Nate Knowles

School: William & Mary
Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted
Age at Draft: 20.8

Knowles is a 6-foot, 185-pound righthander who William & Mary have used as a short-inning starter who takes the ball more frequently than most college starters. Through late April he led all D-I pitchers with 14 starts but has pitched on a five-day schedule and not gone deeper than 79 pitches and five complete innings. He’s been effective in that capacity with a 1.93 ERA, 35.1% strikeout rate and 10.4% walk rate and features a four-pitch mix. He sits 90-94 with his fastball and touches 95 while mixing in an upper-80s cutter, downer curveball in the upper 70s and an occasional low-80s changeup.