- Full name Reagan Ricken
- Born 10/05/2006 in
- Profile Ht.: 6'5" / Wt.: 220 / Bats: R / Throws: R
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Draft Prospects
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School: Great Oak HS, Temecula, Calif. Drafted/Committed: LSU
Age At Draft: 18.8
BA Grade: 45/Extreme
Reagan has a big league pitcher’s frame at 6-foot-5, 220 pounds and has multi-sport athleticism and pro bloodlines. He’s also a quarterback for his Great Oak High football team and his father, Ray, was a fifth-round draft pick by the Yankees in 1994 who played six minor league seasons. Reagan has a starter look on the mound and has done a nice job removing some of the effort and moving parts in his delivery over the last year or so. He’s begun filling out his frame and this spring showed much more balance in his delivery. Ricken throws his fastball in the low 90s and has touched 95-96 with solid armside run. He’s done a nice job landing the pitch for strikes at a solid clip to set up a trio of secondaries. He has a slider that gets into the mid 80s and a curveball in the 78-82 mph range—both of which have a chance to become average or better offerings. Ricken also has an upper-80s changeup that could become a viable fourth pitch once he learns to control it with more consistency. With more of a starter look this spring compared to last summer, Ricken checks a lot of boxes as a prep righty who should throw quite hard in the future. He’s committed to LSU and could be a tough sign, but has been seen plenty this spring alongside teammate and potential first-rounder Gavin Fien.
Scouting Grades: Fastball: 55 | Slider: 55 | Curveball: 50 | Changeup: 45 | Control: 50. -
School: Great Oak HS, Temecula, Calif. Committed: LSU
Age At Draft: 18.8
Ricken has a tall, projectable 6-foot-5 frame and pitches off a fastball that can hit 95 mph with a starter look. It has good armside run and he should have more velocity in the tank. His fastball is his best pitch but he has a solid set of secondary stuff for his age, including a low-80s slider and a changeup that comes out firm in the upper-80s but has good horizontal movement.
