I’ve done my best this year to avoid many Pitching write ups. After the team went kind of pitching nuts last year, I figured they’d probably filled the cupboard and may focus elsewhere. However, top draft prospect lists right now are jam packed with Pitching in the 25-50 range in their prospect lists. So TINSTAPP be damned, you can never have enough Pitching, and here’s a few interesting arms I haven’t already written about (I already did a very cursory overview of Jared Grindlinger since I suspect
he’ll just play OF and a full writeup of Hunter Dietz). These writeups will all be pretty shallow, but enough to get a sense of the player’s potential and issues.
Logan Schmidt, LHP – Ganesha HS, Pomona, CA
Logan is a 6’4” 215 lbs 17 year old (he’ll be 18 within a month of the draft) with a commitment to LSU. He’s the 21st ranked player on BA’s draft board, but they mocked him to the Phillies in their most recent staff draft. I had no intention of writing him before that mock draft. Schmidt is the 3rd 2027 draft reclass I’ve written up this cycle. I’d be shocked and thrilled if he got to 36. He has a Plus or better 4-seam Fastball that he works in the 92-96 MPH range and got up to 98 early this Spring with good arm side run. His best secondary offering is a breaking ball some call a Curve, some call a slider. It has great spin and late tail action and works well off his Fastball. He throws from a 3/4 slot that may also lend itself to a Sweeper down the line. Like most Prep pitchers he has a Changeup that needs work, but it’s more advanced than most as he throws it with similar arm speed and release to his Fastball. There’s something almost old-timey about his pretty relaxed looking delivery below.
Brody Bumila, LHP – Bishop Feehan HS, Attleboro, MA
Arguably the draft’s biggest payout lottery ticket, Brody is a 6’9”, 245 lbs 18 year old with a commitment to Texas. Bumila doesn’t just throw cheese, he throws extra spicy pepper jack. He throws it 96-99 mph with top speeds of 101 mph this year. He gets good arm side run and extension, so the ball appears even faster to hitters with his length and release point. He also works inside, which has to have a bit of that Kruk vs. Randy Johnson feel for the hitters. So why is this kind of flamethrower available this low? Well, his Slider is almost non-existent and his Chaangeup is good and could be a plus pitch, but needs development. However, it’s mostly because he needed left elbow surgery last year and missed all of 2025. As with all very tall pitchers his control is also a question mark. It projects as average, but even slight degrees of deviation in arm action play way up when your levers are this long. The below video is basically the entire game, both Offense and Defense, so you’ll have to jump around to see his stuff, which is almost exclusively the Fastball. This pick would also mean the Phillies somehow beat all 3 other franchises for drafting the largest human in the first round this year, barely beating out the Flyers.
Logan Reddemann, RHP – UCLA
I’m loading up and Logans and Lefties a bit this write-up with 2 of each. This Logan is a 6’2” 185 lbs 21 year old who is almost the exact opposite of Brody above. As one of the possibly safer, low ceiling picks of the draft. He’s a control first starter with a collection of 5 average to above average pitches. His Fastball generally sits 94-96 mph and can pull back for an occasional 98 or 99 mph. He locates it very well and can move it around the plate with equal success. His changeup may be his best pitch. He mixes in a Cutter, Slider/Sweeper, and a 12-6 Curveball. None are strike-out pitches, but all can mix in effectively, Logan would likely move quickly into an MLB rotation as a 3rd or 4th Starter and stay there for years. There’s no Ace ceiling and probably a low-ish risk of Bullpen roles. He is what he is, and can probably carve out a mid-rotation career if he stays healthy. He works quick.
Carson Bolemon, LHP – Southside Christian HS, Simpsonville, SC
Bolemon is a 6’4”, 210 lbs 19 year old with a commitment to Wake Forest. The Phillies have drafted a lot of “old for their class” prep players the last several years (Matthew Fisher last year, Aiden Miller to name just 2) and Bolemon is on the older for his class side. He’s kind of a perfect mix of the last 2 profiles here: Reddemann’s control and broad pitch mix with a little bit more height and a history of the same pitching arm surgery as Bumila. There are some screaming red flags here that may send Boleman on to Winston-Salem for College. Along with the history of pitching elbow surgery, you also have a 2-3 mph loss in Fastball velocity. If healthy, the 89-93 mph Fastball pairs up well with both a potentially plus Curve and Slider, which play well off eachother. His Changeup is clearly his 4th best pitch but should end up an average offering. Without further velocity the ceiling is probably a #3/4 Starter. If he builds up to get back those 2-3 mph he seems to have lost, there could be a number 2 Starter profile in here.
Jensen Hirshkorn, RHP – Kingsburg (Calif.) HS
Another massive Prep arm, Jensen is 6’7”, 205 lbs 18 year old with a commitment to LSU. Hirshkorn is also a starter on his High School baseball team and rolled straight into his baseball season from that. Sometimes with multi-sport athletes you can see a bigger jump in stuff once they focus on one sport professionally (all kids who want to should play multiple sports, I think that’s beyond invaluable). That is something to keep in mind here as Hirschkorn’s 4-seam Fastball sat 90-93, which is solid average. He pairs it with a 2-seamer, a Slider that’s currently his knee buckling best pitch with high spin and bite and a Changeup that flashes plus. I think there’s enough here you can dream on a top of the rotation ceiling if we see the growth I mentioned earlier. Without that, I think you’ve got mid-rotation potential or a Slider/Fastball reliever.
