Forrest Whitley didn't quite follow up his amazing Arizona Fall League debut with a repeat performance -- when he struck out eight of the first nine batters he faced -- but he did have the stuff of a major league No. 1 starter in his second outing Tuesday afternoon at Camelback Ranch, blowing away AFL hitters and showing maybe just a grade of command away from being an impact big league pitcher.
Whitley showed five distinct pitches across his outing, although he rolled them out slowly as if they were his new product line for 2018. He was 92-96 mph for all of his five innings, and in the first inning worked solely with that and his grade-70 changeup, 81-84 mph, with good deception and action, both tumble and fade.