Barraclough has a strong build at 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds. His fastball sits in the 91-93 mph range and touches 95 and he mixes in an above-average splitter that he uses as a changeup and an average slider. Barraclough smoothed out his delivery this year, but his control is below average, as he walked 47 batters over 79 innings. Barraclough will likely get a chance to start in pro ball, but profiles best in the bullpen. He was a 40th-round pick by the Twins last year, but is expected to go much higher this year, possibly even inside the top 10 rounds as a senior willing to cut a deal and give a team more spending flexibility.

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Barraclough had a solid four-year career at St. Mary's as a starter, surpassing Tom Candiotti to rank second on the Gaels' career strikeout list, but aside from a brief run through the rotation at short-season Batavia in 2012, he has worked mostly as a reliever. The Cardinals' seventh-round pick in 2012, he joined the Marlins in July 2015 in a straight-up trade for Steve Cishek. Miami called up Barraclough after four dominant appearances at Double-A Jacksonville, and despite acute control problems (he walked 6.7 per nine innings) he dominated big league batters by striking out 30 and allowing just 12 hits in 24 innings. He generated swinging strikes on 14.9 percent of his pitches, a rate that ranked fourth among rookie relievers with at least 20 innings. Barraclough has plus velocity on his fastball, sitting 94-96 mph and touching 98 in the majors. His slider flashes plus but is inconsistent. He has natural downward movement on his fastball and it is difficult to lift, and he has allowed just three homers in 165 pro innings. Barraclough could be a key piece of the big league bullpen in 2016.

Barraclough had a solid four-year career at St. Mary's. He passed Tom Candiotti to rank second all-time for St. Mary's career strikeouts. Barraclough has a strong build at 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds. His fastball sits in the 91-93 mph range and touches 95 and he mixes in an above-average splitter that he uses as a changeup and an average slider. Barraclough smoothed out his delivery this year, but his control is below average, as he walked 47 batters over 79 innings. Barraclough will likely get a chance to start in pro ball, but profiles best in the bullpen. He was a 40th-round pick by the Twins last year, but is expected to go much higher this year, possibly even inside the top 10 rounds as a senior willing to cut a deal and give a team more spending flexibility.