- Full name Sean Patrick Hard
- Born 09/20/2002 in Sleepy Hollow, NY
- Profile Ht.: 6'5" / Wt.: 210 / Bats: R / Throws: R
- School Boston College
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Drafted in the 20th round (603rd overall) by the New York Yankees in 2021.
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Hard has a tall 6-foot-5 frame with more space to fill out and throw harder once he adds weight and strength. His peak fastball is up a tick from where it was last summer, with Hard reaching 95 mph this spring and mostly operating at 89-93. Right now the main draw with Hard is an already impressive fastball with the physical projection to throw harder. He throws four pitches with a slider, curveball and changeup, but none of them is average yet, with below-average to fringy breaking stuff and a fastball-heavy plan of attack. Hard throws with effort in his up-tempo delivery, and while he was an inconsistent strike-thrower last year, his control has been better this spring, though it's still control over command. A team that believes in its ability to help Hard develop his secondary stuff could draft him high enough to keep him from his Boston College commitment, though he might end up at BC to try to raise his stock there.
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Hard has a tall 6-foot-5 frame with more space to fill out and throw harder once he adds weight and strength. His peak fastball is up a tick from where it was last summer, with Hard reaching 95 mph this spring and mostly operating at 89-93. Right now the main draw with Hard is an already impressive fastball with the physical projection to throw harder. He throws four pitches with a slider, curveball and changeup, but none of them is average yet, with below-average to fringy breaking stuff and a fastball-heavy plan of attack. Hard throws with effort in his up-tempo delivery, and while he was an inconsistent strike-thrower last year, his control has been better this spring, though it's still control over command. A team that believes in its ability to help Hard develop his secondary stuff could draft him high enough to keep him from his Boston College commitment, though he might end up at BC to try to raise his stock there.
