Dean Jones Report

Dean’s Dozen: Our Top 12 Orioles prospects for the 2017 season

By Dean Jones

Posted on November 3, 2016

No. 4

Keegan Akin, LHP

2016 Statistics: 0-1, 1.04 ERA, 29 Ks, 7 BBs in 26 innings (Aberdeen)
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It’s going to be great to watch the friendly competition between Akin, who will turn 22 in April, and Sedlock over the next several years. Picked in the second round of this year’s draft, Akin seemed to grab the initial upper hand based on his performance at Aberdeen. The Western Michigan product, who pitched three innings in his final eight starts after throwing two innings in his professional debut, didn’t allow a run in his last 20 innings in 2016. As a left-hander with solid control, Akin could make a quick move through the organization. But as Baseball America mentioned while listing him as the No. 12 prospect in the New York-Penn League for the past season, to remain in a starting role, “he’ll need to continue to refine his command and develop his secondary stuff.”

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