| Player: Thomas White |
| School: Phillips Academy (MA) Position(s): LHP |
| Height: 6’5″ Weight: 210 Bats: Left Throws: Left |
| Pitches: Fastball: 94-96, Velo is easy, really runs to the arm side. Has strong downhill plane Changeup: 80-86, inconsistent, flashes of being something, can overthrow and lose feel for it easily. At best it has late action and gets swings over, at worst it is spiked into ground. On days without good feel, tends to go away from it completely. Breaking Ball: 75-81, Has a couple different looks, may be a curve and slider, but not much separation in shape. Higher velo can be sharp action, lower has a real 2 plane break to it. Both versions get really bad swings. True plus potential. |
| Delivery/Mechanics: Long lefty but with plenty of control. Excellent balance with good leg drive. 3/4 slot with low effort. Checks all the boxes of a starter. When in stretch the levers speed up and command drifts. |
| Other: Vanderbilt commit. |
| Summary: If White winds up being the best pro pitcher to come out of the 2023 draft, it will not be a shock at all. He is a tall lefty who gets into the mid-90s with ease and still has room to fill out. He already has two plus offerings and the change has flashed plus but the consistency is well off currently. As he gets a better feel for that change and a more distinctive difference between the change and slider versions of his breaking ball, he will have an elite arsenal. White is a high floor prep arm out of the Northeast, which is about are rare as it gets. |
Shaun Kernahan is the founder and lead writer of Three Quarter Slot, where he blends scouting precision with a storyteller’s eye for the human side of the game. Based in Parker, Colorado, he has covered baseball prospects at every level since 2013, delivering in-depth evaluations, draft analysis, and developmental insight. Over the years, he has built Three Quarter Slot into a trusted home for thoughtful prospect coverage, detailed scouting reports, and a grounded look at how talent evolves
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