Cody Carroll Stats & Scouting Report

Full name Cody Mark Carroll
Born 10/15/1992 in Mt. Juliet, TN
Profile Ht.: 6'5" / Wt.: 230 / Bats: R / Throws: R
School Southern Mississippi
Debut 08/01/2018
Drafted in the 22nd round (663rd overall) by the New York Yankees in 2015.

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Carroll was injured in his senior season of high school and underwent Tommy John surgery forcing him to take a redshirt as a freshman at Southern Mississippi. Injuries continued to hamper him over the next two years and he entered this spring having appeared in just 13 games for the Golden Eagles. But he was able to stay healthy this season and pitched his way into consideration for the top 10 rounds. His fastball sits 90-92 mph and he touched 96 mph. His changeup is his best secondary offering, while his slider showed improvement this spring. At 6-foot-5, 193 pounds, Carroll has good size, but his injury history and control (he averaged 4.39 walks per nine innings this season) mean he likely will end up as a reliever in pro ball.

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It's no secret that the Yankees love to stockpile tall, hard-throwing righthanders as potential bullpen pieces. Carroll, the team's 22nd-round choice out of Southern Mississippi in 2015, certainly fits that bill. He had Tommy John surgery after his senior season of high school, then redshirted during his freshman year at SMU. The Yankees had a pack of prospects in that mold at their upper levels this year, but Carroll distanced himself from the others with his high-end velocity. His four-seam fastball sits in the mid-to-upper-90s and has touched triple-digits frequently. More impressively, he generates that velocity with relative ease. He couples the pitch with a low-80s slider and a mid-80s split-finger fastball that he uses as a changeup. His slider has improved greatly this season, and some scouts grade it as plus. There are still command and control issues to iron out, as shown by his 30 walks in 67.1 innings between high Class A Tampa and Double-A Trenton this year, but Carroll's stuff is tantalizing enough that he's put himself on the prospect map.

Carroll was injured in his senior season of high school and underwent Tommy John surgery forcing him to take a redshirt as a freshman at Southern Mississippi. Injuries continued to hamper him over the next two years and he entered this spring having appeared in just 13 games for the Golden Eagles. But he was able to stay healthy this season and pitched his way into consideration for the top 10 rounds. His fastball sits 90-92 mph and he touched 96 mph. His changeup is his best secondary offering, while his slider showed improvement this spring. At 6-foot-5, 193 pounds, Carroll has good size, but his injury history and control (he averaged 4.39 walks per nine innings this season) mean he likely will end up as a reliever in pro ball.