ProfileHt.: 5'11" / Wt.: 200 / Bats: L / Throws: L
School
Florida State
Drafted in the 8th round (229th overall) by the Kansas City Royals in 2019 (signed for $167,500).
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A college performer and undersized lefthander, Parrish doesn’t have elite stuff, but has turned in a solid three-year career at Florida State thanks to impressive pitchability and an above-average changeup. Standing at 5-foot-11 and 200 pounds, Parrish throws a below-average fastball that sits in the upper-80s, but his changeup has done enough to keep hitters off of it and help him post a 3.87 career ERA through 45 starts and 269.2 innings—including 14 starts this spring. Parrish has been hit a bit more this spring than usual, and scouts attribute that to added firmness to his changeup, which he corrected during the season. Parrish also has a breaking ball, though it’s a fringe-average pitch with questionable spin. There’s not much upside in Parrish’s profile thanks to his size and velocity, but analytically inclined orgs might want to give him a chance because of his college performance and pitchability.
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A college performer and undersized lefthander, Parrish doesn't have elite stuff, but has turned in a solid three-year career at Florida State thanks to impressive pitchability and an above-average changeup. Standing at 5-foot-11 and 200 pounds, Parrish throws a below-average fastball that sits in the upper-80s, but his changeup has done enough to keep hitters off of it and help him post a 3.87 career ERA through 45 starts and 269.2 innings--including 14 starts this spring. Parrish has been hit a bit more this spring than usual, and scouts attribute that to added firmness to his changeup, which he corrected during the season. Parrish also has a breaking ball, though it's a fringe-average pitch with questionable spin. There's not much upside in Parrish's profile thanks to his size and velocity, but analytically inclined orgs might want to give him a chance because of his college performance and pitchability.
Scouting Reports
BA Grade: 45/High
May Update: The Florida State product is dominating Double-A hitters in his return to Northwest Arkansas, with his strengths being a fastball that he lands to all quadrants of the plate and a plus changeup with pitch characteristics resembling the heater. He rounds out his arsenal with a work-in-progress curveball typically thrown in hitter's counts. He's not overpowering, with the fastball sitting 88-92 mph, but succeeds with mound confidence and pitchability.
A college performer and undersized lefthander, Parrish doesn't have elite stuff, but has turned in a solid three-year career at Florida State thanks to impressive pitchability and an above-average changeup. Standing at 5-foot-11 and 200 pounds, Parrish throws a below-average fastball that sits in the upper-80s, but his changeup has done enough to keep hitters off of it and help him post a 3.87 career ERA through 45 starts and 269.2 innings--including 14 starts this spring. Parrish has been hit a bit more this spring than usual, and scouts attribute that to added firmness to his changeup, which he corrected during the season. Parrish also has a breaking ball, though it's a fringe-average pitch with questionable spin. There's not much upside in Parrish's profile thanks to his size and velocity, but analytically inclined orgs might want to give him a chance because of his college performance and pitchability.
Career Transactions
LHP Drew Parrish assigned to Mississippi Braves from Gwinnett Stripers.
LHP Drew Parrish assigned to Gwinnett Stripers from Mississippi Braves.
LHP Drew Parrish assigned to Mississippi Braves from Gwinnett Stripers.
LHP Drew Parrish assigned to Gwinnett Stripers from Mississippi Braves.
LHP Drew Parrish assigned to Mississippi Braves from Gwinnett Stripers.
LHP Drew Parrish assigned to Omaha Storm Chasers from Northwest Arkansas Naturals.
LHP Drew Parrish assigned to Omaha Storm Chasers from Northwest Arkansas Naturals.