Jack Dashwood

Dashwood redshirted his freshman year at UC Santa Barbara after having Tommy John surgery, but returned to spend the last two seasons as a reliable starter in the Gauchos’ rotation. Dashwood is physically huge at 6-foot-6, 240 pounds. He pitches at 88-90 mph and ramps up to 92-93 mph with a fastball he moves around the strike zone. Dashwood’s slicing breaking ball tunnels well off his fastball and shows good depth. He throws everything for strikes despite his big body and demonstrates impressive pitchability and toughness, staying composed in adverse conditions. Dashwood’s upright delivery isn’t particularly functional and his stuff is a little short to project as a starter, but evaluators think his fastball could tick up out of the bullpen and like him as a potential lefthanded reliever.