On the first day of throwing for the pitchers, Jon Moscot stood out to Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price.
Yesterday guys began throwing live batting practice to the position players and once again, Price was impressed with what he saw from Moscot.
He throws efficiently,” Price said. “He throws plenty hard enough. He’s an 89 to 92, maybe a touch better at times. It’s command. It’s bottom-of-the-zone command, side to side. Very, very good slider. His change-up has made great strides over the last season. As I tell the starters, if you’re going to start, you need that off-speed pitch, some kind of change-of-pace pitch, but primarily a change-up, if you’re going to be really good.
The right hander is one of the more polished pitchers in the system and outside of Anthony DeSclafani, he’s probably the prospect most equipped to step into the big leagues right now and pitch as a starter. He’s probably still on the outside looking in for one of the open rotation spots right now, behind the favorites of Desclafani and Tony Cingrani. Moscot has been making some good early impressions on the manager though and with a good spring and a slip up by someone else he could be the guy the team looks to in order to fill out the rotation.
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