Emerson Hancock - Prospect Profile

MLB.com - May : "His go-to breaking ball is a mid-80s slider with which he manipulates the break exceptionally well, and Hancock also has a hard curveball that he relied on more in high school. He hasn't had to use his changeup much but he fades and locates it well, earning some plus-plus grades at times."

Carlos Collazo - Baseball America - May 13th: "Hancock’s fastball ranges from 93-97, though some evaluators question the underlying quality of the pitch, wondering if it has the riding life and swing-and-miss qualities you’d like to see from a frontline starter. It’s possible a lower arm slot leads to some of those concerns."

Kiley McDaniel - ESPN - May 13th: "Hancock had a slow start to this season, but some thought he'd work his way into that top tier with a strong spring."

Ian Smith - Prospect 365 - Apr. 26th: "An effortless, repeatable delivery gives him the ability to paint the corners with a mid-90s fastball that he pairs well with a slider and fantastic changeup. He throws the curveball on a limited basis at this time, but the pitch shows good shape and his command allows it to play all over the zone and to both right-handed and left-handed hitters."

Dan Zielinki - Baseball Prospect Journal - Mar. 22nd: "Emerson Hancock is a 6-foot-4, 215-pound righty who has a high-90s fastball, an effective curveball and a changeup that shows above-average potential. He was a possible option for the first-overall pick this year but was inconsistent against average competition in his four starts this spring."

Keith Law - The Athletic - Mar. 16th: "Hancock was mentioned by scouts as a possible 1-1 pick before the season, but hasn’t come out strongly, between a rougher delivery, reduced command, and a lot more use of his two sliders than his plus (or better) changeup."

JJ Cooper of Athlon Sports - Mar. 10th: "If he just stays healthy and throws the same upper-90s fastball, slider, curve and changeup he showed last year, he’ll go near the top of the draft."

Emerson Hancock Videos

RHP Emerson Hancock (2020 elig.) University of Georgia

Emerson Hancock 11 K's vs. Mizzou. 4/18/19

Emerson Hancock 12K's vs. South Carolina 3/15/19

Emerson Hancock on his pitching gem

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