My Guys - ProspectTilt's Favorite Pitching Targets Outside the Consensus Top 100s
Part 3 of 3 - We go over another 6 arms - bringing us to 18 for the series
JT Quinn (High-A) — Baltimore Orioles
Quinn was teammates with Brian Curley at Georgia last year as they were arguably the co-aces of the staff. Quinn had the lowest ERA on the staff of any starting pitcher at 2.75 and struck out 49 batters in 36 innings while holding batters to a .184 average against. Curley was taken in the 3rd round with the 92nd pick. And Quinn was taken 69th overall — both lending a hand in giving Georgia the 7th seed heading into the College Baseball World Series.
Curley was featured in Part 1 of this series and I just wanted to lay out some background as to why I’m so high on these two arms. There is pedigree here for both of these arms. But this is about Quinn. Quinn has gotten off to a hot start this season for the High-A Orioles affiliate which also features Joseph Dzierwa (I’d include him in this series but at this point the helium is about to pop and this is for lesser heralded names — I wrote about him after his first start but the prospect world is starting to take notice).
In his first start, Quinn went 4.1IP 3H 1ER 2BB 6K. He followed that up with 4.2IP 2H 0ER 0BB 10K. Quinn has a power heater and is touching upper 90s and it’s only a matter of time until he touches triple digits and everybody’s heads light on fire as a result. He pairs that with a slider, a high-spin curve, and a changeup that he’s still trying to master. He has four pitches in his arsenal led by the Fastball and Curve which look to be plus offerings — and again, it’s only a matter of time until the changeup and slider become legitimate plus offerings as well. The only variable here is command. It was an encouraging sign in his last outing in which he gave up just 2 hits and walked none — we’ll need to see more zeroes in the walk column going forward to know if he’s truly turned a corner and if Baltimore’s newly founded pitching lab has cured any ailments in this department. Regardless, he is a name to monitor, even own at this point. Several more starts like his last one and the cost will go up.