Mark Sheldon reported on Sunday afternoon that Bryan Price was very pleased with the performance of several pitchers, but noted this about right hander Jon Moscot:
“I never had seen Jon Moscot pitch, and I had heard nothing but great things,” Price said. “He has not disappointed in the least.”
As a former pitching coach, it’s not surprising that he was impressed by Moscot. The 23-year-old is coming off of a season where he threw 166.2 innings between Double-A and Triple-A where he had a 3.40 ERA.
While guys are essentially throwing bullpen sessions at this point in the spring, Moscot does a lot of things well, throws four pitches and all of them are solid or better and he can throw strikes. Moscot was one of the guys I noted that had a chance to steal one of the open spots in the rotation with a good spring. It’s still likely that Moscot finds himself in the Louisville rotation to begin the 2015 season, but he’s got a well rounded arsenal that could keep him in competition into the latter parts of the spring.
Here’s a little bit of video from August of 2014 with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos right before he was promoted to Triple-A Louisville.