Hagen Smith - Prospect Profile

Carlos Collazo - Baseball America - March 18th: "His fastball velocity is up three ticks to 96 mph on average, while his mid-80s slider has been a consistently plus weapon that likely earns some 70 grades. Smith has unique arm talent from the left side that currently puts him near the top of the draft board and a candidate to be the first pitcher selected."

Joe Doyle - Future Star Series - March 18th: "Smith throws the kitchen sink. A four-seam fastball, a sinker, a slider, a split-finger and a very nascent curve. He’s primarily a fastball-slider-split guy, though there’s pitchability here and a willingness to mix it up when the opportunity calls for it."

MLB.com - March 8th: "His best offering is an 82-85 mph slider, which features sweep and depth while destroying lefties and keeping righties at bay, and he also can turn it into a cutter that reaches 91 mph. He uses an upper-80s splitter as a change of pace, and while he struggles to locate it well, it has intriguing tumble when it's on."

Keith Law - The Athletic - March 7th: "He’s picked up velocity in each of the last two years, now sitting 95-97 mph and touching 100, with a wipeout slider at 85-88 that has a ton of horizontal break. I don’t love the mechanics and he already had Tommy John surgery as a 16-year-old, but this is some peak David Price stuff going on here."

Aram Leighton - Just Baseball - February 15th: "A funky lefty with a 93-95 MPH fastball that will get on hitters quickly, Smith struck out 35% of he batters he faced in a talented SEC, which also came with a 13% walk rate. His 82-85 MPH slider is his best out pitch, flashing plus."

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