Riley Pint, the number four overall pick in the 2016 draft, brings a potent arsenal that places him among the highest potential for any prospect in minor league baseball. That includes a triple digits fastball (he’s touched 102 and sits in the mid to upper 90s), a power curveball, and a plus changeup—though evaluations vary, as you’ll see in the scouting reports below. It’s a package worth $4.8 million to the Rockies.
Better yet, the 6’4” 20-year-old righty has a relatively low mileage arm thanks to him opting out from year-round baseball as was famously chronicled in Jeff Passan’s book “The Arm”.