Sthele is young for the event, having only completed his freshman year of high school, but has shown good potential on the mound during Thursday’s game. The frame is only 6-foot, however the build is lean and athletic with plenty of room to fill out. Sthele’s arm action is compact through the back and there is slight recoil in the delivery however, for the most part is is pretty easy and comes out of the hand clean. He pounded the zone with his fastball that worked 87-90 mph for the afternoon and showed late, heavy life when down in the zone. The pitch worked well to either side but was best when located to the glove side, which helped his slider play up. The slider was more of a cutter in terms of life with biting-horizontal break to it. The pitch was short but the late movement helped to garner swings and misses. Sthele also mixed In a softer curveball and, overall, he had a pretty strong performance that in most cases would be good enough to claim victory.
