8. Anthony Kay, LHP
Birthdate: 3/21/95 (21 years old)
Level(s) Played in 2016: None
Stats in 2016: None
Kay was ridden hard and put up wet by UConn this spring, and that led to many teams backing away from a guy who was considered a likely mid-first-round pick late in May.
His physical showed concerns in his elbow, and that led the New York Mets to cutting the bonus they offered to Kay. He then had Tommy John surgery in October, so there was legitimacy to those concerns.
Kay is the type that once healthy should move very quickly through the Mets system
Before being hurt, Kay was the type who was a perfect “command and control” lefty. He has a fastball that sits in the low 90s and runs to 95-96, a slider that works well to generate weak contacts, and a change that really moves well.
Kay is the type that once healthy should move very quickly through the Mets system, though his ceiling is likely as a #4 starter who has been compared to guys like Mark Buehrle.
Kay will be out all of 2017, so we won’t get to see him until 2018.
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