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Miami Marlins Draft Prospect: Pitcher Shane McClanahan

ByHector Lozada|
SECAUCUS, NJ - JUNE 07: MLB commissioner Bud Selig speaks during the MLB First Year Player Draft on June 7, 2010 held in Studio 42 at the MLB Network in Secaucus, New Jersey. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
SECAUCUS, NJ - JUNE 07: MLB commissioner Bud Selig speaks during the MLB First Year Player Draft on June 7, 2010 held in Studio 42 at the MLB Network in Secaucus, New Jersey. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
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McClanahan has elite-level stuff, that goes without question. There is a lot of talk that he can rise fast through the minors and he has been compared to two pitchers that took similar routes, Chris Sale and Brandon Finnegan. Some people have even said his stuff is better than Sale’s when Sale was coming out of college.

What will decide whether or not McClanahan can make it as a starter in the big leagues will be his control. Many people have questions about his command issues and that is why he has fallen to this point.

His ceiling seems to be that of a number two starter a the major league level, but if development does not go as planned, he has the stuff that will play well in the back end of a bullpen.

MLB Comparison: Kyle Freeland

DENVER, CO – MAY 29: Starting pitcher Kyle Freeland #21 of the Colorado Rockies delivers to home plate during the first inning against the San Francisco Giants at Coors Field on May 29, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO – MAY 29: Starting pitcher Kyle Freeland #21 of the Colorado Rockies delivers to home plate during the first inning against the San Francisco Giants at Coors Field on May 29, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

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