Nathan Webb

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked Kansas City Royals #26 prospect in 2022
  Track Record: For those outside the Royals organization, Webb was a surprise addition to the 40-man roster in November. The Kansas City native, who worked on the Kauffman Stadium grounds crew as a teenager, boosted his stock in his first full season in 2021, when he split the year between Low-A Columbia and High-A Quad Cities. He struck out 13.5 batters per nine innings between the two levels with a walk rate of 3.2 per nine innings. Webb was on the mound to get the final out when Quad Cities won the High-A Central championship.
  
  Scouting Report: A big bump in velocity during his first full season put Webb on the radar, with his fastball now sitting 97-98 mph, and touching 100 mph. Webb focused on staying behind his four-seam fastball to create more vertical break coming into 2021, and the results followed. It’s now a true swing-and-miss pitch that dominates the upper quadrants of the strike zone. His east-to-west slider improved during the season, a nice complement to the fastball. While his changeup will flash tumble and fade, it’s a work in progress and clearly a distant third offering. His high three-quarters delivery, which was slow and methodical before, now gets more efficient movement to the plate, contributing to the increase in fastball velocity.
  
  The Future: Webb will head to big league spring training. His most likely starting point for 2022 is Double-A Northwest Arkansas, but continued refinement may lead to a major league opportunity at some point.
  

• December, 2021 Scouting Report
  Track Record: For those outside the Royals organization, Webb was a surprise addition to the 40-man roster in November. The Kansas City native, who worked on the Kauffman Stadium grounds crew as a teenager, boosted his stock in his first full season in 2021, when he split the year between Low-A Columbia and High-A Quad Cities. He struck out 13.5 batters per nine innings between the two levels with a walk rate of 3.2 per nine innings. Webb was on the mound to get the final out when Quad Cities won the High-A Central championship.
  
  Scouting Report: A big bump in velocity during his first full season put Webb on the radar, with his fastball now sitting 97-98 mph, and touching 100 mph. Webb focused on staying behind his four-seam fastball to create more vertical break coming into 2021, and the results followed. It’s now a true swing-and-miss pitch that dominates the upper quadrants of the strike zone. His east-to-west slider improved during the season, a nice complement to the fastball. While his changeup will flash tumble and fade, it’s a work in progress and clearly a distant third offering. His high three-quarters delivery, which was slow and methodical before, now gets more efficient movement to the plate, contributing to the increase in fastball velocity.
  
  The Future: Webb will head to big league spring training. His most likely starting point for 2022 is Double-A Northwest Arkansas, but continued refinement may lead to a major league opportunity at some point.