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Leon

The number one-ranked player in the 2029 class showed off one half of the two-way profile that put him atop the class in our initial ranking. Athletically built, with sound emerging strength on his frame, what Leon showed over three innings of work on the mound was a display of his present ability, but even more a tantalizing look at his future upside as a power armed righthander on the mound. Leon employs an athletic delivery with tempo in the load, smooth actions to balance and to foot strike, while employing a loose, fast arm action and body control through the delivery and finish. The ball comes out of Leon’s hand with easy life, and each of his three offerings shows strong present life, but even more so future projection to uptick in the future. Leon worked predominantly off an 86-89 MPH FB, which featured running life to the arm side while playing to ground ball contact at the bottom of the zone and a sharp breaking CB in the 74-77 MPH range, which, when executed effectively, flashed power in the break to collect extensive whiffs across his three innings of work. He dropped in a few 79-81 MPH CHGs to LHH with the pitch flashing, fading life to his arm side, but can be polished to separate vertically off the FB shape. His present profile on the mound is high, but there is plenty of upside with the natural development steps for him. Most notably for me is the sequence of the delivery with his arm path featuring more length in the back stroke; he can be late at times to release, creating some easy to recognize out of the hand misses, but it is an easy fix as he matures. Which as the sequencing of the delivery improves consistently, the steps forward he can make with his pitchability will naturally come. Leon can impress one with his profile on the mound easily, but this discounts the fact that he's a legitimate RH hitting prospect in the 2029 class who should remain amongst the top players in it for the years to come.