Camilo Doval

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked San Francisco Giants #12 prospect in 2022
  Track Record: Doval wound slowly through the minors after signing, but he increased his pace once he moved to the bullpen. He came close to making his big league debut in 2020, when he was part of the Giants’ taxi squad, but ultimately didn’t get his first shot until April 18, 2021. He worked himself into a high-leverage role by season’s end and was a part of the team’s roster in the playoffs. After being recalled on Sept. 5, Doval went 17 consecutive appearances without allowing a run.
  
  Scouting Report: Doval operates with two pitches, an upper-90s fastball and a low-80s slider, which he used to strike out 37 hitters in 27 innings in the regular season. Though he walked seven hitters per nine innings at Triple-A in 2021, his control was much better in the big leagues. His arsenal is amplified by a funky low arm slot that adds a level of deception. The biggest key to Doval’s jump to the big leagues was simply working tirelessly to improve his command and control. He tinkered with varying finger pressures at the alternate site in 2020 and added the final pieces of the puzzle throughout the 2021 season in the minor leagues.
  
  The Future: Doval has the stuff to close games in the major leagues, especially if he can maintain the improvements to his command and control. If not, he still fits nicely as a late-inning reliever in high-leverage situations.
  
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  Ranked San Francisco Giants #22 prospect in 2021
  TRACK RECORD: Doval has moved a level a year since signing in 2015, when the Giants gave him $100,000 on the strength of a loose arm, a promising slider and a fastball just beginning to scrape 90 mph. The Giants brought Doval to the team's alternate training site because they believed he had a chance to make his big league debut. He didn't quite get there, and he got more polish at instructional league in the fall.
  
  SCOUTING REPORT: Doval's fastball has taken several jumps as he's matured, and now the pitch peaks at 102 mph. His slider, a sweepy pitch delivered from a lower, winding arm slot, also flashes plus. Given that his future is in the bullpen, the Giants have encouraged him to divide his pitches at something closer to a 50-50 ratio. More consistent finger placement on the fastball has led to improved velocity and movement patterns. He's toyed with a changeup before, but he should be a two-pitch guy going forth.
  
  THE FUTURE: Doval was placed on the 40-man roster after the season and will get his first taste of the upper levels in 2021. He could move quickly enough to make his big league debut toward season's end.
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  Ranked San Francisco Giants #19 prospect in 2019
  Track Record: An international signing by the Giants in 2015, Doval made his stateside debut in 2017 in the Rookie-level Arizona League, where he posted the league's second-best strikeout rate (14.2 strikeouts per nine). In Doval's full-season debut in 2018, he allowed seven earned runs in his first 0.2 innings, but then settled down and allowed only 11 earned runs over his final 52.1 innings (1.89 ERA).
  
  Scouting Report: Doval is a pure reliever, but his fastball sits 93-99 mph, usually averaging 95 mph with movement. He's able to cut and sink his fastball, although sometimes that's happenstance because of his explosive and rather violent delivery. Doval's hard slider has a chance to be a plus pitch in the future, and it's especially lethal against righthanders, who hit just .137 off of him in 2018. Doval lacks a third pitch, which helped lefties hit .280 against him in low Class A. Doval struck out more than 13.2 batters per nine innings in 2018, but his current below-average control led to him walk 4.58 hitters per nine.
  
  The Future: Doval will jump to high Class A San Jose in 2019, armed with two plus pitches.
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  Ranked San Francisco Giants #28 prospect in 2018
  When the Giants signed Doval, he already had a fast arm that generated low-90s velocity. In the two years since then, he's added 3-5 additional mph, turning him into a flame-thrower. In his U.S. debut in 2017, Doval finished with the second-best strikeout ratio in the Rookie-level Arizona League (14.2 strikeouts per nine innings) because hitters couldn't catch up to his 93-97 mph fastball, which could eventually reach triple-digits. Doval's arm is extremely fast, but his delivery ranges from being described as energetic to violent depending on how much the scout likes him. He throws across his body and finishes with some significant recoil, making it hard for hitters to pick up the ball, but also for Doval to consistently throw strikes. He relies almost entirely on his fastball, which he can cut or run, as well as the beginnings of a slider. Doval is a reliever all the way and needs to improve his current near bottom-of-the-scale control, but he has the swing-and-miss stuff required of high-leverage relievers. He's a long way from that ceiling, but he could make it to full-season ball in 2018.

• December, 2021 Scouting Report
  Track Record: Doval wound slowly through the minors after signing, but he increased his pace once he moved to the bullpen. He came close to making his big league debut in 2020, when he was part of the Giants’ taxi squad, but ultimately didn’t get his first shot until April 18, 2021. He worked himself into a high-leverage role by season’s end and was a part of the team’s roster in the playoffs. After being recalled on Sept. 5, Doval went 17 consecutive appearances without allowing a run.
  
  Scouting Report: Doval operates with two pitches, an upper-90s fastball and a low-80s slider, which he used to strike out 37 hitters in 27 innings in the regular season. Though he walked seven hitters per nine innings at Triple-A in 2021, his control was much better in the big leagues. His arsenal is amplified by a funky low arm slot that adds a level of deception. The biggest key to Doval’s jump to the big leagues was simply working tirelessly to improve his command and control. He tinkered with varying finger pressures at the alternate site in 2020 and added the final pieces of the puzzle throughout the 2021 season in the minor leagues.
  
  The Future: Doval has the stuff to close games in the major leagues, especially if he can maintain the improvements to his command and control. If not, he still fits nicely as a late-inning reliever in high-leverage situations.
  
• March, 2021 Scouting Report
  TRACK RECORD: Doval has moved a level a year since signing in 2015, when the Giants gave him $100,000 on the strength of a loose arm, a promising slider and a fastball just beginning to scrape 90 mph. The Giants brought Doval to the team's alternate training site because they believed he had a chance to make his big league debut. He didn't quite get there, and he got more polish at instructional league in the fall.
  
  SCOUTING REPORT: Doval's fastball has taken several jumps as he's matured, and now the pitch peaks at 102 mph. His slider, a sweepy pitch delivered from a lower, winding arm slot, also flashes plus. Given that his future is in the bullpen, the Giants have encouraged him to divide his pitches at something closer to a 50-50 ratio. More consistent finger placement on the fastball has led to improved velocity and movement patterns. He's toyed with a changeup before, but he should be a two-pitch guy going forth.
  
  THE FUTURE: Doval was placed on the 40-man roster after the season and will get his first taste of the upper levels in 2021. He could move quickly enough to make his big league debut toward season's end.
• December, 2020 Scouting Report
  TRACK RECORD: Doval has moved a level a year since signing in 2015, when the Giants gave him $100,000 on the strength of a loose arm, a promising slider and a fastball just beginning to scrape 90 mph. The Giants brought Doval to the team's alternate training site because they believed he had a chance to make his big league debut. He didn't quite get there, and he got more polish at instructional league in the fall.
  
  SCOUTING REPORT: Doval's fastball has taken several jumps as he's matured, and now the pitch peaks at 102 mph. His slider, a sweepy pitch delivered from a lower, winding arm slot, also flashes plus. Given that his future is in the bullpen, the Giants have encouraged him to divide his pitches at something closer to a 50-50 ratio. More consistent finger placement on the fastball has led to improved velocity and movement patterns. He's toyed with a changeup before, but he should be a two-pitch guy going forth.
  
  THE FUTURE: Doval was placed on the 40-man roster after the season and will get his first taste of the upper levels in 2021. He could move quickly enough to make his big league debut toward season's end.