2024 1st Bowman Chrome Brock Porter BCP-36 Rookie Rangers

Description: Track Record: In 2022, the Rangers forfeited their second- and third-round picks as a penalty for signing World Series cornerstones Corey Seager and Marcus Semien. They took Kumar Rocker with their first-round choice, signed him for an under-slot deal and used the savings to sign Porter, one of the highest-upside high school arms in the class. Porter’s bonus was $3.7 million, the fourth-round record by a wide margin. The righthander spent all of his first full season in 2023 at Low-A Down East, which advanced to the Carolina League finals.Scouting Report: Porter’s bread and butter is his changeup, a filthy pitch that is a true plus offering. His changeup sits in the low 80s and features late, hard drop and is thrown with enough velocity separation and conviction to get swings and misses from both lefthanded and righthanded batters. His changeup complements a four-seam fastball that also grades out as a future plus. It sits around 94 mph and earns high marks for its nearly 2,500 rpm spin rate and a nearly 30% whiff rate. The question all year long was whether Porter could find a suitable breaking ball, and late in the year he found one. After scrapping a curveball, he opted for a sweeping slider in the low 80s that featured more than 15 inches of horizontal break. The next step is improving his control, which was poor all season long and resulted in a 14% walk rate and an overall strike rate of just 57%. Scouts suggested that part of the reason for the control issues was because his delivery, while repeatable, was too uptempo and would leave him fatigued after a few innings. He pitched five innings just twice all season.The Future: Porter will advance to High-A in 2024, when he’ll work on continuing to sharpen his breaking ball and throwing more strikes. If he can check those boxes, he has midrotation upside. - Baseball America

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Location: Olathe, Kansas

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