- Full name Drew Sanders Beam
- Born 02/14/2003 in Nashville, TN
- Profile Ht.: 6'4" / Wt.: 208 / Bats: R / Throws: R
- School Tennessee
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Drafted in the 3rd round (76th overall) by the Kansas City Royals in 2024 (signed for $1,097,500).
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School: Tennessee
Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 21.4
BA Grade: 50/High
Tools: Fastball: 50. Curveball: 50. Changeup: 50. Cutter: 45. Control: 60.
Beam has been one of college baseball’s most reliable and consistent starting pitchers over the last three seasons with Tennessee. He owns a 3.54 ERA through 48 starts and 249 innings with a 22% strikeout rate and 6.4% walk rate. Beam entered the Volunteers’ rotation on day one and never looked back, with only one outing in his career coming out of the bullpen. He has a lean 6-foot-4, 204-pound pitcher’s frame and advanced feel to land a deep pitch mix. Beam throws a four-seam fastball and two-seamer, both of which sit around 94 mph and will get up to 97-98 at peak. Neither fastball variety has been a huge bat-missing pitch. His go-to breaking ball is a low-80s curveball that often has slurve-like shape, and he’ll also throw a reliable mid-80s changeup that he has above-average feel to land for strikes. