https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/731108 ... Id=1096049
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Luke Stevenson was listed as a candidate for the winter prospect list.
Keith Law on Kade Anderson:
... on Ryan Sloan:Through eight starts in Double A, last year’s No. 3 pick has struck out 41 percent of batters he’s faced and walked all of seven batters (4.9 percent). His changeup remains at least a plus pitch, with hitters whiffing on half their swings, while his slider remains his best breaking pitch and may be plus at this point as well. His velocity has crept back up to the mid-90s after he was down a little in spring training and in his first start or two of the regular season. I think he’ll be up the next time the Mariners need more than a spot starter in their rotation.
.Sloan is now throwing four pitches, using a cutter more in addition to the fastball, sweeper and kick-change. He’s still throwing strikes and missing bats, although this year in Double A, he’s given up more contact on the sweeper than last year and has had some bad luck on balls in play (.398 BABIP allowed), so his ERA doesn’t quite match up to the scouting report. He’s up to 100 mph, the changeup and sweeper both flash plus and the cutter is solid. He probably should stop throwing the sweeper to lefties, since he has such a good changeup and lefties have gotten to the slider this year. I still see No. 1 starter upside here
... on Felnin Celesten:
Celesten was the No. 24 prospect in MLB going into 2025 but he had just a fair season last year at the plate and did not seem to show the same effort or energy he had in the past, leading scouts to question whether he’d stay at short or get close to his offensive ceiling. Someone lit a fire under him, however, as he’s off to a .336/.446/.510 start in High A, playing harder and showing more on defense. He’s hitting well from both sides of the plate and already has four homers after he hit six all of last year, all at home in Everett, which is a pretty good place to hit. (Teammate Luke Stevenson, who’d be on a top 100 list if I wrote up that many prospects, has three homers this year, also all at home.) I’m back on the Celesten bandwagon now that all of his ability on both sides of the ball and the plate is coming through.
