After writing about Tim Tebow earlier this week, now we move on to players who can actually play baseball. More scouting notes from the Arizona Fall League: • New York Yankees right-hander James Kaprielian, their 2015 first-round pick out of UCLA, was outstanding in his AFL debut Wednesday night, his first outing since he went down in April with an undisclosed arm injury. He threw 94-97 mph with a hard cutter-like slider that was 85-89 early but slipped a little in his third inning, and he showed a plus straight changeup with great arm speed at 82-87. There's some effort there in the delivery, but as long as he's throwing this well with this kind of command, I wouldn't change a thing. A healthy Kaprelian would be a potential No. 2 starter, maybe better.
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