“But there’s an interesting combination of stuff here. It’s a really heavy, sinking fastball. It’s up to 98 (mph) at times. He backed up a little bit velocity-wise (this past season), although he posted every Friday for the University of Arizona. He’s got a good upper-70s slider with good three-quarter tilt to it. There’s a cutter that he started using more.
“He reminds a lot of scouts in the Four Corners of TJ Nichols, who’s now a Rays prospect — kind of a tall and thin sinker-slider combination. There’s stuff to work with there. And if they can get the command within the zone, so he can miss more bats and not allow guys to dial the ball up as much, I think there’s interesting pieces here to be a potential starter.”
Kramkowski was the only Arizona player selected when the Star went to press Sunday morning. When he came off the board in the fifth round, it marked the first time the UA didn’t have a player picked in the top four rounds of the draft since 2014.
Tampa took Arizona outfielder Brendan Summerhill at the tail end of the first round last year.