Author Topic: Follow the Prospects: Seth Shuman, RHP (Read 1699 times)

Kevrock · « **on:** June 17, 2022, 08:37:13 am »

Solidly outside of our top 30 but having success.

Acquired at the TDL from Oakland last year as a depth piece, ERA is up to 3.50 now but still has solid minor league stats. Hits 94 and has command of 4 pitches.

BA had a thorough profile on him recently so I figured I'd start a thread.

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Nationals’ Seth Shuman Succeeds In New Organization

Seth Shuman’s athletic career included a cameo in a packed Southeastern Conference football stadium, so progressing through the minor leagues doesn’t seem all that frenetic.

The 6-foot-1, 195-pound Shuman, a 24-year-old righthander acquired from the Athletics at last year’s trade deadline as part of the return for Yan Gomes and Josh Harrison, was once a freshman quarterback at Georgia Southern.

He started one game for the Eagles in 2016 and played in three others, including their visit to Mississippi’s Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

Now as one of the most talented arms on the High-A Wilmington pitching staff, Shuman is not nearly as intimidated. He recorded a 2.92 ERA with 25 strikeouts and seven walks through his first 28.2 innings.

“He’s one of those quiet confidence-type guys, where he has a slow heartbeat,” Wilmington pitching coach Mark DiFelice said. “It’s been fun to have him around, learn his style of things and go from there.”

The former major leaguer DiFelice and Shuman both played for the same college baseball coach. Rodney Hennon, who coached DiFelice at Western Carolina, has been the Georgia Southern coach since 2000.

At Valdosta (Ga,) High, Shuman’s baseball coach was his father Bart. Shuman considered the Eagles as his best option to play two sports, and then he elected to stay at Georgia Southern even after the football team went to a more option-heavy offense. In the spring of his freshman year, Shuman decided to concentrate on baseball.

“I almost considered transferring, but I really liked the baseball coach and baseball program at Georgia Southern, and I felt like they gave me the best opportunity to get to the next level,” Shuman said.

The Nationals believe Shuman has the repertoire to climb still more levels. Shuman, Oakland’s sixth-round pick in 2019, throws a 91-95 mph fastball, an above-average slider, a changeup and a curveball.

“Our analytic department is working with him as far as what quadrants of the strike zone profile best with his fastball,” DiFelice said. “We like his slider probably over any of his other secondary pitches, but he does a great job of throwing all of his pitches for strikes.

Section214 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 17, 2022, 09:45:07 am »

AH, beat me to it. I was planning to make a thread for him after reading about his last start.

Definitely someone to keep an eye on as he moves through the organization.

Kevrock · « **Reply #2 on:** June 17, 2022, 09:58:01 am »

Nice! Add anything you can! I couldn't find much on him.

imref · « **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2023, 10:21:42 pm »

Shuman has undergone TJ. Out until 2024.

Smithian · « **Reply #4 on:** March 28, 2023, 10:02:37 am »

Quote from: imref on March 22, 2023, 10:21:42 pm

Shuman has undergone TJ. Out until 2024.

Makes sense.

imref · « **Reply #5 on:** April 04, 2024, 01:15:22 pm »

on the 60-day IL

imref · « **Reply #6 on:** May 20, 2024, 01:15:10 pm »

On the mound for the first time since 2022 in the FCL today.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #7 on:** May 20, 2024, 01:43:38 pm »

Quote from: imref on May 20, 2024, 01:15:10 pm

On the mound for the first time since 2022 in the FCL today.

He may be one of our better pitching acquisitions. Ranks highly by some prospect raters despite the long injury recovery. FG had him in a bunch with IRvin, Acevedo, Ward, and Brzykcy last year.

#18 on FG list for 2023:

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Part of the 2021 trade with Oakland for Josh Harrison and Yan Gomes, Shuman is a pitchability righty up to 94 mph who has command of four serviceable pitches and especially precise feel for a tight 82-85 mph slider. He repeated High-A as a 24-year-old in 2022 even though his peripherals were really good at that level in 2021, and Shuman was shutdown in July after 14 strong starts. He appeared to be a go for 2023, but instead had Tommy John in March and will miss the whole season. Don’t sleep on this guy because he’s already 25. Shuman has never walked batters at higher than a 6.6% clip at any stop during his pro career. His stuff isn’t sexy, but he’s super consistent and projects to have plus command, pointing toward a low-variance back-of-a-rotation role once he’s back from surgery.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/washington-nationals-top-31-prospects-2023/

Of course, after TJS, you lose some command, so it'll be interesting to see if he gets it back. Slider and change look like his best pitches per Longenhagen.

imref · « **Reply #8 on:** May 20, 2024, 04:14:24 pm »

2.0 IP, 5Ks, 0BB, 0H.

That'll do.

nobleisthyname · « **Reply #9 on:** June 01, 2024, 11:50:31 pm »

Age: 26
Team rank: Unranked
Current level: FCL (on rehab assignment)

May recap

W-L

|

IP

|

G

|

GS

|

ERA

|

FIP

|

SO

|

BB

|

K%

|

BB%

|

WHIP

1-0

|

4.2

|

2

|

1

|

3.86

|

0.19

|

9

|

0

|

50.0%

|

0.0%

|

0.86

imref · « **Reply #10 on:** June 17, 2024, 09:16:44 pm »

