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Clarke Schmidt – Scouting Report: Yankees RHP Prospect

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start to pro ball&comma; before making a solid healthy return in 2018&period; There were question marks whether he should have been called up by the Yankees earlier in the shortened 2020 season&comma; but this break away from competitive baseball has enabled him to focus on aspects of his game that he needed to improve&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The one key area that he has started to work on is his pitching arsenal&period; An impressive mix of FB&comma; CB&comma; and CH&comma; was boosted further by his introduction of a slider&period; There are high hopes that he can become a regular starter for the Yankees&comma; and 2021 will be an interesting one for his progression&period; Alongside Deivi Garcia&comma; the Yankees have a strong&comma; young pitching pool to choose from to fill the gaps they had in 2020&period; He made 3 appearances in the Majors in 2020&comma; striking out 7 hitters in 6&period;1 innings&period; There was a heavy emphasis on his newly integrated slider and less focus on his original CB&period; I am high on him&comma; and have dove into his talents more below to emphasize why&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Stats Breakdown<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">After surgery a month before the 2017 draft&comma; Clarke Schmidt missed the entire season before making his long-awaited debut for Yankees East at Rookie-level in 2018&period; He made just 8 appearances in 2018 but showed glimpses of the form that had the Yankees drafting him despite his injury history&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In his 23&period;1 inns pitches&comma; he struck out 30 hitters and walked just 6&period; This form continued in 2019&comma; as his first full season saw him reach A&plus; and AA&period; He helped Trenton win the AA Eastern League championship last season&comma; but some time missed due to elbow inflammation brought some negativity on a season that saw 102 Ks and 28 BBs in 90&period;2 innings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Clarke Schmidt was called-up to the Yankees Majors roster in August&comma; making 1 start and 2 relief appearances&period; He pitched 6&period;1 inns and struck out 7 hitters&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;prospectsworldwide&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;12&sol;chart&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-14760"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Schmidt&&num;8217&semi;s use of his pitches in 2020 showed his ability to target areas where he feels his pitches perform best&comma; and areas that are difficult for the hitters to get to&period; For a pitcher that hasn&&num;8217&semi;t played above AA&comma; he adapted well to the task and showed what he could bring the Yankees in the future&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"kiEB4qUT" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- Display Ad --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7814068302911952" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1407500180" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Fastball&colon; 55&sol;55<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Clarke Schmidt has 2 variations of his fastball&period; His 4-seamer has cut and carry whilst averaging 95mph&period; The 2-seamer distinguishes more as a sinker that has heavy action&period; This again averages around 95mph&comma; and was utilised more in his handful of Major League appearances&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Before his TJ surgery&comma; his fastball sat around the same velocity&comma; but he had better command of the pitch and it was touted as the best in the NYY system&period; Post TJ surgery there was some rustiness in 2018 before he looked sharp when it came to his first full season in 2019&period; He has a history of throwing strikes&comma; but his control stood out more than his command on his return to action&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">There was an emphasis on his 2-seamer command during Summer Camp&comma; largely in part due to its increased life and run&period; Despite the majority of his pitches staying within the strike zone&comma; there were a few pitches that lacked control&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">His 4-seamer pitches were some of his least accurate&period; The main ones were towards the outside of the strike zone&comma; but the heat map shows plenty of pitches all around the zone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;prospectsworldwide&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;12&sol;d3770026-2273-43f8-a1f3-73f0a79d8eac&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-14769"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">This should improve as he spends more time on the field and staying healthy&period; With a greater emphasis on his command rather than his control&comma; this should return him to the stage where his fastball was one of the best in the organization&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Curveball&colon; 50&sol;55<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">His CB was the main part of his pitching arsenal before the 2020 season&period; Largely in part due to its depth and high spin rates&period; It was regularly touching the low-80s but was more utilized as a slider in 2020&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The spin rates saw Clarke Schmidt hit 3000rpm in his first few games in the Majors&period; It came across as more of a spike-curveball and focuses on dropping slightly below the strike zone&period; This creates the deception of being in the strike zone&comma; thus resulting in looking strikes or tempting hitters to swing at the pitch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">His curveball was touted as his signature pitch due to how nasty it was in the Minors&period; There was plenty of this nastiness shown at the Alternate Site before he was called up to the Majors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;prospectsworldwide&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;12&sol;YES&lowbar;Network&lowbar;-&lowbar;Clarke&lowbar;Schmidts&lowbar;signature&lowbar;curveball&period;gif" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-14764"&sol;><figcaption>Schmidt&&num;8217&semi;s CB at Alternate Site<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Baseball savant identified Schmidt&&num;8217&semi;s pitches as sliders but the movement and spin rates of the lower velocity pitches come across more as curveballs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Changeup&colon; 50&sol;55<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Generally his 3rd pitch&comma; Schmidt has a CH that has the potential to be above average&period; Averaging at 89mph&comma; it bottoms out regularly to have hitters getting out in front&period;<br>It was rarely used in 2020&comma; but when it was there wasn&&num;8217&semi;t the control and command we are used to seeing from him with this pitch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The heat map shows a spread in and around the strike zone&period; Although this isn&&num;8217&semi;t hugely accurate&comma; he wasn&&num;8217&semi;t punished for it and even picked up a couple of strikes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;prospectsworldwide&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;12&sol;9c3aef76-436d-4516-815f-ee6a9cadb7f0&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-14766"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">It still has plenty of room for improvement but proves to be a valuable 3rd pitch for his impressive arsenal&period; Heavily used against LHH&comma; he will need to make the adjustment against RHH as well to make it an effective pitch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Slider&colon; 55&sol;60<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">One of the most intriguing pitches in his arsenal&period; Originally he had a 3 pitch mix with his FB&comma; CB&comma; and CH but 2020 saw a shift towards a more powerful CB&comma; thus leading to a slider&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"1HmLSDKt" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- Display Ad --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7814068302911952" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1407500180" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The spin rates that his curveballs saw was integrated into his SL pitch&comma; averaging 3085 in his spell in the Majors&period; It was also his most-used pitch and resulted in 5 SO&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">There was a heavy emphasis on low and away from RHH&comma; and low and inside to LHH&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true"><p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Clarke Schmidt with a nasty slider and K-strut <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;iok7mp8BXd">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;iok7mp8BXd<&sol;a><&sol;p>&mdash&semi; Talkin&&num;39&semi; Yanks &lpar;&commat;TalkinYanks&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;TalkinYanks&sol;status&sol;1310301423192682496&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">September 27&comma; 2020<&sol;a><&sol;blockquote><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><figcaption>Slider to RHH<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true"><p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">THIS CLARKE SCHMIDT SLIDER IS NASTY <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;7rTjJW3xke">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;7rTjJW3xke<&sol;a><&sol;p>&mdash&semi; Talkin&&num;39&semi; Yanks &lpar;&commat;TalkinYanks&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;TalkinYanks&sol;status&sol;1310303215263649793&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">September 27&comma; 2020<&sol;a><&sol;blockquote><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><figcaption>Slider to LHH<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">His spin rates reached a maximum of 3317 with mid-80s velocity&period; It also has an elite downward movement&comma; seeing a drop of 50 inches on average&period; This spin and movement see it ranked amongst one of the best sliders in the Majors in 2020&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The heat map of his pitches shows how impressive his pitching placement and focus was&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"QWwOYJ9U" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-7814068302911952" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"2531094727"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;prospectsworldwide&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;12&sol;1b1b672e-201e-44a4-a777-bfae38ca0e4c&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-14768"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">With the potential to be a plus pitch&comma; there were no surprises that it was his most used pitch in the Majors and could continue to be in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">One of the brightest sparks in such a unique season&comma; Schmidt has laid down the marker to be used more regularly in 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Command&colon; 45&sol;50<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Usually&comma; his pitching is fairly accurate&comma; albeit focused more on control than command&period; This wasn&&num;8217&semi;t the case in the Majors as his BB&sol;9 reached 7&period;11 and his K&sol;9 was only 9&period;95&period;<br>Generally&comma; his BB&sol;9 is low&comma; being 2&period;3 in 2018 and 2&period;8 in 2019&period; This coincided with his 10&plus; SO&sol;9 in these 2 seasons as well&period; The development that he has shown as he has risen through the system has been impressive&comma; and although his free base rates were high in the Majors&comma; this was a significant jump from his highest outing of AA before 2020&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">His Majors outings saw a significant reduction in the one tool he prides himself on with his pitching&comma; his control&period; The heat map shows how varied his pitches were&comma; and that there were too many around the zone&comma; rather than being in it&period;<br>Finding that balance of trying to be aggressive with his FB and a hard slider&comma; but ensuring they either end up in the strike zone or just outside to cause problems is key for him moving forward&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Areas for Improvement<&sol;strong>&colon;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Despite his obvious talents&comma; Schmidt will need to prove himself to be a durable part of the Yankees pitching team&period;<br>Since being drafted in 2017&comma; he has only had one season that heavily used him&period; This came in 2019 but led to missing a month of the season due to minor elbow inflammation&period;<br>His pitching as a whole doesn&&num;8217&semi;t need much improving&comma; but the ability to pitch on a consistent basis&comma; at a high level regularly will need to be tested to see what his durability will be like&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">There was a heavy reliance on his SL in 2020&comma; so there will need to be some work on his other pitches to have more control and command&comma; in order for them to be worthy of a starting role&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Summary&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The Yankees should be using Schmidt on a more regular basis in 2021&period; It may not come in a starting role&comma; but with the lack of innings under his belt&comma; he could become a valuable member of their bullpen as he continues to work on his durability and pitches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He definitely has an arm that could cause problems at Majors level&comma; there is still plenty of development required before he becomes that regular starting pitcher&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">His arsenal contains some quality pitches and does have much better control than some of the pitching prospects in the Yankees system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">I think he will be used in that pen role&comma; to begin with in 2021&comma; with the hopes of picking up a few starts along the way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Throughout the offseason we will be covering TONS of prospects with similar Scouting Reports covering all 30 teams&period; We should have a few dropping per week so keep your eyes open for more just like this&excl; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Or you can bookmark this Link <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;prospectsworldwide&period;com&sol;category&sol;prospects&sol;scouting-reports-milb&sol;&quest;amp" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">HERE<&sol;a> to find all our MiLB 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