IP | 81.2 |
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ERA | 4.41 |
WHIP | 1.15 |
BB/9 | 3.53 |
SO/9 | 11.57 |
- Full name Jackson Thomas Nezuh
- Born 02/11/2002 in St. Cloud, FL
- Profile Ht.: 6'1" / Wt.: 180 / Bats: R / Throws: R
- School Florida State
- Drafted in the 14th round (434th overall) by the Houston Astros in 2023 (signed for $150,000).
Top Rankings
Organization Prospect Rankings
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BA Grade/Risk: 45/High.
Track Record: A highly touted recruit who began his collegiate career with Florida State, Nezuh never made an impact with the Seminoles and transferred to Louisiana-Lafayette prior to his junior season and made 18 starts for the Ragin’ Cajuns but was hit hard, leading to a 6.00 ERA. The Astros took a shot on Nezuh in the 14th round and signed him for $150,000. Nezuh debuted in 2024 in Low-A, making 18 appearances prior to a promotion to High-A on July 23. Over 120.1 innings Nezuh pitched to a 8-6 record with a 3.89 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 151 strikeouts.
Scouting Report: Nezuh is an undersized righthander with a deep pitch mix and a prototypical pronation-dominant profile. His mix consists of a fastball, changeup, slider, curveball and cutter. Nezuh’s dominant pitches are a four-seam fastball in the low-90s with plus ride and a split-changeup that sits 79-80 mph. Nezuh’s four-seam fastball and changeup have over a 12 mph separation in velocity and a nearly three-degree separation in flight plane. This allows Nezuh’s changeup to be dominant, generating a 28.1% swinging strike rate. Nezuh’s trio of breaking balls in his low-80s slider, mid-to-high-80s cutter and mid-70s curveball were all hit hard in 2024. Nezuh throws an average number of strikes with all of his pitches and shows average command overall.
The Future: Nezuh should get his first taste of the upper-minors in 2025 and has a chance at developing into a back-of-the-rotation starter.
Scouting Grades: Fastball: 50 | Curveball: 40 | Slider: 45 | Changeup: 55 | Cutter: 45 | Control: 50.
Draft Prospects
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A 6-foot-2, 175-pound righthander committed to Florida, Nezuh has a solid three-pitch mix and good feel for pitching and throwing strikes. He throws with a clean delivery, despite lacking standout athleticism, but his stuff is closer to fringe-average across the board. He pitches mostly in the 89-91 mph range with his fastball, and pairs that offering with a slider and a changeup, which both could be average offerings, but need improvement to get there. Most scouts are inclined to let Nezuh get to campus at Gainesville, where he has all the tools to be a successful pitcher in the SEC, and see if his stuff takes a jump at some point in the next three years.