Cam Brown

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #201 prospect in 2023 draft
  School: Texas Christian Source: 4YR
  
  Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted
  Age At Draft: 21.7
  Brown showed an electric three-pitch mix during the summer prior to his senior season in high school but backed up early in the spring before the 2020 season was shut down around the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite ranking as the No. 131 player in the 2020 class, Brown made it to campus at Texas Christian where he has been a reliable starter for three years. He flashed solid strike-throwing in a brief three-inning stint as a freshman in 2021, but never fully replicated that over a full season. In 2023 Brown posted a 5.50 ERA over 52.1 innings, with a 24.4% strikeout rate and 15.3% walk rate—the highest of his career. Brown has a large and physical, 6-foot-3, 225-pound frame and primarily pitches off a fastball and slider. He averaged 94-95 mph on the fastball this spring and will touch 97, but his command of the pitch has been erratic. He threw a mid-80s slider a third of the time this spring and the pitch generated a 45% whiff rate and has high spin and solid two-plane break. It has above-average or even plus potential if he can refine his command of the offering. Brown has also infrequently thrown a firm, upper-80s changeup with arm-side fading life, but like his fastball and slider—he lacks feel for the pitch. Brown has significant reliever risk considering his control, but he does have bat-missing stuff if he can put it over the plate more consistently.
• Ranked #131 prospect in 2020 draft
  Brown checked basically every box you’d like to see out of a prep pitcher last summer. He showed a fastball in the 90-95 mph range, a swing-and-miss slider and a mid-80s changeup—all of which projected as above-average or better offerings with good control and a strong 6-foot-3, 210-pound frame. However, things were different early in the spring before the novel coronavirus shut down the baseball season. Scouts didn’t see the same Brown. He wasn’t throwing any of his offerings with the same ease. His fastball touched 95, but fell off quickly into the upper 80s and the breaking ball backed up as well, with Brown slowing down his arm action on the pitch. Teams have started questioning his athleticism and commented that he got a bit bulkier and stiffer this spring. He got hit much more frequently than he did over the summer, and without time to find his previously above-average stuff, it’s easier to see him getting to campus at Texas Christian. His control remained above-average, but he didn’t have the bat-missing stuff he showed previously. At his best, Brown showed a plus breaking ball with sharp biting action and impressive movement, with 2,500-2,800 rpm spin rate and a plus fastball, but he’ll need to work to reach that level again.