Scouting Cleveland Prospects T.J. House and Delvi Cid
PROSPECTS WE’RE WATCHING – T.J. House (Indians, LHP) and Delvi Cid (Indians, CF)
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.
This article is an extension of the scouting reports from Cleveland’s top prospect lists with more video for readers to view.
SCOUTING REPORTS
T.J. House | LHP | Cleveland Indians
I’m going to take you through T.J. House’s outing pitch-by-pitch. It was only a so-so outing for House as he pitched without his best control, but he still battled Lexington and ended the game only allowing one hit and one run despite giving up four walks.
House really lost his command at the 1:05 mark, which is where we’ll start…
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His swing looks much better from the right hand side of the plate. It looks more under control with better power potential…more athletic. From the left hand side, Cid’s swing is very handsy, very slap happy. I’m not a fan of it. Not surprisingly, Cid was more productive from the right hand side of the plate.
Cid’s biggest problem is his pitch recognition. He struggles to pick up on anything other than fastballs and Lexington starter David Duncan had Cid out in front on numerous change-ups.
Cid is an extremely raw product, but he’s also still very young . Because of his outstanding defense, he’s not going to have to be that good offensively to have some value to the Indians. He should start next season in A+ Kinston.
