Ruger Riojas

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #33 prospect in 2026 draft
  School: Texas. Committed/Drafted: Never Drafted. Age At Draft: 23.0.
  
  Riojas became a trusted starter with Texas in 2025, where he ranked as the No. 322 prospect in the class, and then leveled up once again in 2026. He came out throwing harder, with a fastball sitting in the 95-96 mph range and topping at 98, while maintaining the same polished strike-throwing he’d shown throughout his career. A 6-foot, 195-pound righthander, Riojas rounds out his arsenal with an upper-80s cutter, mid-80s splitter and a slider and curveball in the low 80s. He’s a priority senior target who fits in the first three rounds of the draft.
• Ranked #57 prospect in 2026 draft
  School: Texas. Committed/Drafted: Never Drafted. Age At Draft: 23.0.
  
  Riojas became a trusted starter with Texas in 2025, where he ranked as the No. 322 prospect in the class, and then leveled up once again in 2026. He came out throwing harder, with a fastball sitting in the 95-96 mph range and topping at 98, while maintaining the same polished strike-throwing he’d shown throughout his career. A 6-foot, 195-pound righthander, Riojas rounds out his arsenal with an upper-80s cutter, mid-80s splitter and a slider and curveball in the low 80s. He’s a priority senior target who fits in the first three rounds of the draft.
• Ranked #324 prospect in 2025 draft
  School: Texas Drafted/Committed: Never Drafted
  Age At Draft: 22.0
  
  Riojas pitched as a high-usage reliever for Texas-San Antonio for two seasons before transferring to Texas in 2025. He emerged as a trusted weekend option for the Longhorns, even filling in as the Friday night starter after Jared Spencer’s injury. The 6-foot, 190-pound righthander was quite reliable for most of the season but faded down the stretch, allowing 25 earned runs over his final four outings. Riojas is a polished strike-thrower with advanced feel for a four-pitch mix. His fastball sits around 93 mph but will touch 96 with decent carry. He also uses a short mid-80s slider, a slower top-down curveball around 80 mph and a mid-80s changeup that he can manipulate to look more like a splitter at times. Even without a true plus pitch, Riojas understood how to use his arsenal to navigate at-bats and generate a solid amount of swing-and-miss against a tough schedule. That pitchability should give him a chance to begin his career as a starter in pro ball and pursue a ceiling as a back-of-the-rotation starter in the big leagues.