Devin Sweet

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Seattle Mariners #27 prospect in 2022
  Track Record: Sweet spent four years in North Carolina Central’s rotation and graduated as the program’s all-time leader in wins (18) and strikeouts (246) in 2018. He signed with the Mariners as an undrafted free agent for $5,000 and quickly surpassed many of the players picked instead of him. Sweet rose to Double-A in 2021 and struggled with a 5.65 ERA as a starter, but he moved to the bullpen at midseason and dominated with a 0.63 ERA in relief.
  
  Scouting Report: Sweet’s success centers around his changeup, a plus-plus pitch in the 78-80 mph range with late dive and fade. It dies late to get foolish swings and misses out front even when batters are looking for it. Sweet has a good feel for moving his changeup around the strike zone and will throw it against any hitter in any count. Sweet’s 92-94 mph fastball serves solely to set up his changeup and he scrapped his below-average curveball once he moved to the bullpen. He has above-average control and limits self-induced mistakes like walks, hit batters and wild pitches.
  
  The Future: Sweet’s changeup alone gives him a chance to be an effective middle reliever. He’ll move to Triple-A Tacoma in 2022.
  

• April, 2022 Scouting Report
  BA Grade: 40/High
  
  Track Record: Sweet spent four years in North Carolina Central&#39s rotation and graduated as the program&#39s all-time leader in wins (18) and strikeouts (246) in 2018. He signed with the Mariners as an undrafted free agent for $5,000 and quickly surpassed many of the players picked instead of him. Sweet rose to Double-A in 2021 and struggled with a 5.65 ERA as a starter, but he moved to the bullpen at midseason and dominated with a 0.63 ERA in relief.
  
  Scouting Report: Sweet&#39s success centers around his changeup, a plus-plus pitch in the 78-80 mph range with late dive and fade. It dies late to get foolish swings and misses out front even when batters are looking for it. Sweet has a good feel for moving his changeup around the strike zone and will throw it against any hitter in any count. Sweet&#39s 92-94 mph fastball serves solely to set up his changeup and he scrapped his below-average curveball once he moved to the bullpen. He has above-average control and limits self-induced mistakes like walks, hit batters and wild pitches.
  
  The Future: Sweet&#39s changeup alone gives him a chance to be an effective middle reliever. He&#39ll move to Triple-A Tacoma in 2022.
• December, 2021 Scouting Report
  Track Record: Sweet spent four years in North Carolina Central’s rotation and graduated as the program’s all-time leader in wins (18) and strikeouts (246) in 2018. He signed with the Mariners as an undrafted free agent for $5,000 and quickly surpassed many of the players picked instead of him. Sweet rose to Double-A in 2021 and struggled with a 5.65 ERA as a starter, but he moved to the bullpen at midseason and dominated with a 0.63 ERA in relief.
  
  Scouting Report: Sweet’s success centers around his changeup, a plus-plus pitch in the 78-80 mph range with late dive and fade. It dies late to get foolish swings and misses out front even when batters are looking for it. Sweet has a good feel for moving his changeup around the strike zone and will throw it against any hitter in any count. Sweet’s 92-94 mph fastball serves solely to set up his changeup and he scrapped his below-average curveball once he moved to the bullpen. He has above-average control and limits self-induced mistakes like walks, hit batters and wild pitches.
  
  The Future: Sweet’s changeup alone gives him a chance to be an effective middle reliever. He’ll move to Triple-A Tacoma in 2022.