Prospect Spotlight – Tomas Alastre

Tomas Alastre           RHP                  Hagerstown Suns         Date Evaluated: 5/20/18

DOB: 6/11/98     Height: 6-4      Weight: 170lbs.     Throws: Right        Bats: Right

Fastball (40/50)     Curveball (45/50)         Changeup (40/50)        Command (40/50)

Washington signed Alastre as an international free agent in July 2014 for a reported $350,000 bonus.  Alastre is listed at 6-4 170lbs with long, thick legs and some projection remaining in his frame.  The almost 20-year-old throws from a low 3/4s arm slot and utilizes a rather simple one-step windup into a low-to-medium effort delivery.  Alastre uses a waist-high leg-lift but does not fully utilize his lower half, limiting his extension toward home plate.  His arm path is not particularly fluid or as free as one might anticipate from a former position player.  Alastre is still seeking consistency with his delivery – at times he will get mechanical and lose the feel for his release point.

Alastre has a plan to attack opposing hitters and makes a conscious effort to throw to all four quadrants of the strike zone.  In this outing his command and control were poor in the first inning, but much better thereafter.  He presently shows below-average command, with potential to reach average with further experience.  Finally, he fields his position fairly well and shows a knack for holding runners.


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Alastre features a traditional 3-pitch arsenal of a fastball, curveball and changeup.  The fastball sits 89-91mph with good plane and natural sink.  Alastre struggled to locate the heater, especially inside to righties all afternoon. He was making an obvious attempt to command the fastball high-and-low and in-and-out to keep the hitters off-balance.  Presently the fastball is a “40”, but could get to a “50/55” with improved command and some additional velocity as he matures.

The 75-78mph curveball was probably his best offering on the day, as he could locate it for strikes or bury it away from righties.  He did slow his body on a few and others were loopy in shape, but it flashed average potential.  His changeup sat 83-87mph with some arm-side sinking movement at the lower velocities and he replicated his arm-speed fairly well.  There were more poor changeups than quality ones, but the good flashed future average potential.

I left this viewing intrigued but somewhat baffled by Tomas Alastre – Most pitchers at this age have big fastballs, poor command and the beginnings of off-speed pitches.  Alastre has good feel for his curveball and confidence in his changeup, yet his fastball lags behind the off-speed pitches.

The risk is high with Alastre due to the lack of high-end velocity or a monster out-pitch, but the reward could be a future back-end starting pitcher.  Alastre needs minor league seasoning, but his raw tools will make him an often asked about prospect in trades this summer.

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