Matt Scott

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #94 prospect in 2026 draft
  School:Georgia Age At Draft: 22.5
  
  Drafted: Rangers ’22 (20)
  
  Scott has been a highly-touted prospect dating back to his days as a prepster. He was never able to put it all together during his three seasons at Stanford, however, and this spring he pitched to a 6.02 ERA with a modest 56 strikeouts across 52.1 innings. Scott proceeded to enter the transfer portal and eventually committed to Georgia, where he’ll look to make an impact as a weekend starter. Scott has an extra-large, workhorse frame and stands at an impressive 6-foot-7 and 245 pounds with serious physicality. He has an under control delivery that he repeats well. Scott’s mid-to-high-80s gyro slider is an above-average offering that is effective against both right and lefthanded hitters. It’s a pitch for which he has an advanced feel, and he’s shown the ability to manipulate its shape. Scott’s low-80s split-change is a plus offering that’s a big-time weapon against lefthanded hitters. He does an excellent job of killing spin on it, and it essentially falls off a table as it approaches the plate. The most alarming trend with Scott during his time at Stanford was been the regression of his fastball quality. This spring, he averaged just 91.1 mph on the pitch, and it generated a sub-20% miss rate. While it still flashes riding life in the top half of the zone, it was not nearly as impressive in 2025 as it was the prior season.
• Ranked #106 prospect in 2025 draft
  School: Stanford Drafted/Committed: Rangers ’22 (20)
  Age At Draft: 21.5
  
  BA Grade: 45/High
  
  Scott’s talent and potential were never reflected in his results in three years at Stanford. As a junior in 2025 he pitched to a career-worst 6.02 ERA with 56 strikeouts to 22 walks over 52.1 innings and raised his career ERA to 5.69 over 199.1 frames. Listed at 6-foot-7, 245 pounds, Scott has a durable frame with a thick lower half and works from a simple delivery with a high three-quarters slot. His stuff took a step back in 2025, particularly his fastball which lost two ticks of velocity on average and topped out at 95 after reaching 98 in 2024. At its best, Scott’s fastball has elite riding life and is most effective at the top of the zone, though that riding life also backed up in 2025 as Scott seemed to be toying with his fastball shapes. He also features a mid-80s slider that flashes late sweep and depth with plus potential, a low-80s split-changeup that has about 10 mph of separation from his fastball with heavy tumbling action and arm-side fade and an upper-80s cutter that he almost exclusively threw to righthanded hitters and performed well. Scott has always shown solid control, if not excellent command, and could be viewed by many teams as an enticing arm talent with exciting stuff who could take a step forward with a few tweaks in pro ball. After entering the spring as a potential first rounder, Scott fits better in the 3-5 round range.
  
  Scouting Grades: Fastball: 55 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 55 | Cutter: 55 | Control: 45.
• Ranked #16 prospect in 2025 draft
  School: Stanford Committed/Drafted: Rangers ’22 (20)
  Age At Draft: 21.5
  
  BA Grade/Risk: 50/High
  
  Scott pitched to a 5.10 ERA with 62 strikeouts across 67 innings as a freshman in 2023. He followed up with a 2024 season with a 5.96 ERA but collected 103 strikeouts across 80 innings. Scott has a durable, workhorse frame at 6-foot-7, 247 pounds with a thick lower half and serious physicality. He keeps his delivery under control and repeats it well. His fastball has been up to 98 mph with elite riding life, but he often pitches down in the zone where the heater doesn’t play as well and gets hit around. Scott also features a low-80s split-changeup that has about 11 mph of separation from his fastball with heavy tumbling action and arm-side fade. His mid-80s slider flashes late sweeping life and a touch of depth, and has the potential to be a plus pitch. It is an effective breaking that is difficult to get the barrel on. Scott’s stuff is better than his performance and big league clubs are hopeful that sharpened command or a tweaked approach could unlock more at the next level.
  
  Scouting Grades Fastball: 60 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 55 | Control: 45
• Ranked #166 prospect in 2022 draft
  School: Joel Barlow HS, Redding, Conn. Committed/Drafted: Stanford
  Age At Draft: 18.5
  BA Grade: 40/Extreme
  Scouting Grades: Fastball: 50 | Curveball: - | Slider: 50 | Changeup: 45 | Cutter: | Control: 50
  Scott is a Stanford commit, which many scouts believe will be difficult to pry him away from. The talk in the area is that a local team could be an exception, with several area scouts pointing to the Yankees as a potential landing spot and a team that has been in heavily to see him. He’s a strongly-built 6-foot-6, 230-pound righthander, with a relatively easy operation from a smooth delivery that gives him a starter’s look. For a teenage pitcher his size, Scott is able to sync up his delivery well and stay under control, with a more compact arm action this year that has helped his timing. His velocity has ticked up, too, as he now sits in the low 90s and has reached 95 mph. He doesn’t have a knockout secondary pitch, but his slider has improved this spring, flashing average at times with power behind it at 83-87 mph, and it’s ahead of his changeup. Scouts are split on whether there’s more velocity coming for Scott, but his starter traits and upward progression this spring make him one of the more intriguing Northeast prep arms.