Raisel Iglesias got some more work in the Arizona Fall League on Saturday night for the Surprise Saguaros. It was only the second game of the six he has pitched in where the Pitch F/X camera system was running. Iglesias has been very effective thus far in the fall. He hasn’t allowed a hit in 6.0 innings, has walked two batters and has five strikeouts. He hasn’t given up a run to go along with his WHIP of 0.33.
Let’s take a look at how the right hander has performed in his 6.0 innings in terms of on the field data.
| Pitches | Strike Rate | GB | FB | LD | PU |
| 68 | 66.2% | 23.1% | 38.5% | 30.8% | 7.7% |
It’s an incredibly small sample size that we are working with when looking at the data for Iglesias. There’s some good and some not so good here. He’s only needed 68 pitches to throw 6.0 innings. That very pitch efficient. 66.2% of his pitches have resulted in strikes. That’s a very good rate. His batted ball numbers are pretty much meaningless given that small sample size that is good for just a total of 13 balls in play. That not-so-good-news is just that there is such a small sample size there that we don’t have any real idea of how his batted ball trends actually could be leaning.
Pitch F/X Scouting Report
While he has thrown 68 pitches in Arizona so far this fall we only have 22 pitches with the Pitch F/X system to look at. Small sample size warnings are blinking everywhere and it also needs to be noted that he’s been pitching out of the bullpen for one inning at a time. The Reds future plans are to use him as a starting pitcher, so what we are seeing right now may be a tad different than what we see from him as a starting pitcher.
Fastball
Iglesias has thrown a 4-seam fastball in the 92-94 MPH range and has hit 96 in the two innings under the Pitch F/X cameras.
Change Up
With only a sample size of four pitches, it’s tough to get a real good read, but the pitch has some extra sinking action than the fastball as well as a bit more horizontal movement to it. It’s been in the 80-84 MPH range.
Curveball
A pitch that had the broadcasters on Saturday night raving (see video below), the pitch has come in as a bit of a power curveball in the 79-80 MPH range. It has some two-plane breaking action to it, breaking away from righties and in on lefties.