9 - Jorge Benitez, LHP from Puerto Rico. Call this the Diaz hope. Another skinny guy, this one a lefty. Inconsistent as you might expect from a teen, all leg and arm like Diaz. Good arm speed, makings of a good breaking ball that he does not control in the zone but man it's tight with nice late break for his being so raw. Nice knee raise for drive-and-drop delivery but trails his arm a lot which might overly stress his shoulder long term. I expect the Mariners to get him to extended Spring Training asap and get to work on giving him the best instruction of his career.
He doesn't throw nearly as hard as Diaz did (I don't have a radar gun but he looks high-80s max) but as a lefty he does not have to. I expect them to clean up his motion and find him some extra mph as he puts muscles on that skinny frame. Another really interesting prospect. Mariners going with upside guys and I have to say I'm liking it, even if some of them are half a decade away from the bigs.