Kolten Smith

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #53 prospect in 2025 draft
  School: Georgia Drafted: Never Drafted
  Age At Draft: 21.6
  Smith is a 6-foot-3, 210-pound righthander who enjoyed a strong season in which he posted a 5.56 ERA with a career-best 105 strikeouts to only 20 walks in 69.2 innings. Smith’s fastball has been up to 96 with carry at the top-half of the zone, but his calling card is his secondary offerings. His mid-to-high-80s slider—which this spring generated a 45% miss rate—routinely flashed plus with sharp, two-plane break, while his low-80s curveball also flashed plus with big-time depth and downward bite. To round out his arsenal, Smith occasionally mixed in a mid-80s changeup that also proved to be effective. An intriguing combination of strikes and stuff, Smith is on track to be a top-two round pick next July.
• Ranked #52 prospect in 2025 draft
  School: Michigan State Drafted: Never Drafted
  Age At Draft: 21.2
  Dzierwa was Michigan State’s most steady arm this spring and pitched his way to a 4.07 ERA with 91 strikeouts to 27 walks in 84 innings before firing 11 innings on the Cape in which he did not allow an earned run. The projectable 6-foot-7 southpaw has a long, slingy arm action and attacks from a low-three quarter slot. His fastball is modest in velocity, but it has run and ride through the strike zone which helps it play up a bit from its low-90s velocity. Dzierwa has an advanced feel for his slider, a pitch he does a nice job varying the shape of. Against righthanded hitters it has more of a gyro look, while against lefties it is longer and sweepier. Dzierwa’s changeup is his best secondary pitch, and it gets solid separation off his fastball with some late tumble. There is plenty to dream on with Dzierwa, and as he continues to fill out physically his stuff should also tick up.