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6th - Oliver Jaskie, LHP. A legit starter! Changeup artist, very-low-90s fastball, trying to get his slider polished up. His motion is a bit jerky (the knee-to-drive is sort of smashed together like he's doing a crunch) but it helps hide the ball and make it hard on lefties with that plus change. And a junior with some talent too. Good. I like lefty changeup guys who can throw (low) 90s heat. He's going to be impossible to judge til he gets to at least AA in the system (most guys at lower levels either don't see good offspeed pitches or can't hit them, so he should run good numbers until then) but Jaskie is a nice selection - and an indication that Seattle's not just junking the rest of its top-10 to save money for its first two expensive picks.

I like him at least as much as I liked Brandon Miller last year. The benefit Jaskie has over Miller is that he can get converted to a LOOGY out of the pen if starting isn't his gig.

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