Rangers top prospects: Zak Kent is spinning quite a story as he moves through system | Evan_P_Grant
: Kent was the Rangers’ ninth-round draft choice in 2019 out of Virginia Military Institute after going undrafted out of high school in Heathsville, Va. He set a Southern Conference record with 132 strikeouts in 97 innings as a junior at VMI. He received a $140,000 signing bonus.His slider, curve and changeup might give him the best off-speed mix in the organization.
It was his last start at Hickory before going to Frisco to finish the season. He threw the slider nearly 40% of the time.: Notice anything missing from the above description? Yeah, the fastball. Which is the kind of thing that keeps a guy from being a big-leaguer. It’s average in terms of velocity, but he struggled with command. Here’s the thing though: He’s working on it.