Mark Cohoon

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked New York Mets #22 prospect in 2011
  Ask any scout about Cohoon and one of the first words out of his mouth will be "pitchability." More on savvy than stuff, he has shot from Brooklyn to Binghamton in the last two seasons, going 21-7, 2.42 with nearly four times as many strikeouts (201) as walks (52). In June, Cohoon tied a South Atlantic League record when he threw three consecutive shutouts, earning a ticket straight to Double-A. He continued to throw strikes and change speeds on his three-pitch mix to good effect in the Eastern League. Cohoon pitches at 87-89 mph and can scrape 90 when he goes for strikeouts. He goes to a solid-average changeup as his second pitch, and it shows plus potential. He adds and subtracts from a soft curveball, which he'll need to tighten to have a third average pitch. Cohoon pitches to the corners of the plate, locates the ball down and knows how to read opponents' weaknesses. He keeps runners close at first base with an excellent pickoff move, and basestealers succeeded in just nine of 20 tries against him last season. Pitchers with fringy fastballs who can throw offspeed pitches for strikes usually thrive against low-level competition, so Cohoon will be tested in Triple-A in 2011. If he passes, he'll get a chance as a back-of-the-rotation starter.