Off the IL and assigned to Fredricksburg.

imref · « **Reply #11 on:** June 26, 2024, 01:14:31 pm »

Promoted to Wilmington

nobleisthyname · « **Reply #12 on:** July 01, 2024, 04:01:30 pm »

Age: 26
Team rank: Unranked
Current level: A+

June recap (2 levels)

W-L

|

IP

|

GS

|

ERA

|

FIP

|

SO

|

BB

|

K%

|

BB%

|

WHIP

0-2

|

14.1

|

5

|

3.14

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3.40

|

14

|

3

|

23.3%

|

5.0%

|

1.19

Year-to-date (3 levels)

W-L

|

IP

|

G

|

GS

|

ERA

|

FIP

|

SO

|

BB

|

K%

|

BB%

|

WHIP

1-2

|

19.0

|

7

|

6

|

3.32

|

2.56

|

23

|

3

|

29.5%

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3.8%

|

1.11

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #13 on:** July 01, 2024, 05:02:02 pm »

nice to see him get work and get results. At this point, it'd be found money, but he was always well regarded.

imref · « **Reply #14 on:** July 25, 2024, 09:56:59 am »

Pitching well at Wilmington but given his age (26) I wonder how high is his ceiling. 2.51 ERA / 0.91 WHIP in 14.1 IP as a starter. Was perfect last night for the four innings he pitched (with 3Ks). He's coming back from TJ this year so we'll see what happens with him next year, but he could be someone to watch.

nobleisthyname · « **Reply #15 on:** August 01, 2024, 04:34:22 pm »

Age: 26
Team rank: Unranked
Current level: A+

July recap

W-L

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IP

|

GS

|

ERA

|

FIP

|

SO

|

BB

|

K%

|

BB%

|

WHIP

0-0

|

15.0

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4

|

2.40

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3.82

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11

|

4

|

17.5%

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6.3%

|

1.13

Year-to-date (3 levels)

W-L

|

IP

|

G

|

GS

|

ERA

|

FIP

|

SO

|

BB

|

K%

|

BB%

|

WHIP

1-2

|

34.0

|

11

|

10

|

2.91

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3.11

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34

|

7

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24.1%

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5.0%

|

1.12

nobleisthyname · « **Reply #16 on:** September 01, 2024, 01:52:27 pm »

Age: 26
Team rank: Unranked
Current level: AA

August recap (2 levels)

W-L

|

IP

|

GS

|

ERA

|

FIP

|

SO

|

BB

|

K%

|

BB%

|

WHIP

1-1

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18.0

|

4

|

6.50

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6.50

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16

|

4

|

20.3%

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5.1%

|

1.39

Year-to-date (4 levels)

W-L

|

IP

|

G

|

GS

|

ERA

|

FIP

|

SO

|

BB

|

K%

|

BB%

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WHIP

2-3

|

52.0

|

15

|

14

|

4.15

|

4.26

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50

|

11

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22.7%

|

5.0%

|

1.21

nobleisthyname · « **Reply #17 on:** October 08, 2024, 04:54:59 pm »

Age: 26
Team rank: Unranked
Current level: AA

September recap (2 levels)

W-L

|

IP

|

GS

|

ERA

|

FIP

|

SO

|

BB

|

K%

|

BB%

|

WHIP

1-2

|

11.2

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3

|

3.86

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4.75

|

9

|

6

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15.8%

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10.5%

|

1.71

Season recap (4 levels)

W-L

|

IP

|

G

|

GS

|

ERA

|

FIP

|

SO

|

BB

|

K%

|

BB%

|

WHIP

3-5

|

63.2

|

18

|

17

|

4.10

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4.35

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59

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17

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21.3%

|

6.1%

|

1.30

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #18 on:** March 17, 2025, 11:03:12 am »

https://www.nationalsarmrace.com/?p=18850
#72 on Todd Boss's list.

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I’ve always liked Shuman: he missed 2020 with Covid and 2023 with injury, now is 27 and put up decent stats in AA .. but he’s too old. I don’t entirely understand why the team didn’t promote him more aggressively last year. Then, he pops up in the Breakout game and threw the last three innings cleanly. So, maybe he should be higher.

Fell off Imrefs FTP index

Like Todd says, he's older now, and the depth in the organization may bury him, but his stuff is supposed to be decent, he limited BBs last year, ramped up the workload, and had a good appearance in the breakout game. My guess is maybe destined for the AA rotation and, at this point, a full season removed from injuries, perhaps push him if he performs.

imref · « **Reply #19 on:** March 17, 2025, 01:55:36 pm »

i added him back, thanks JCA.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #20 on:** March 17, 2025, 04:18:25 pm »

Quote from: imref on March 17, 2025, 01:55:36 pm

i added him back, thanks JCA.

He's beyond the age of prospects, but may become a late bloomer.

imref · « **Reply #21 on:** April 23, 2025, 09:42:56 am »

Promoted to Rochester

welch · « **Reply #22 on:** April 23, 2025, 12:42:05 pm »

If Shuman becomes a middling pitcher, he is "found money".