- Full name Blake Larson
- Born 02/17/2006 in
- Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 185 / Bats: L / Throws: L
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Drafted in the CB-B round (68th overall) by the Chicago White Sox in 2024 (signed for $1,397,500).
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School: IMG Academy, Bradenton, Fla.
Commit/Drafted: TCU
Age At Draft: 18.4
BA Grade: 50/Extreme
Tools: Fastball: 60. Slider: 55. Changeup: 45. Control: 40.
A lean lefthander with a great pitcher’s frame at 6-foot-3, 185 pounds, Larson is an exciting, yet erratic, arm on the mound who creates an uncomfortable at-bat for both lefties and righties. He has a high-effort delivery with a lot of moving parts, including a high leg kick, a sharp stabbing action in the back of his arm stroke and a violent finish including a head whack and a hard fall off to the third base side. Larson throws from a lower three-quarters arm slot that is almost fully sidearm at times and has tons of arm speed as he delivers the baseball. It’s a reliever look now, but Larson does have impressive pure stuff, led by a low-90s fastball that has been up to 96. He has a chance to throw 100 mph one day. The fastball also has sinking and running life and when he puts it over the plate it is a real bat misser. Larson’s main secondary offering is a sweepy slider in the upper 70s. The pitch has big shape and spin rates in the 2,600-2,800 rpm range and could be an above-average offering as a chase pitch to lefties and a backfoot breaking ball to righties, but like his fastball he needs to sharpen the command of the offering. Larson will occasionally throw an upper-80s changeup but the pitch is rudimentary at the moment and a distinct third offering. He has consistently shown below-average control and command that will need to improve in the future. An Iowa native, Larson transferred to IMG Academy for his senior season and pitched well. He is committed to TCU.
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School: IMG Academy, Bradenton, Fla. Commit/Drafted: TCU
Age At Draft: 18.4
BA Grade: 50/Extreme
Tools: Fastball: 60. Slider: 55. Changeup: 45. Control: 40.
A lean lefthander with a great pitcher’s frame at 6-foot-3, 185 pounds, Larson is an exciting, yet erratic, arm on the mound who creates an uncomfortable at-bat for both lefties and righties. He has a high-effort delivery with a lot of moving parts, including a high leg kick, a sharp stabbing action in the back of his arm stroke and a violent finish including a head whack and a hard fall off to the third base side. Larson throws from a lower three-quarters arm slot that is almost fully sidearm at times and has tons of arm speed as he delivers the baseball. It’s a reliever look now, but Larson does have impressive pure stuff, led by a low-90s fastball that has been up to 96. He has a chance to throw 100 mph one day. The fastball also has sinking and running life and when he puts it over the plate it is a real bat misser. Larson’s main secondary offering is a sweepy slider in the upper 70s. The pitch has big shape and spin rates in the 2,600-2,800 rpm range and could be an above-average offering as a chase pitch to lefties and a backfoot breaking ball to righties, but like his fastball he needs to sharpen the command of the offering. Larson will occasionally throw an upper-80s changeup but the pitch is rudimentary at the moment and a distinct third offering. He has consistently shown below-average control and command that will need to improve in the future. An Iowa native, Larson transferred to IMG Academy for his senior season and pitched well. He is committed to TCU.
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School: IMG Academy, Bradenton, Fla. Committed: TCU
Age At Draft: 18.4
A lean lefthander with a great pitcher’s frame at 6-foot-3, 185 pounds, Larson is an exciting, yet erratic, arm on the mound who creates an uncomfortable at-bat for both lefties and righties. He has a high-effort delivery with a lot of moving parts, including a high leg kick, a sharp stabbing action in the back of his arm stroke and a violent finish including a head whack and a hard fall off to the third base side. Larson throws from a lower three-quarters arm slot that is almost fully sidearm at times and has tons of arm speed as he delivers the baseball. It’s a reliever look now, but Larson does have impressive pure stuff, led by a low-90s fastball that has been up to 95. In addition to above-average present velocity for a lefty, Larson has quite a bit of sinking and running life on the pitch and it’s a real bat-misser when he’s able to put it over the plate. He has consistently shown below-average control and command that will need to improve in the future. His main secondary offering is a sweepy slider in the upper 70s. The pitch has big shape and spin rates in the 2,600-2,800 rpm range and could be an above-average offering as a chase pitch to lefties and a backfoot breaking ball to righties, but like his fastball he needs to sharpen the command of the offering. Larson has mixed in a few changeups in the 87-88 mph range with 1,900 rpm spin, but both pitches looked rudimentary when he flashed them at the 2023 Area Code Games. An Iowa native, Larson transferred to IMG Academy for his senior season where he will be scouted heavily. He is committed to TCU.
