On the night of the 2018 MLB Draft, Washington Nationals’ Assistant GM and VP of Scouting Operations Kris Kline described the Nats’ top pick, 18-year-old righty Mason Denaburg as an impressive two-sport athlete and a pitcher who had a, “very, very good makeup,” was a, “... tremendous competitor,” with a, “good delivery, clean action,” and what he described as, “that starter look about him.”
The product of Merritt Island High School brought a, “big fastball,” to the mound, Kline said, “... he’ll show you an above average breaking ball and an above average changeup.”
“I like to attack with my fastball,” Denaburg himself said when asked to describe himself in his first official press conference in Nationals Park after he signed what is said to be an above-slot $3M deal on Tuesday.