IP | .2 |
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ERA | 0 |
WHIP | 4.5 |
BB/9 | 40.5 |
SO/9 | 13.5 |
- Full name Prelander Berroa
- Born 04/18/2000 in Santo Domingo Centro, Dominican Republic
- Profile Ht.: 5'11" / Wt.: 170 / Bats: R / Throws: R
Top Rankings
Organization Prospect Rankings
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BA Grade/Risk: 50/High
Track Record: Berroa initially worked out for teams as an infielder before converting to pitching and signed with the Twins for $200,000 on the first day of the 2016 international signing period. The Twins traded Berroa to the Giants as one of three prospects for reliever Sam Dyson at the 2019 trade deadline, and the Giants subsequently flipped Berroa to the Mariners for utility infielder Donnie Walton early in the 2022 season. Berroa took off after the trade and had his best season under the Mariners' tutelage. He finished with a career-low 2.68 ERA, a career-high 150 strikeouts and reached Double-A for the first time.
Scouting Report: Berroa is undersized at 5-foot-11 but pitches bigger than his stature. His explosive, plus-plus fastball sits 96-99 mph and touches 101-102 with late life to get swings and misses in the strike zone. He began throwing his slider more after joining the Mariners and morphed it into a plus downer in the upper 80s that gets swings over the top. He is able to land his slider for strikes early in counts in addition to putting batters away with it. He also has a firm, well below-average changeup in the low 90s he rarely throws. Berroa gets ugly swings from good hitters, but his control is below-average and he struggles to stay focused for more than a few innings at a time. He no longer throws balls to the backstop as he did in his younger years, but his effortful delivery will always limit his strike-throwing. He pitched fewer than five innings in 21 of his 26 starts even during his breakout 2022 season.
The Future: Berroa will continue starting for now, but his size, durability and control will make him a hard-throwing reliever in the majors. He has a chance to be a setup man who pitches seventh and eighth innings if his control improves another tick.
Scouting Grades: Fastball: 70. Slider: 60. Changeup: 30. Control: 40 -
Track Record: Berroa originally signed with the Twins in 2016 and was traded to the Giants in 2019 for reliever Sam Dyson. Berroa reached short-season with the Giants after the trade and spent the 2021 season at Low-A San Jose, where he struck out 135 hitters in 98.2 innings.
Scouting Report: Berroa relies mostly on two pitches: a mid-90s fastball that touches 99 mph with excellent run and ride characteristics through the strike zone and mid-80s slider that gets a good amount of swings and misses. He also sprinkles in a high-80s changeup, but his fastball-slider combo makes up the vast majority of his outings. Berroa’s biggest success in 2021 came from developing into more of a pitcher than a thrower. He has started learning how to use his offspeeds in advantage counts and has become more efficient in his outings instead of throwing everything at maximum effort all the time. His command and control need to improve, which can happen if he finds a more consistent release point.
The Future: The next stop for Berroa is High-A Eugene, where he’ll try to build on the gains he made in 2021. If he can do that, he might have a shot at the back of a rotation.
Scouting Reports
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BA Grade/Risk: 50/High
Track Record: Berroa initially worked out for teams as an infielder before converting to pitching and signed with the Twins for $200,000 on the first day of the 2016 international signing period. The Twins traded Berroa to the Giants as one of three prospects for reliever Sam Dyson at the 2019 trade deadline, and the Giants subsequently flipped Berroa to the Mariners for utility infielder Donnie Walton early in the 2022 season. Berroa took off after the trade and had his best season under the Mariners' tutelage. He finished with a career-low 2.68 ERA, a career-high 150 strikeouts and reached Double-A for the first time.
Scouting Report: Berroa is undersized at 5-foot-11 but pitches bigger than his stature. His explosive, plus-plus fastball sits 96-99 mph and touches 101-102 with late life to get swings and misses in the strike zone. He began throwing his slider more after joining the Mariners and morphed it into a plus downer in the upper 80s that gets swings over the top. He is able to land his slider for strikes early in counts in addition to putting batters away with it. He also has a firm, well below-average changeup in the low 90s he rarely throws. Berroa gets ugly swings from good hitters, but his control is below-average and he struggles to stay focused for more than a few innings at a time. He no longer throws balls to the backstop as he did in his younger years, but his effortful delivery will always limit his strike-throwing. He pitched fewer than five innings in 21 of his 26 starts even during his breakout 2022 season.
