Fabio Martinez-Mesa: Breaking Down the Wild Flamethrower

MATCH-UP – Cedar Rapids Kernels (Los Angeles Angels) at Great Lakes Loons (Los Angeles Dodgers)

KEY PROSPECTS WE’RE WATCHING – Fabio Martinez-Mesa (RHP, Angels), Jerry Sands (RF, Dodgers), Angelo Songco (LF, Dodgers), Brian Cavazos-Galvez (CF, Dodgers)

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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.

One of the bigger enigmas in Minor League Baseball is Angels pitching prospect Fabio Martinez-Mesa. He has some of the best raw stuff in the minors, but lacks consistent command. He may give you a gem of a start with few walks only to come back in his next outing and walk six hitters in seven innings, while only giving up three hits in the process. The start on file here is more of the later. His final stat line: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 5 W, 7 K, 1 HR.

Mesa has an electric fastball that explodes out of his hand. The fastball would range anywhere from 92 – 97, but he can…