{"id":92947,"date":"2024-12-29T22:41:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T03:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=92947"},"modified":"2024-12-29T22:41:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T03:41:42","slug":"yankees-brock-selvidge-could-fast-track-majors-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/29\/yankees-brock-selvidge-could-fast-track-majors-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospect Brock Selvidge Could Fast-Track to the Major Leagues in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/14\/analytical-insight-yankees-devin-williams\/\" target=\"_self\">free agent market<\/a> and the trade market, the New York Yankees are rebuilding their empire. Still, the club should also consider their upcoming grass-roots players who could add great value to their roster. One of those prospects is left-handed pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=selvid000jos&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock Selvidge<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right-handed pitchers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beetecl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clayton Beeter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/warrewi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Warren<\/a>, and outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=doming002jas&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-29_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jasson Dominguez<\/a> are all prospects to watch. Although these individuals have made their major league debuts, the anticipation for a more fruitful season is upon us. Selvidge would make good company amongst the three.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At present, Selvidge is ranked seventh in the Yankees farm system per <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/milb\/prospects\/yankees\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MLB.com<\/a>. His expected year of arrival in the big leagues is 2026. However, a fast track to 2025 is quite possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Background of Yankees Prospect Brock Selvidge<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selvidge is a left-handed pitcher in the Yankees farm system. The Yankees selected him in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft in the third round, 92nd overall. Selvidge never played college baseball, being drafted out of Hamilton High School in Arizona.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The prospect was a no-doubter in high school. He joined the 90s club in velocity early and gained attention from the scouting world due to his size and being a left-handed pitcher.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perfect Game had him ranked first in the state of Arizona as a left-handed pitcher, and second overall in the state. Nationally, Perfect Game ranked him fifth for his position and 40th overall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dhm9NVsLv54?si=jjOuQ91QvmwRkoDT\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Selvidge&#8217;s Professional Statistics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selvidge naturally had minimal innings in years one and two in professional ball. Between 2021 and 2022, he recorded 45 1\/3 innings. In 2023, the Yankee prospect advanced from the Rookie league and split time between Low and High-A.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He saw 127 2\/3 innings that season, finishing with a 3.45 ERA. Selvidge struck out 137 hitters walking 35, with 537 batters faced.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2024, Selvidge got the call to Double-A Somerset. He accumulated 84 2\/3 innings with a 4.25 ERA, 83 strikeouts, 40 walks, and a 1.394 WHIP. He also made the roster for the 2024 MLB Futures Game.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congratulations to Spencer Jones and Brock Selvidge on their selection to the <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@mlb<\/a> 2024 All-Star Futures Game. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hh3VXjSn7T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/hh3VXjSn7T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SOMPatriots\/status\/1808140300637888815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Where and Why Does Selvidge Fit on the Big League Roster?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selvidge has not faced college hitters; he went straight from high school to professional ball. He is adapting well in that sense and has learned more about his craft and abilities. The left-handed pitcher has shown strong command, pitch usage, and baseball IQ.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He\u2019s fairly smart with his approach, educated on his opponents, and confident in his repertoire. From 2022 to 2024, the physical change in Selvidge\u2019s profile has been apparent. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He\u2019s filled out more on the physical maturity side and his delivery has become more complex and emphasized.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Pitch Arsenal<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selvidge delivers a live fastball that bites in the mid-90s range, maxing at 95 mph. He commands this pitch well and works around the zone. His changeup is workable, but his two out-pitches are his slider and cutter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The slider moves hard glove side in the mid-80s, while the cutter jams left-handed hitters, getting loopy hacks and misses. All of his pitches are executed well, and he\u2019s crafty with trust in his options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selvidge would fit well in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/27\/possible-internal-pitching-yankees\/\" target=\"_self\">Yankees bullpen<\/a>, working his way to experience for a possible starter role in the years to come. He\u2019d add nicely to the few left-handers on the staff. He showed good work last year in a very talented Double-A crop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock Selvidge is slated to arrive in the big leagues in 2026. However, if the Yankees are not concerned about long-term control, he could be up in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Michael Chow\/The Republic via Imagn Content Services, LLC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between the free agent market and the trade market, the New York Yankees are rebuilding their empire. Still, the club should also consider their upcoming grass-roots players who could add great value to their roster. One of those prospects is left-handed pitcher Brock Selvidge.\u00a0 Right-handed pitchers Clayton Beeter and Will Warren, and outfielder Jasson Dominguez [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5126,"featured_media":92960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,926,1071],"tags":[28841],"class_list":["post-92947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yankees","category-milb","category-mlb","tag-brock-selvidge"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92947"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92961,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92947\/revisions\/92961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}