The Future: Berroa will continue starting for now, but his size, durability and control will make him a hard-throwing reliever in the majors. He has a chance to be a setup man who pitches seventh and eighth innings if his control improves another tick.
Scouting Grades: Fastball: 70. Slider: 60. Changeup: 30. Control: 40 -
BA Grade/Risk: 50/High
Track Record: Berroa initially worked out for teams as an infielder before converting to pitching and signed with the Twins for $200,000 on the first day of the 2016 international signing period. The Twins traded Berroa to the Giants as one of three prospects for reliever Sam Dyson at the 2019 trade deadline, and the Giants subsequently flipped Berroa to the Mariners for utility infielder Donnie Walton early in the 2022 season. Berroa took off after the trade and had his best season under the Mariners' tutelage. He finished with a career-low 2.68 ERA, a career-high 150 strikeouts and reached Double-A for the first time.
Scouting Report: Berroa is undersized at 5-foot-11 but pitches bigger than his stature. His explosive, plus-plus fastball sits 96-99 mph and touches 101-102 with late life to get swings and misses in the strike zone. He began throwing his slider more after joining the Mariners and morphed it into a plus downer in the upper 80s that gets swings over the top. He is able to land his slider for strikes early in counts in addition to putting batters away with it. He also has a firm, well below-average changeup in the low 90s he rarely throws. Berroa gets ugly swings from good hitters, but his control is below-average and he struggles to stay focused for more than a few innings at a time. He no longer throws balls to the backstop as he did in his younger years, but his effortful delivery will always limit his strike-throwing. He pitched fewer than five innings in 21 of his 26 starts even during his breakout 2022 season.
The Future: Berroa will continue starting for now, but his size, durability and control will make him a hard-throwing reliever in the majors. He has a chance to be a setup man who pitches seventh and eighth innings if his control improves another tick.
Scouting Grades: Fastball: 70. Slider: 60. Changeup: 30. Control: 40 -
BA Grade: 45/High
Track Record: Berroa originally signed with the Twins in 2016 and was traded to the Giants in 2019 for reliever Sam Dyson. Berroa reached short-season with the Giants after the trade and spent the 2021 season at Low-A San Jose, where he struck out 135 hitters in 98.2 innings.
Scouting Report: Berroa relies mostly on two pitches: a mid-90s fastball that touches 99 mph with excellent run and ride characteristics through the strike zone and mid-80s slider that gets a good amount of swings and misses. He also sprinkles in a high-80s changeup, but his fastball-slider combo makes up the vast majority of his outings. Berroa's biggest success in 2021 came from developing into more of a pitcher than a thrower. He has started learning how to use his offspeeds in advantage counts and has become more efficient in his outings instead of throwing everything at maximum effort all the time. His command and control need to improve, which can happen if he finds a more consistent release point.
The Future: The next stop for Berroa is High-A Eugene, where he'll try to build on the gains he made in 2021. If he can do that, he might have a shot at the back of a rotation. -
Track Record: Berroa originally signed with the Twins in 2016 and was traded to the Giants in 2019 for reliever Sam Dyson. Berroa reached short-season with the Giants after the trade and spent the 2021 season at Low-A San Jose, where he struck out 135 hitters in 98.2 innings.
Scouting Report: Berroa relies mostly on two pitches: a mid-90s fastball that touches 99 mph with excellent run and ride characteristics through the strike zone and mid-80s slider that gets a good amount of swings and misses. He also sprinkles in a high-80s changeup, but his fastball-slider combo makes up the vast majority of his outings. Berroa’s biggest success in 2021 came from developing into more of a pitcher than a thrower. He has started learning how to use his offspeeds in advantage counts and has become more efficient in his outings instead of throwing everything at maximum effort all the time. His command and control need to improve, which can happen if he finds a more consistent release point.
The Future: The next stop for Berroa is High-A Eugene, where he’ll try to build on the gains he made in 2021. If he can do that, he might have a shot at the back of a rotation.
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Berroa was part of the package the Giants received when they sent reliever Sam Dyson to the Twins in 2019. He's shown plenty of improvement over the course of the season, and now has better control of an excellent slider to go with his mid-90s four-seam fastball. If his changeup can reach average—which it will do in flashes—he can remain a starter.