- Full name Chase Mobley
- Born 06/05/2006 in
- Profile Ht.: 6'5" / Wt.: 190 / Bats: R / Throws: R
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Drafted in the 10th round (295th overall) by the Cleveland Guardians in 2024 (signed for $1,800,000).
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School: Durant HS, Plant City, Fla.
Commit/Drafted: Florida State
Age At Draft: 18.1
BA Grade: 50/Extreme
Tools: Fastball: 60. Slider: 50. Curveball: 45. Changeup: 55. Control: 40.
Mobley was one of the early standouts in the 2024 draft class, a notion reinforced after he went to the WWBA World Championship in October 2021 before his sophomore season. At Jupiter, he ran his fastball up to 93 mph as a 15-year-old while striking out five with no walks in five scoreless innings. Mobley has continued to make strides over the years and is now one of the younger pitchers in the 2024 class with a 6-foot-6, 200-pound frame and a fastball that has been up to 99 mph this spring. He’s a hard-throwing righthander who is consistently in the mid 90s, meaning he doesn’t require much projection to get to a plus fastball. He has thrown both a mid-70s curveball and a low-80s slider, though those pitches both blend together and he needs to improve the release point on both. Mobley’s best secondary pitch is a low-80s changeup that has impressive fade and tumbling action with swing-and-miss qualities, though scouts don’t get to see it often because his velocity is enough to overpower prep hitters and he’s also often behind in counts. Improving his control and command is a key piece of Mobley’s development, and some scouts wonder about his compact arm action and effort. Mobley is committed to Florida State but could be selected in the first three rounds.
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School: Durant HS, Plant City, Fla. Commit/Drafted: Florida State
Age At Draft: 18.1
BA Grade: 50/Extreme
Tools: Fastball: 60. Slider: 50. Curveball: 45. Changeup: 55. Control: 40.
Mobley was one of the early standouts in the 2024 draft class, a notion reinforced after he went to the WWBA World Championship in October 2021 before his sophomore season. At Jupiter, he ran his fastball up to 93 mph as a 15-year-old while striking out five with no walks in five scoreless innings. Mobley has continued to make strides over the years and is now one of the younger pitchers in the 2024 class with a 6-foot-6, 200-pound frame and a fastball that has been up to 99 mph this spring. He’s a hard-throwing righthander who is consistently in the mid 90s, meaning he doesn’t require much projection to get to a plus fastball. He has thrown both a mid-70s curveball and a low-80s slider, though those pitches both blend together and he needs to improve the release point on both. Mobley’s best secondary pitch is a low-80s changeup that has impressive fade and tumbling action with swing-and-miss qualities, though scouts don’t get to see it often because his velocity is enough to overpower prep hitters and he’s also often behind in counts. Improving his control and command is a key piece of Mobley’s development, and some scouts wonder about his compact arm action and effort. Mobley is committed to Florida State but could be selected in the first three rounds.
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School: Durant HS, Plant City, Fla. Committed: Florida State
Age At Draft: 18.1
Mobley was one of the early standouts in the 2024 class, even more so after he went to the WWBA World Championship in Jupiter in October 2021 before his sophomore season and ran his fastball up to 93 mph as a 15-year-old while striking out five with no walks in five scoreless innings. He’s continued to make strides over the years and is now one of the younger pitchers in the 2024 class with a 6-foot-6, 200-pound frame and a fastball that has been up to 97. Mobley’s build screams future projection and strength, and that length in his limbs leads to some inconsistencies in timing and scattered control, but he establishes his fastball for strikes at a solid clip and gets plenty of whiffs and weak ground balls with the pitch. Mobley has thrown both a mid-70s curveball and a low-80s slider but the pitches tend to blend together and he needs to improve his release point of both offerings. His best secondary might be a low-80s changeup that has impressive fade and tumbling action with swing-and-miss qualities but limited usage. Mobley is committed to Florida State.
