Tyler Bashlor Stats & Scouting Report

Full name Tyler Morris Bashlor
Born 04/16/1993 in Springfield, GA
Profile Ht.: 6'0" / Wt.: 195 / Bats: R / Throws: R
School South Georgia State
Debut 06/25/2018
Drafted in the 11th round (326th overall) by the New York Mets in 2013 (signed for $550,000).

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Bashlor was a smallish infielder and pitcher in high school with a high 80s fastball and a quick arm. He has raised his profile over the last two years, ranking as BA's No. 2 prospect in the Futures Collegiate League last summer and continuing to perform well this spring. He has grown to 6 feet, 190 pounds and added velocity. Scouts report his fastball now sits at 92-94 mph and touches 97, and he flashes a solid-average slider with late break. He got forced into a starting role for part of this season with a 22-35 South Georgia club, which got him needed innings. He didn't show great command (52 IP, 30 BB, 81 SO), and pro teams view him strictly as a reliever.

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Bashlor fights baseball's bias against short righthanders--he's closer to 5-foot-11 than his listed height--by throwing 100 mph and missing more bats than most. Working as a reliever, he struck out 15.2 batters per nine innings in 2017, which led all minor league pitchers with at least 40 innings. Bashlor, an infielder in high school who moved to the mound in his second year at South Georgia JC, signed in 2013 but didn't jump on the prospect map until 2016, after he missed two full seasons due to Tommy John surgery. His velocity spiked in the second half of 2017 at Double-A Binghamton, where he sat 94-98 mph with a riding, high-spin fastball. He throws a slurvy breaking ball with depth but not the velocity of a typical slider. Bashlor needs to improve his control--he walked 4.5 per nine in 2017--which will be a challenge because of his high-effort delivery. With a top-of-the-scale fastball and average breaking ball, however, Bashlor doesn't need to be too fine to find success in a big league bullpen.

Bashlor was a smallish infielder and pitcher in high school with a high 80s fastball and a quick arm. He has raised his profile over the last two years, ranking as BA's No. 2 prospect in the Futures Collegiate League last summer and continuing to perform well this spring. He has grown to 6 feet, 190 pounds and added velocity. Scouts report his fastball now sits at 92-94 mph and touches 97, and he flashes a solid-average slider with late break. He got forced into a starting role for part of this season with a 22-35 South Georgia club, which got him needed innings. He didn't show great command (52 IP, 30 BB, 81 SO), and pro teams view him strictly as a reliever.