Cade Vernon

Draft Prospects

• Ranked # prospect in 2024 draft
  Vernon is a 6-foot-2, 210-pound righthander who pitched as a split starter and reliever during his first two seasons with Murray State, but was a full-time starter in 2023 and 2024. This spring he posted a 4.67 ERA over 90.2 innings and 15 starts with a 20.8% strikeout rate and 4.4% walk rate. He used a low-80s slider as his primary pitch, which he threw about 50% of the time this spring, and backed it with a low-90s fastball that touches 95 but has below-average life and a mid-70s curveball that is slow but features impressive top-down finish. Vernon occasionally mixed in a mid-80s changeup but used the pitch sparingly.