Hagen Smith - Prospect Profile

Joel Reuter - Bleacher Report - July 7th: "Smith won SEC Pitcher of the Year honors this spring, going 9-2 with a 2.04 ERA, 0.89 WHIP and 161 strikeouts in 84 innings while limiting opposing hitters to a .144 average and setting a NCAA record with 17.3 strikeouts per nine innings."

Ayrton Ostly - USA Today - July 4th: "Smith was one of the top pitchers in the NCAA last season. His 161 strikeouts were second only to Burns but he led the country with 17.25 strikeouts per nine innings."

Baseball America - July 1st: "At 6-foot-3, 225 pounds, Smith has gained good weight in his college career and made strides. He refined his delivery in 2024, which helped lead to improved stuff and strikes. He averaged 95-96 mph with a fastball that has been up to 100 and throws from a low three-quarters slot that helps him create a flat plane to the plate."

MLB.com - July 1st: "Smith operates at 94-97 mph and touches 100 with his fastball, which plays up because his funky delivery creates deception and riding action. His best offering is an 83-87 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."

Prospects Live - May 29th: "His slider tunnels incredibly well of the fastball and it's a double-plus weapon with insane bite and late movement, fooling hitters consistently. He's begun to tinker with a solid change-up, as well, which flashes above-average."

Keith Law - The Athletic - May 22nd: "Because he starts on the extreme first-base side of the rubber, he doesn’t locate the fastball to his glove side and has to go to the slider to throw anything inside to righties, often trying to get a chase on a slider aimed at the hitter’s back foot, with the fastball and the changeup both going to the outer third of the zone."

Kiley McDaniel - ESPN - May 8th: "Smith had Tommy John surgery in high school and pitched out of the bullpen part of last season but has taken a big step forward this year, posting otherworldly numbers (60 IP, 26 H, 23 BB, 111 K's) due to an elite fastball/slider combo."

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