- Full name RJ Cope
- Born 03/06/2007 in
- Profile Ht.: 6'8" / Wt.: 240 / Bats: L / Throws: L
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School: Georgia Premier Academy, Statesboro, Ga. Committed: Vanderbilt. Age At Draft: 19.3.
Cope is 6-foot-8, 240 pounds, so he stands out as soon as he walks on the field. He touches 92 mph with his tailing fastball and gives hitters an uncomfortable at-bat with long arms and legs flying at them in his funky mechanics. He’s on the older side of the 2026 class but there should be more velocity in the tank once he streamlines his delivery. Cope throws a curveball, but it’s his changeup that’s his most promising offspeed pitch. It’s a deceptive changeup with around 10 mph of separation off his fastball, giving him a weapon to generate empty swings or weak contact. Cope is a two-way player as a first baseman with big bat speed, huge raw power and loft in his stroke, though with swing-and-miss that’s going to come with any hitter his size. He gives his infielders a huge margin for error with his size at first base.
