- Full name Ryan Verdugo
- Born 01/06/2003 in
- Profile Ht.: 6'2" / Wt.: 205 / Bats: R / Throws: R
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School: Cal State Bakersfield Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 21.5
Verdugo helped his Bishop Amat High School team win four straight conference championships before heading to Cal State Bakersfield, where he pitched as a reliever as a freshman in 2022 before transitioning to a full-time starter. He had a career year in 2024 when he posted a 2.72 ERA over 89.1 innings and 14 starts, with a 24.5% strikeout rate and 10.9% walk rate. A 6-foot-2, 205-pound righthander, Verdugo mostly pitches off of a fastball/slider combination and sits in the 89-92 mph range with the fastball that will touch 95. His 78-82 mph slider is a high-spin, slurvy pitch that features decent glove-side sweeping action at times but will blend into more of a curveball look with three-quarter shape at times. He’ll occasionally mix in a mid-80s changeup to lefties but that pitch isn’t a huge part of his arsenal at the moment.
