Danny Zandona Pitcher

     
 

Born: February 27, 1993
Santa Barbara, CA
Height: 6-1
Weight: 200
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: 21st round, 2015
How Acquired: Draft
College: Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
High School: Santa Barbara HS (CA)

Photo © Kelly O'Connor

Released (March 2017)

Physical Description: Slightly undersized right-hander with limited physical projection remaining.

Mechanics: Throws from a three-quarters arm slot with effort in his delivery. Jerky mechanics, including slight drop-and-drive and short arm action. Average arm speed with front side deception.

Fastball: 87-89 mph. Tops out at 91 mph. Pitch shows sink and run at times and cut in lower velocity range. Average potential.

Curveball: 74-78 mph. Will also take something off and throw in low 70s. 11-to-5 movement and length. Slow and loopy side and tends to roll to the plate. Fringe-average potential.

Changeup: 81-82 mph. Pitch shows drop. Fringe-average potential.

Slider: 82-83 mph. Short, vertical break.

Summation: Profiles best in a bullpen role, but lack of velocity or above-average secondary pitch limits upside. Already old for the level repeating Lowell in 2016. Upside of an organizational bullpen arm.

 
   
  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
  2012 Cal Poly NCAA Coll --- 19 0 1 --- 4.85 7 1 1 13.0 13 7 7 0 3 8 1.23 2.67 5.54
  2013 Cal Poly NCAA Coll --- 20 2 1 0.667 4.50 10 0 0 16.0 20 8 8 1 7 13 1.69 1.86 7.31
  2014 Cal Poly NCAA Coll --- 21 4 0 1.000 3.49 20 4 0 49.0 54 21 19 2 16 43 1.43 2.69 7.90
  2015 Cal Poly NCAA Coll --- 22 1 4 0.200 2.95 28 0 7 39.2 32 17 13 2 17 63 1.24 3.71 14.29
  2015 Lowell NYPL A- Bos 22 1 0 1.000 5.46 16 0 0 28.0 32 20 17 4 7 24 1.39 3.43 7.71
  2016 Lowell NYPL A- Bos 23 6 2 0.750 2.88 16 2 0 56.1 43 22 18 4 12 44 0.98 3.67 7.03
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract:
June 22, 2015 by Jim Woodward
Signing Bonus: $1,000
MiLB Debut: July 4, 2015 (Lowell)
Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut:
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  Awards
New York-Penn League Pitcher of the Week (August 22-28, 2016)
SoxProspects.com Awards
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