Justin Haley Pitcher

     
 

Born: June 16, 1991
Orangevale, CA
Height: 6-5
Weight: 230
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: 6th round, 2012;
46th round 2010 by CLE
How Acquired: Draft
College: Fresno State
High School: Bella Vista (CA)

Photo © Dave Letizi

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Signed with Samsung Lions of the Korea Baseball Organization (November 2018)

Physical Description: Tall, strong pitcher's build. Strong lower half. Close to maxed out physically.

Mechanics: Throws from a high three-quarters arm slot. Stiff, vertical delivery. Starts with a wide base and pushes off the third base side of the rubber. Long arm action with a point and stab when his arm is behind his body. Minimal deception in his delivery. Front shoulder has a tendency to open up early with his arm dragging behind.

Fastball:
89-92 mph. Has topped out at 95 mph in the past. Late downward action when he pitches downhill. Pitch jumps on hitters. Below-average command, but has shown the ability at times to locate to both sides of the plate when he wants. Manipulates the pitch at times, adding cut or sink. Solid-average potential.

Changeup:
80-82 mph. Flashes drop and fade. Shown solid feel for the offering. Fringe-average-to-average potential.

Breaking ball:
Has thrown both a slider and curveball in the past. Both have fringe-average potential. Slider flashes bite and bat-missing ability. Can throw for strikes or bury down and out of the zone when looking to waste a pitch. Only shown the curveball in his outings in 2015. 75-77 mph. Pitch is loose and tends to roll to the plate. Longer break at lower velocities and shorter vertical break at higher. Below-average offering at present.

Summation:
Ceiling of number five starter or swingman type. Profiles as a likely up and down depth arm. Rough mechanics and lack of true plus offering limit likelihood of reaching ceiling. Solid pitchability. Stuff could play up in bullpen role.

 
   
    Pitching Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs sv ip h r er hr bb so whip k/bb k/9
  2011 Fresno State NCAA Coll --- 20 1 1 0.500 2.51 9 5 0 32.3 33 11 9 2 12 28 1.39 2.33 7.79
  2012 Fresno State NCAA Coll --- 21 7 3 0.700 2.87 21 11 0 87.7 88 32 28 1 33 89 1.38 2.70 9.14
  2012 Lowell NYPL A- Bos 21 0 1 0.000 1.89 13 12 0 33.3 23 11 7 1 16 33 1.17 2.06 8.91
  2013 Greenville SAL A Bos 22 7 11 0.389 3.68 26 24 0 124.7 97 64 51 10 74 124 1.37 1.68 8.95
  2014 Salem Car A+ Bos 23 7 4 0.636 2.82 19 11 1 92.7 77 34 29 4 23 74 1.08 3.22 7.19
  2014 Portland East AA Bos 23 3 2 0.600 1.19 6 6 0 37.7 30 5 5 2 16 33 1.22 2.06 7.88
  2015 Portland East AA Bos 24 5 16 0.238 5.15 27 27 0 124.0 142 80 71 7 50 95 1.55 1.90 6.90
  2015 Scottsdale AFL Fall Bos 24 2 1 0.667 0.64 4 4 0 14.0 10 2 1 0 2 12 0.85 6.00 7.71
  2016 Portland East AA Bos 25 5 0.556 2.20 12 12 0 61.3 49 15 15 1 19 59 1.11 3.11 8.66
  2016 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 25 8 6 0.571 3.59 15 14 0 85.3 70 34 34 8 26 67 1.13 2.58 7.07
  2016 Escogido LIDOM Wint --- 25 2 0 1.000 0.38 5 5 0 23.7 12 1 1 0 4 14 0.68 3.50 5.32
  2017 GCL Twins GCL Rk Min 26 0 0 --- 0.00 1 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 Inf 9.00
  2017 Fort Myers FSL A+ Min 26 0 0 --- 0.00 1 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1.00 2.00 9.00
  2017 Rochester IL AAA Min 26 1 0 1.000 3.63 5 4 0 17.3 17 8 7 3 3 11 1.15 3.67 5.71
  2017 Minnesota AL MLB Min 26 0 0 --- 6.00 10 0 1 18.0 22 12 12 3 6 14 1.56 2.33 7.00
  2017 Pawtucket IL MLB Bos 26 2 2 0.500 2.93 12 11 0 61.1 52 21 20 10 10 46 1.01 4.60 6.75
  2017 Escogido LIDOM Wint --- 26 1 0 1.000 2.08 5 5 0 26.0 29 8 6 0 4 17 1.06 4.25 5.88
  2018 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 27 6 8 0.429 3.80 22 22 0 113.7 124 52 48 10 33 107 1.38 3.24 8.47
  2018 Boston AL MLB Bos 27 0 0 --- 4.70 4 0 0 7.7 10 4 4 2 3 0 1.70 0.00 0.00
  2019 Sacramento PCL AAA SF 28 2 2 0.500 5.32 4 4 0 22.0 22 13 13 6 6 19 1.27 3.17 7.77
  2019 Samsung KBO Fgn --- 28 5 8 0.385 5.75 19 19 0 87.2 95 59 56 5 34 84 1.47 2.47 8.62
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract:
June 10, 2012 by Demond Smith
Signing Bonus: $125,000
MiLB Debut: July 2, 2012 (Lowell)
Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut:
April 5, 2017 (Min)
     
  Awards
Carolina League All-Star (2014)
Carollina League Pitcher of the Week (June 2-June 8, 2014)
Eastern League Pitcher of the Week (Aug. 25-Sept. 1)
SoxProspects.com Awards
SoxProspects.com Pitcher of the Week (May 12-18, 2014)
2014 SoxProspects.com Season-End All-Star
SoxProspects.com Pitcher of the Week (May 9-15, 2016)
SoxProspects.com Pitcher of the Week (June 6-12, 2016)
2016 SoxProspects.com All-Star
 
 
     
 
 
 
     
 
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