Pound for pound, RHP Ben Sheets is the top pitcher in the country. Just 6-foot-1, size has never been an issue with Sheets. He has three legitimate big league pitches and command of each. Scouts say he is so polished that he could easily debut in Double-A and be in the big leagues within a year. His fastball is a comfortable 93-94 mph, occasionally hits 96 and doesn't fade in the late innings. He has two outstanding breaking balls--one a hammer 83-84-mph strikeout pitch--and two variations of a changeup. Everything in his repertoire was working in a May game against Louisiana Tech, when he struck out 20, the high in Division I this year. That performance moved him to the head of the class with 153 strikeouts (an average of 12.4 per nine innings) entering regional play.
Ben Sheets Stats & Scouting Report — College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects
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