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Blackmon

Despite taking the loss, Blackmon pitched a very good game for the Rams. He sat 80-82 mph and topped at 83 from the left side with his FB. He had natural arm side run with occasional sink on the heater and also attacked with a heavy dosage of CBs at 68-71 mph. He had excellent command with the BB, mixing it into multiple different counts against the Pumas. He showed a developing CH at 71 mph but he mainly is a two pitch pitcher right now with his FB/CB combo. I believe there can be some more velocity coming later down the line for Blackmon as his delivery will allow for it. He’s a free and easy mover on the rubber and has a loose arm that can further develop with a potential tick up in mph if some weight is added to his athletic frame. Blackmon ended up pitching 5 innings and gave up 3 runs with two of them coming in the 5th that ended his afternoon. The first run came on a solo shot against the first batter of the game. In between the runs allowed, Blackmon threw the ball well and with confidence letting his natural spin of the baseball do much of the work for him, inducing a number of missed barrels during the outing. At the plate, he didn’t pick up any hits, but Blackmon did barrel two lineouts, one to CF and the other to RF. He’s currently hitting .361 in 12 games, proving to be a valuable two-way threat for Murrieta Mesa.