Adriano Rosario

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Arizona Diamondbacks #14 prospect in 2003
  A month before the 2002 draft, Arizona scouting director Mike Rizzo got an urgent call from Latin American scouting coordinator Junior Noboa, asking him to come to the Dominican Republic. Rosario had hit 96 mph on the first pitch of his workout for the Diamondbacks and later reached 98 mph. Arizona made sure it signed him, paying a bonus of $400,000. The initial plan was to keep him in the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League, but he was so dominant that he earned a late-season look at Missoula. While his statistics weren't as gaudy in the United State, he still touched 99 mph and pitched at 95. He also showed a Francisco Rodriguez-style power slider that sat at 87-88 mph, and he threw strikes. What's scary is there's still room for projection because he's so young, long and lean. Rosario is developing a curveball and changeup to give hitters something offspeed to worry about. He could move quickly once he figures those secondary pitches out.