Pitching isn’t all about pure stuff. It is possible to throw softer yet elicit weak contact and be a successful major league pitcher in a variety of ways. You can have excellent command, heavy movement on your pitches, or you can hide the ball well and make it difficult for hitters to pick it up out of your hand. For Ethan Clark, the success that made him the Tampa Bay Rays’ 15th round pick was a little bit of all of those.
Clark, a sophomore right-hander out of Crowder College in Missouri, has that durable pitcher’s build at 6’6″, 235.