Patrick Forbes

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #71 prospect in 2025 draft
  School: Louisville Drafted: Never Drafted
  Age At Draft: 21.0
  After logging just 9.1 innings as a freshman, Forbes this spring struck out 32 across 29 innings. He has carried that success over to the Cape Cod League, where he has a 3.29 ERA with 22 strikeouts in 13.2 innings. Forbes has big-time arm strength and a powerful fastball-slider duo. Both have consistently flashed plus. Forbes moves well on the mound and this spring his heater was up to 97.
• Ranked #278 prospect in 2022 draft
  School: Bowling Green HS Committed/Drafted: Louisvile
  Age At Draft: 18
  Kentucky’s Mr. Baseball in 2022, Forbes hit .583 with 15 home runs this year. He dominated the competition around Bowling Green, but Bowling Green isn’t an area known for producing draftable high school players (Corey Hart is the only player from a Bowling Green high school to make it to the majors after being drafted and signing out of high school). Forbes has plus raw power, but there are more questions about his hitting ability. He has a promising swing, but he hasn’t seen much high-caliber pitching. A high school shortstop, Forbes projects as a pro third baseman with an above-average arm. Forbes is a Louisville signee. While there are teams that view him as an intriguing day two pick, others are more willing to let him face more advanced competition in the ACC and then happily pay him down the road if he proves he can pass that test.