| Player: Luke Pettitte | |||||||||||
| School: Dallas Baptist | Position(s): RHP | ||||||||||
| Height: 6’2” | Weight: 223 | Bats: Right | Throws: Right | ||||||||
| Summary: This spring will be a big one for Dallas Baptist, as they prepare to join the newly reformed PAC-12. They will be without one of their better arms, however, as Luke Pettitte will be on the mend from Tommy John surgery due to an arm injury suffered this summer on the Cape. However, he is still a very intriguing draft prospect, and should draw considerable interest from teams interested in the son of a Yankee great. Mechanically, Pettitte is pretty standard and very solid, delivering from an over the top arm slot. He rears back past parallel in his delivery, but is always able to find his landing spot and maintain consistent mechanics. He will work from both the windup and the stretch, and is comfortable out of both. His main pitch is his fastball, which he will use at any time in the count, and has good movement. The pitch will top out around 94 miles an hour, and is complemented by a curveball, slider and changeup. The curveball is his best pitch, with good movement in the mid 70’s, but all three of his secondaries are very solid pitches that will only continue to improve. For Pettitte, the big question is the obvious one, and one that teams won’t know the answer to before the 2026 draft: how does he recover from his surgery? If he can recover well, and that is a big if, knowing how Tommy John can be, he is a solid option with good pitches and great bloodlines – however, only time will tell. We’ve seen so many great pitchers go under the knife and never be the same, one can only hope that Pettitte can go the other direction. | |||||||||||
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