Pitch-by-Pitch: Scouting Jacob Turner vs. the Great Lakes Loons

MATCH-UP – West Michigan Whitecaps (Detroit Tigers) at Great Lakes Loons (Los Angeles Dodgers)

KEY PROSPECTS WE’RE WATCHING – Jacob Turner (RHP, Tigers), Angelo Songco (OF, Dodgers), Blake Smith (OF, Dodgers), Jerry Sands (1b, Dodgers), Brian Cavazos-Galvez (OF, Dodgers)

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SCREENSHOT

A quick note on video structure…videos are edited to include only key and legitimate prospects. Time between pitches and between innings are edited out. Some commercials are left in out of respect for the companies that purchase ad buys.

I use time markers for when a particular hitter comes up to bat or a certain pitcher enters the game so you don’t have to shuffle through the video looking for key players. Games are edited so you can scout and evaluate a prospect in the most convenient and quickest way possible.

SCOUTING REPORTS

Jacob Turner

This was Jacob Turner’s first start back from a DL stint for tightness in his right forearm, so a little rust was to be expected. Nevertheless, Turner got off to a strong start and pretty much sailed through the first two innings. Six of the first seven hitters swung at the second pitch they saw from Turner. The one exception was the top Dodger prospect in the line-up, Jerry Sands.

The third inning could have been much like the first two, but an error by the second baseman put a runner on base for the first time. After getting the next two hitters out, Turner made his first mistake of the game by missing his spot against Loons shortstop Christian Lara. The pitch ended up on the inner half of the plate, just below belt high and Lara launched it over the right field wall.

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