Henry Baez

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked San Diego Padres #13 prospect in 2025
  BA Grade/Risk: 45/High.
  
  Track Record: Baez signed for $125,000 in 2019 but the pandemic delayed his professional debut to 2021. His 2024 campaign was the best season of his career so far. He compiled a 2.99 ERA with 109 strikeouts to 40 walks across 126.1 innings between High-A Fort Wayne and Double-A San Antonio.
  
  Scouting Report: Baez has a long, high-waisted frame with some projection remaining. He has a slightly up-tempo operation with an abbreviated arm action and attacks from a high-three quarters slot. Baez’s 92-95 mph fastball touches 97. It has a dead-zone profile and although it doesn’t miss a ton of bats, his ability to locate the pitch helps him avoid hard contact. It’s at its best on the armside and/or in the top-half of the zone. Baez’s upper-70s-to-low-80s curveball lacks teeth and its shape is inconsistent, but it’s his best swing-and-miss pitch. At times it will have serious depth and have a true 12-to-6 look, while at others it will have more of a slurvy shape with two-plane break. His split-change is a nice change-of-pace off his fastball and he throws it with conviction. Baez does a nice job of maintaining his arm speed and the changeup will flash late drop with some armside fade. He has above-average command and is consistently around the strike zone.
  
  The Future: The Padres added Baez to their 40-man roster and he should return to Double-A to begin 2025. He has back-of-the-rotation upside and could reach the majors in 2026.
  
  Scouting Grades: Fastball: 50 | Curveball: 50 | Changeup: 55 | Control: 55.

• April, 2022 Scouting Report
  BA Grade: 45/Extreme
  
  August Update: Baez has some of the best arm strength in the organization and generates naturally carry on his plus fastball. His breaking ball and changeup are both works in progress and his control is below-average, but his youth and fastball make him intriguing.