Commit/Drafted: North Carolina State
Age At Draft: 19
BA Grade:45/Extreme
Tools:Fastball: 55. Slider: 50. Changeup: 45. Control: 50.
Mako has a tall, gangly, ultra-projectable frame at 6-foot-6, 190 pounds, with long limbs and fast arm speed that produces a fastball that sits in the low 90s and has reached 94. It’s a lively fastball with good arm-side run from his three-quarter arm slot, and given how much space he has left to add weight to his frame, he could eventually be reaching the upper 90s. Mako shows feel for a slider at times with lateral break across the zone around 77-82 mph, with an occasional changeup mixed in as well. There’s still some rawness to Mako’s game, as like a lot of young, long-levered pitchers, he’s still learning to sync everything up to repeat his delivery consistently and throw strikes, but his athleticism should help him get there and his physical upside could help his stuff take off as he gets stronger. He was the most valuable pitcher at the WWBA Underclass World Championship in October, when he pitched in a playoff game and threw six scoreless innings and struck out 16 batters without allowing a hit or a walk. Mako is old for the class and if he makes it to campus at North Carolina State, he’ll be draft-eligible again in the 2025 class.
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