Colin Selby

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Pittsburgh Pirates #26 prospect in 2023
  BA Grade/Risk: 45/High
  
  Track Record: Selby was a three-year starter at Division III Randolph-Macon (Va.) College and became the seventh draft pick in program history when the Pirates selected him in the 16th round in 2018, signing him to a $125,000 bonus. Pittsburgh initially deployed him as a starter, but Selby had Tommy John during the shutdown in 2020 and returned as a reliever. He spent most of 2022 with Double-A Altoona, where he struck out nearly 30% of batters faced, although he missed two months due to injury.
  
  Scouting Report: From the fastball touching 99 mph to the wipeout slider and even the big, bushy beard, Selby's entire operation screams power reliever. He has steadily added velocity since turning pro and his fastball now sits in the upper 90s. Both his offspeed pitches are nasty. He snaps off an upper-80s slider with considerable depth that rates as one of the best sliders in Pittsburgh's system and batters whiffed on it more than 70% of the time. Selby also mixes in a sweeping low-80s curve. Command isn't a strength. Selby attacks hitters with brute force, falling toward the first base line as he finishes his delivery.
  
  The Future: Selby has the ceiling of a hard-throwing late-inning reliever if he can throw enough strikes.
  
  Scouting Grades: Fastball: 60. Curveball: 60. Slider: 60. Control: 40

• February, 2023 Scouting Report
  BA Grade/Risk: 45/High
  
  Track Record: Selby was a three-year starter at Division III Randolph-Macon (Va.) College and became the seventh draft pick in program history when the Pirates selected him in the 16th round in 2018, signing him to a $125,000 bonus. Pittsburgh initially deployed him as a starter, but Selby had Tommy John during the shutdown in 2020 and returned as a reliever. He spent most of 2022 with Double-A Altoona, where he struck out nearly 30% of batters faced, although he missed two months due to injury.
  
  Scouting Report: From the fastball touching 99 mph to the wipeout slider and even the big, bushy beard, Selby's entire operation screams power reliever. He has steadily added velocity since turning pro and his fastball now sits in the upper 90s. Both his offspeed pitches are nasty. He snaps off an upper-80s slider with considerable depth that rates as one of the best sliders in Pittsburgh's system and batters whiffed on it more than 70% of the time. Selby also mixes in a sweeping low-80s curve. Command isn't a strength. Selby attacks hitters with brute force, falling toward the first base line as he finishes his delivery.
  
  The Future: Selby has the ceiling of a hard-throwing late-inning reliever if he can throw enough strikes.
  
  Scouting Grades: Fastball: 60. Curveball: 60. Slider: 60. Control: 40
• December, 2022 Scouting Report
  BA Grade/Risk: 45/High
  
  Track Record: Selby was a three-year starter at Division III Randolph-Macon (Va.) College and became the seventh draft pick in program history when the Pirates selected him in the 16th round in 2018, signing him to a $125,000 bonus. Pittsburgh initially deployed him as a starter, but Selby had Tommy John during the shutdown in 2020 and returned as a reliever. He spent most of 2022 with Double-A Altoona, where he struck out nearly 30% of batters faced, although he missed two months due to injury.
  
  Scouting Report: From the fastball touching 99 mph to the wipeout slider and even the big, bushy beard, Selby's entire operation screams power reliever. He has steadily added velocity since turning pro and his fastball now sits in the upper 90s. Both his offspeed pitches are nasty. He snaps off an upper-80s slider with considerable depth that rates as one of the best sliders in Pittsburgh's system and batters whiffed on it more than 70% of the time. Selby also mixes in a sweeping low-80s curve. Command isn't a strength. Selby attacks hitters with brute force, falling toward the first base line as he finishes his delivery.
  
  The Future: Selby has the ceiling of a hard-throwing late-inning reliever if he can throw enough strikes.
  
  Scouting Grades: Fastball: 60. Curveball: 60. Slider: 60. Control: 40