| Player: Ryan Lynch | |||||||||||
| School: North Carolina | Position(s): RHP | ||||||||||
| Height: 6’3″ | Weight: 235 lbs. | Bats: Right | Throws: Right | ||||||||
| Summary: Lynch is a big-bodied righthander with an athletic delivery and a lower three-quarter release that creates a tough angle. His fastball sits 91–95 with life and heavy arm-side run that he manipulates well, giving him both a four-seam look with ride and a sinker that generates ground balls. His best pitch is a sharp sweeper in the low-to-mid 80s that flashes plus, missing bats against both lefties and righties. He also mixes a mid-80s changeup with fading action, a developing third pitch that shows promise when he maintains arm speed. The combination of size, extension, and slot makes Lynch difficult to square up, and his ground-ball profile adds a layer of reliability. There’s still polish needed in pitchability, but the arsenal points to a starter with rotation upside. The command needs to improve to really stick as a starter, but his fastball-slider pairing would allow him to impact a bullpen, giving him multiple paths to a big-league role. | |||||||||||
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