Miami Marlins Prospect Watch: Tayron Guerrero

An inside look at one of the Miami Marlins most intriguing prospects, Tayron Guerrero.

Tayron Guerrero is a 26-year-old out of Boca Chica, Columbia. He is not regarded as one of the Miami Marlins top prospects, but contains a lot of upside.

He was acquired by the Marlins along with Andrew Cashner from the Padres last season. Guerrero is currently in the bullpen for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in Double-A.

Guerrero was also seen pitching for Columbia in the World Baseball Classic and had an exceptional outing against the Dominic Republic in his future home ballpark. He showed a fastball in the high 90’s that has been said to reach triple digits and a wipe-out slider.

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A factor that makes his stuff even nastier is his size. Guerrero is 6’8, 210 pounds. The MLB has seen guys that have been this tall. However, they’re usually much beefier and throw hard but not fast, and lack true off-speed pitches.

Guerrero is tall and lanky though, which allows him to whip the ball with force. His stuff can be related to Kyle Barraclough, except thrown from a way different vantage point. All of that aside though, he has proven to be wild.

Guerrero’s production so far.

His one big downside has been control of all of his pitches. So far in his minor league career, Guerrero’s BB/9 is 5.9.

In order to make it in the Major Leagues, that number will have to decrease rapidly for him to have a chance. His H/9 are also rather high at 7.6. However, his K/9 is high at 9.1.

This means that Guerrero has the stuff to get outs and get them rather easily. It also means that hitters are benefiting from Guerrero’s lack of control by drawing walks and getting ahead in counts.

Currently in Double-A, Guerrero is off to a rocky start with six walks and six strikeouts. The Marlins hope by age 28, Guerrero can have all these kinks rubbed out and make a run at the Major League bullpen.

The ceiling for Guerrero is a 7^th or 8^th inning guy who can potentially close. At the same time though, his floor is also never making it to the Major Leagues.

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This is what makes Guerrero the Marlins most intriguing prospect, because he can turn out being really good and important, or really bad and forgettable. Only time will tell though.