Light came on to close for Pawtucket in my viewing on May 24th, and continues to show the raw stuff that gives him a valuable future in a set-up or closer role – if he can harness his control, and throw consistent strikes. In this one-inning look, Light’s fastball sat 95-to-96 mph with late life, and it got on hitters quick. He compliments the fastball with a nasty, plus-grade splitter at 86-to-89 mph with hard, late tumble. In this inning, Light was pitching off the splitter and he got into some early trouble with the leadoff batter reaching on a line-drive single to right field, and then walking the third batter of the inning on five pitches. I’d prefer to see Light pitch off the fastball, and utilize the splitter later in counts when he needs put hitters away, rather than trying to rely on it early in counts. The splitter is a tough pitch to control, and he can find himself behind in counts early trying to pitch off of it.
