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Cubs Prospect Profile: 19-Year-Old Southpaw Brailyn Marquez Lighting Up Radar Guns in Eugene

95…96…97…

Those are some pretty high velocity numbers for a 19-year-old pitcher who disappears when he turns sideways. But Brailyn Marquez can get his has shown that he can sustain those high-90’s fastball numbers, along with a curve he bends in the low-to-mid 80’s. That combo makes him one of the most magnetic pitchers in the Cubs’ system right now.

As impressive as he looks right now, though, Marquez has got a lot of work ahead of him if he wants to make it from short-season ball to the big leagues.

Basic Information

6-4, 185 lbs.