Stevie Ledesma

Ledesma is a 6-foot-5 righthander who is one of the more appealing senior sign options in the region. After transferring in from Santa Barbara (Calif.) JC, Ledesma pitched out of the bullpen before moving to the rotation as a senior and becoming UCSB’s top starter, going 7-3, 2.87. Ledesma commands his 88-91 mph fastball to both sides of the plate, holds his velocity and uses it effectively to get ahead in the count. His slider is his best secondary and projects as an average pitch, and at midseason he introduced a splitter he showed the ability to bury with two strikes. Nothing Ledesma throws is better than average, but his command and secondaries have teams interested after the 10th round.