Paul McIntosh

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Miami Marlins #30 prospect in 2023
  BA Grade/Risk: 40/High
  
  Track Record: McIntosh is the king of Morgantown. The catcher spent three seasons behind the plate for the Mountaineers, then spent time after graduating with West Virginia of the MLB Draft League. The Marlins signed him out of the Draft League and sent him to Low-A for his first taste of pro ball. He spent all of 2022 with Double-A Pensacola, where he put up excellent numbers for a player in a pitcher's league.
  
  Scouting Report: McIntosh is a fringy prospect to be sure, but coaches and player-development staff inside the Marlins rave about his makeup and believe there might just be enough bat to get him to the big leagues. He makes plenty of contact--he struck out just 19.6% of the time in the Southern League--and hits the ball plenty hard, with average and 90th percentile exit velocities of 87 mph and 107 mph, respectively. He makes sound decisions as well and walked at 14% clip. He's got plenty of strength and a good bat path, but internal evaluators acknowledge he has a hole at the top of the strike zone. McIntosh has plenty of work to do defensively as well. He has well below-average arm strength and accuracy and the team has worked with him to get better grips on balls for throws to second base, where he caught just 15% of attempted base stealers. He also saw time at first base and DH but puts in plenty of work behind the plate.
  
  The Future: If McIntosh gets to the big leagues, it will be because of his offense. He'll move to Triple-A in 2023 in the hopes he can keep it rolling with the bat and improve his defense enough to make himself an option.
  
  Scouting Grades: Hit: 40. Power: 50. Speed: 30. Fielding: 30. Arm: 30.

• February, 2023 Scouting Report
  BA Grade/Risk: 40/High
  
  Track Record: McIntosh is the king of Morgantown. The catcher spent three seasons behind the plate for the Mountaineers, then spent time after graduating with West Virginia of the MLB Draft League. The Marlins signed him out of the Draft League and sent him to Low-A for his first taste of pro ball. He spent all of 2022 with Double-A Pensacola, where he put up excellent numbers for a player in a pitcher's league.
  
  Scouting Report: McIntosh is a fringy prospect to be sure, but coaches and player-development staff inside the Marlins rave about his makeup and believe there might just be enough bat to get him to the big leagues. He makes plenty of contact--he struck out just 19.6% of the time in the Southern League--and hits the ball plenty hard, with average and 90th percentile exit velocities of 87 mph and 107 mph, respectively. He makes sound decisions as well and walked at 14% clip. He's got plenty of strength and a good bat path, but internal evaluators acknowledge he has a hole at the top of the strike zone. McIntosh has plenty of work to do defensively as well. He has well below-average arm strength and accuracy and the team has worked with him to get better grips on balls for throws to second base, where he caught just 15% of attempted base stealers. He also saw time at first base and DH but puts in plenty of work behind the plate.
  
  The Future: If McIntosh gets to the big leagues, it will be because of his offense. He'll move to Triple-A in 2023 in the hopes he can keep it rolling with the bat and improve his defense enough to make himself an option.
  
  Scouting Grades: Hit: 40. Power: 50. Speed: 30. Fielding: 30. Arm: 30.
• December, 2022 Scouting Report
  BA Grade/Risk: 40/High
  
  Track Record: McIntosh is the king of Morgantown. The catcher spent three seasons behind the plate for the Mountaineers, then spent time after graduating with West Virginia of the MLB Draft League. The Marlins signed him out of the Draft League and sent him to Low-A for his first taste of pro ball. He spent all of 2022 with Double-A Pensacola, where he put up excellent numbers for a player in a pitcher's league.
  
  Scouting Report: McIntosh is a fringy prospect to be sure, but coaches and player-development staff inside the Marlins rave about his makeup and believe there might just be enough bat to get him to the big leagues. He makes plenty of contact--he struck out just 19.6% of the time in the Southern League--and hits the ball plenty hard, with average and 90th percentile exit velocities of 87 mph and 107 mph, respectively. He makes sound decisions as well and walked at 14% clip. He's got plenty of strength and a good bat path, but internal evaluators acknowledge he has a hole at the top of the strike zone. McIntosh has plenty of work to do defensively as well. He has well below-average arm strength and accuracy and the team has worked with him to get better grips on balls for throws to second base, where he caught just 15% of attempted base stealers. He also saw time at first base and DH but puts in plenty of work behind the plate.
  
  The Future: If McIntosh gets to the big leagues, it will be because of his offense. He'll move to Triple-A in 2023 in the hopes he can keep it rolling with the bat and improve his defense enough to make himself an option.
  
  Scouting Grades: Hit: 40. Power: 50. Speed: 30. Fielding: 30. Arm: 30.
• April, 2022 Scouting Report
  BA Grade: 40/High
  
  Midseason Update: The Marlins signed McIntosh as a nondrafted free agent in 2021 and have been treated to a player who&#39s done good work with the bat upon jumping to Double-A for his first full season as a pro. He earns high marks for the way he gets his barrel to the ball as well as the high makeup he shows in the clubhouse and while leading a pitching staff. He&#39s struggled with the finer points of catching as well as throwing out runners, so scouts struggle to see him sticking behind the plate.