- Full name James Tristan Smith
- Born 05/25/2003 in Spartanburg, SC
- Profile Ht.: 6'2" / Wt.: 200 / Bats: R / Throws: L
- School Boiling Springs
Top Rankings
Draft Prospects
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School: Boiling Springs HS, Spartanburg, S.C. Committed/Drafted: Clemson
Age At Draft: 19.2
BA Grade: 55/Extreme
Scouting Grades: Fastball: 55 | Curveball: 60 | Slider: - | Changeup: 40 | Cutter: | Control: 45
Smith dominated at Perfect Game’s National showcase last summer, pitching two perfect innings and striking out every batter he faced. He’s an average sized lefthander—listed at 6-foot-1, 202 pounds—but scouts saw some of the best pure stuff from any southpaw out of his hand last summer. He has a fastball that runs into the mid 90s at best and pairs it with a sharp and biting two-plane breaking ball in the 79-81 mph range. When he’s landing that pitch it has proven to be almost unhittable for prep hitters—both in the zone as a swing-and-miss offering and as a chase pitch that draws bad swings below the zone. While his stuff is electric when he’s throwing strikes, control has been an issue for Smith this spring and for those who scouted him as an underclassman. Because of that scattered control, and the fact that he rarely throws a changeup, there are scouts who think he has plenty of reliever risk. Smith is committed to Clemson.
