Tony Rossi

Draft Prospects

• Ranked # prospect in 2024 draft
  Rossi has been a high-usage reliever for UNC Charlotte for multiple seasons, both in 2022 and 2024 after missing the 2023 campaign thanks to injury. This spring he posted a 5.52 ERA over 44 innings with a 32.1% strikeout rate and 16% walk rate. He’s an effectively wild sort of reliever with big arm talent and shaky control. Rossi averaged 95 mph with a fastball that has touched 97 and features armside running life. He also has a pair of swing-and-miss secondaries between a high-spin slider in the mid 80s that features nearly 15 inches of horizontal break and a firm upper-80s changeup. Between his 6-foot-3, 230-pound frame and pitch mix there’s some upside here if he can find the zone more frequently though Rossie will be 25 on draft day.