- Full name J.B. Middleton
- Born 11/24/2003 in
- Profile Ht.: 6'0" / Wt.: 172 / Bats: R / Throws: R
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School: Southern Mississippi Drafted/Committed: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 21.6
Middleton pitched primarily as a reliever in his first two seasons with Southern Miss before stepping into a starting role in 2025. An undersized righty, Middleton is listed at 6-feet, 180 pounds and throws from a high three-quarters slot with quick arm speed. Middleton’s fastball sits in the 93-95 mph range and will get up to 97 at peak with solid riding life. Against righties he’s almost entirely a fastball/slider pitcher, but against lefties he dials up his firm, upper-80s changeup usage. The slider is a hard, upper-80s breaking ball with gyro shape that occasionally flashes a cutter look when it crosses the 90 mph threshold and looks like an above-average pitch. While his changeup lacks much in the way of velocity separation, it has been a solid bat-misser at times, but Middleton’s consistency and feel for the pitch needs to improve. To start in pro ball he’ll need to sharpen his control, which is often fringy.
