I don't often stop from the prospect list to write down personal calls, but today we made three major league debuts on the case file, and I want to update these pitchers for readers, and a prospect-related Bycatch, which I'm in Red, Guardian and Beerman Org org org perss of the Insures the Iss the Iss the Iss in of cathers.
First, let's talk about the starter's pitcher debut today: Reds' Chase of Petty, Astros' AJ Blubaugh and Royals' Noah Cameron. All of them updated the player profile on the board.
Chase Petty, RHP, Cincinnati Reds (50 fv)
Petty hit 102 times in high school, and he came to the Reds from the Minnesota Reds in the spring of 2022. After missing out on the elbow release in 2023, he has a healthy and full 2024 season where he worked 137 innings on Chattanooga, much more frames than he threw a year ago. Prove that he can maintain a strong momentum in this inning, which is included in the 2025 Top 100 prospects. Petty was promoted to Louisville after last season, and his fastball is still at 94-97 mph, which he has moved to 2025. As of his call, he had 27 strikeouts, 9 walks, and 1.30 whip (5 games) in 23 innings.
Petty is an incredible quadrip athlete whose body whips like a tornado throughout his childbirth, which looks like a more consistent version of Abner Uribe. He never suffered a strike problem and now he is proven to be able to maintain the strength of his arms under pressure from the starting inning. Another big development for Petty is that he is changing his approach with a heater. He used it as a lower zone sinker, but since last year he started to have a larger quad-autometer ratio, a shift for left-handed and right-wing. When Petty does throw two shoemakers, it generates ground in 2025 with 60% clips so far.
Petty's most discerning course is a well-arranged two-plan slider, although he struggled with some balls early this year. It bends at 84-88 mph most of the time. His knives (usually 88-92 mph) and car changers (87-90) are more about causing weak contact for left-handed people. If Petty can continue to move on with this mid-spin, he will be separated from regular failures, with most of the toughest high school pitchers lasting in the draft. He is a special athlete with special arm strength and he seems to have made relevant adjustments in 2024 while also increasing confidence as he can actually hold his own from all seasons of the year.
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Noah Cameron of Kansas City Royal Los Angeles (50 feet)
Cameron was selected at the 2021 draft in central Arkansas, and soon after he had surgery for Tommy John. Despite the ERA reaching 5.28, his first full season was an encouraging 2023 as he released a strong peripheral on 107.1 innings (28.3%k%, 7.5%BB%) and hit Double-A. His performance in 2024 and early 2025 are actually the same. Cameron worked 128.2 innings in 2024, with six to seven innings per outing in the second half of the season. His delivery is effortless and repeatable, and Cameron directed all four of his courses, making his floor very high because he had essentially no relief risks.
His best course is changing within a range of 80-84 mph. It's not uncommon for pitchers with Cameron's nearly perfect vertical arm slots, being able to switch from this position, let alone one plus one, but even though he's already climbing up to the top of the minors, the court keeps making and stumbled. It was even more successful because Cameron was able to find it instead of pure action, and how long Cameron was hiding in baseball, and how loose and free his arm movements were. The vertical nature of Cameron's arm stroke caused a back spin on his fastball. It's not a fast product – it's about 92 miles and will reach around 96 – but again deceive and direct its effectiveness as a bat conveyor. The combination of his below-average Velo and the highest regional approach to fast locations makes it easy for Cameron Homer to stretch among minors, especially in 2023, when he allowed 19 bombs in 107.1 innings, 19 more were allowed so far this year. It seems that for this, he has improved the usage of the knife in 2025, a way to avoid barrels rather than missing the bat.
Cameron also has 12 to 6 curve balls of 80-84 mph, similar in shape to his fastball. He would somehow manipulate the lefty's direction to make it more slider-like. The depth and varying mass of his curve ball provide Cameron with two ways to tilt with rights and create a trend. On left-handed, he relies heavily on his fastball. This guy is a very stable rotating part with two plus attributes and two other average attributes. Although this is his worst course, the cutter is an important part of Cameron's FV rating being affected in this update, as his fastball's vulnerability is the source of the worrying last list cycle. The left with the left and right with the added changes tends to disappear, which is exactly what we are talking about here. Despite his lack of star-rated stuff, Cameron is a stable, polished no. 4 starter prospects.
AJ Blubaugh, RHP, Houston Astros (40+ FV)
Blubaugh's mom was a two-sport athlete in Akron, AJ was a three-body champion in high school before enrolling in UW-Milwaukee, who later became a seventh-round draft pick. He was forced to take spot duties due to injury to Astros' pitcher. In the long run, his predictions are more of a good long-term reliefer. His below-average command and painful delivery are the main drivers of this projection. Blubaugh has a first track. He would touch the 97 (his Velo's start was very unstable, a little unstable on his last outing) and challenge it with the top of the fastball (usually the one above), then bend it in the low slider of the 80s and the mid-80s Power-Sink switch. Blubaugh can benefit from effective madness, and he will throw these two minor balls to the batsman of either hand. They all complete everywhere, especially the changes. The slow mid-70s curveball acted as the performance of my completion of the repertoire. Likewise, Bruber should eventually play a meaningful role in Houston’s bullpen, and despite his choice, he should be deployed as a starter for the five-point probing, hoping that the extended rep will help him improve his command. This is a good result for the seventh round.
Didier Fuentes, RHP, Atlanta Braves (50 fv)
Another thing to solve here is to update Braves Righty Didier Fuentes entering the 50 FV layer. Fuentes was originally written on the Braves' roster of this cycle with over 40 FV prospects and has heavier fastballs that he might break through if his condition improves to help improve the strength of his arm. Well, that has happened. He carved three advanced boots and got a quick connection to double A.
Sometimes last year, Fuentes paved the way on the A-ball lineup, even though he used fastballs with 70-80% clips. He used it 70% of the time this season, but still hit 32.1% of his opponents. In further context, the average Major League Flashball produced 23% turnovers in 2024, while Fuentes had a turnover rate of well above 30%, even if he had only 93.
This season, his fastballs are usually in the 94-96 range, hitting 97-98 several times in his first doubles match. Fuentes' fastball already dominates due to its shape and angle, and now it has speed, too. The guy exploded the mound and produced an extension of nearly seven feet, although the 19-year-old's right is only six feet tall. His explosive power from the rubber was so explosive that his recent start stopped many times in his recent matches, talking to him about how far he went.
Fuentes is still a two-foot guy, and his slider isn't consistent, but his fastball will take him into a meaningful major league role, like Bryce Miller or Joe Ryan. Given the Brave’s preference for pushing their good prospects, if Fuentes pitched in Columbus in May, Fuentes kept climbing and moved to the Triple A. He is officially the top 100 prospect and is also a potential transit weapon.
