Twins Daily 2021 Top Prospects: #10 RHP Blayne Enlow

I was a huge fan of this pick when the Twins made it.  He has been young for the level his entire time in MiLB.  The main issue I have is his K rate.  I thought that with that Elite curve they said he had in high school that the K's would be there.  Out of Sands, Windor, Canterino, Duran and Balazovic, Enlow has been the pitcher I have been the least excited about at least to this point.

I really, really want to be a believer but he needs to show a dominant stretch at some point to make me truly believe.  I am hoping this is the year he puts it all together and makes me look silly for doubting him.

If he does develop the Twins seem to have several promising young arms for the rotation.  Something I don't think we have ever seen in this organization before.  Granted most of them do need to work out and that is far from a sure thing but it is nice to dream on more than one or two guys.

I think he'll be fine.     The kid can pitch.

Dman said it better than I, so will second his comments.

Yes, he remains a solid prospect who might have a wonderful big league career. But he hasn't been that dominant pitcher at any of his stops, thus, I don't see him as a Top 10 prospect in this strong organization.  

Excited to see what Enlow can do this year, passes the eye test. With a year to work on mechanics and fundamentals will be interesting to see how pitchers perform this year.

Since I have not seen him I can only go by the various reports I read on TD, but they have never been glowing, I do not see how he ranks this high, but hope to be proven wrong.  What stands out?  What pitch really works - spin rate is nice, but how does it play out?  His WHIP is too high.  I hope we will have regular updates on all the top 20 this year.  A weekly or biweekly stats report on the top 20 would be really nice for those of us who cannot see them in person.  

It's interesting with pitchers...sometimes they dominate from the start. Other times they have that breakout season that rapidly takes them to a new level, when they finally unlock/control something that lets them be their best pitcher. Some pitchers just kinda stay the same, never really getting any better or worse as they float up levels. And then there are the total busts who flame out fast.

Enlow feels like he's somewhere between the 2nd & 3rd of these and we don't know which one he'll be. It wouldn't take much for him to start kicking ass with a fastball with good life on it and wicked curve...but if the curve doesn't improve...he might be one of those guys who just never takes the leap.

He's got another year before he hits Rule 5, right?

Another mid-rotation horse. Good to have.

Enlow has the ability to really carve through a lineup; makes hitters look really uncomfortable in the batters box. I kind of hate to make comparisons but Gerrit Cole does it like this to MLB hitters, biting stuff and explosive fastball. If/when Enlow figures out how to put hitters away I sure wouldn't look forward to facing him.

He seems like a guy with a “high floor” where he should be able to at least carve out a career at the back end of a rotation or in the bullpen. With a few adjustments and a little luck could go mid-rotation or higher. That’s really all you can reasonably hope for with a guy drafted where he was so it’s looking good.

Another guy that will be really interesting to watch this year. He has reached the age and physically maturity where you hope he takes a step forward. It would make a difference if he was consistently in the mid 90s. How has his control developed? We have no idea if that has improved over the last year. A couple ticks on the radar gun as well as better control and he might have considerably better results.

The velocity and spin rate seem to be there. He has learned a slider or slider adaptation off his curve with solid reports from all that I've read. His vaunted curve seems to have regressed, which is a shame because a good curve is still a valuable pitch to have, even with a centric focus on sliders.

I admit I've been disappointed thus far because I'm just waiting for the "breakout" that JL mentioned. But then I look at solid numbers, upward movement and his age and I realize "hopeful impatience" is skewing my perspective.

I don't know if I'd put him in MY top 10 only because the system is pretty deep with quality prospects all around, but I can't argue with him here.