UPDATED RESEARCH - 2023 Draft Prospect - RHP - Ethan Chenault



 Ethan Chenault

RHP UNC Wilmington

 

1-13-23 - 2023 MLB DRAFT: BIG STUFF, NO COMMAND, BIG FUTURE?

https://www.prospectslive.com/prospects-live/2023/1/13/2023-mlb-draft-big-stuff-no-command-big-future?s=03

ETHAN CHENAULT

FF: 108 Stuff+

SL: 130 Stuff+

CB: 152 Stuff+

UNC-Wilmington righty Ethan Chenault will be draft-eligible for the second time in 2023 but has the foundational pieces to see his game soar this season. Scouts want to see more defining traits behind the fastball this spring. If that happens, his name could skyrocket up boards. Over 39 innings last season, including three starts, Chenault struck out 53 batters but surrendered 27 walks.

The two breaking balls are the bread and butter here. The curveball especially really shines in Davis’ model grading out at 152. Of the pitchers that threw at least 100 curveballs last season, Chenault’s graded out fourth best. At 82 mph, few others could match his two-plane tilt at that velocity. Chenault gets an especially high amount of sweep on the pitch. In fact, from this chair, only Marcus Morgan of Iowa (a 2024 arm) can claim a more impressive shape with high velocity as the prerequisite. Chenault’s slider is also daunting, though it can melt in with his curveball at times since the velocity differential on the two pitches isn’t much. Chenault been up to 85 mph with his slider. A mid-80s sweeper with north of 12” of sweep would play in the big leagues tomorrow. 

As previously mentioned, the fastball will need to take a jump here. Chenault can touch 94, but he generally sits a few ticks lower than that with reasonably ordinary shape. He’s without question a draft guy this year, but the heater will likely dictate how high his stock can rise.  

 

11-28-22 - 2023 MLB Draft: College Top 100 Prospects - https://d1baseball.com/prospects/2023-mlb-draft-college-top-100-prospects/ - 

100 Ethan Chenault RHP UNC Wilmington 

 

All the 2023 Draft Prospects in the Mack’s Mets database can be viewed by going to www.macksmets.blogspot.com and clicking on 2023 DRAFT PROSPECT DATABASE found on the top, left of the front page of the site.

 

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