- Full name Travis Smith
- Born 12/12/2002 in
- Profile Ht.: 6'4" / Wt.: 200 / Bats: R / Throws: R
- School Walton-Verona HS, Walton, Y.
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Smith is a big righthander with a 6-foot-4, 200-pound frame and a fastball that he’s shown a good ability to pump into the strike zone this spring. Smith was heavily scouted early on this season and works with a fastball that’s mostly in the 89-91 mph range and has shown solid running life. It doesn’t profile as a huge swing-and-miss offering with lower spin rates and sinking action, but scouts do like his ability to spot the pitch, and his frame suggests he could throw harder in the future. Smith showed a breaking ball that blended in shape last summer, with high spin rates in the 2,600-2,800 rpm range and solid depth, but evaluators have questioned the consistency of the pitch this spring. Instead, they seem to prefer a low-to-mid-80s changeup that has good tumbling action. Smith is committed to Kentucky.
