Keaton Winn Stats & Scouting Report College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects

BA Grade: 45/Medium

Track Record: After two seasons at Iowa Western JC, Winn had planned to move to Texas Christian. Instead, the Giants selected him in the fifth round of the 2018 draft and signed him for $500,000. He missed the 2021 season after having Tommy John surgery, then re-emerged in 2022 with one of the better seasons in the Giants’ system. Winn made his big league debut on June 13 and made nine appearances--including five starts--in the big leagues.

Scouting Report: Winn’s bread and butter is his combination of a mid-90s fastball and a nasty splitter in the high 80s that helps him execute a quality north-south approach that will play well at least in a bulk reliever’s role. If he can improve his slider, which is a clear third pitch at this point, he’ll have a chance to raise his ceiling. Right now, both his fastball and splitter grade as plus pitches, while his slider checks in as a below-average offering. He uses the slider roughly 10% of the time and will need to up that rate if he is to fit in the rotation. He also uses a two-seamer that adds another east-west option to his mix. Winn has had plus control throughout his minor league career except for a blip in Triple-A, where the automatic ball-strike system does not pair well with pitchers who live at the top of the zone.

The Future: Winn will likely spend most of 2024 in the big leagues, where he can eat innings either in the back of the rotation or as a bulk reliever.

Scouting Grades Fastball: 60 | Slider: 40 | Changeup: 60 | Control: 55

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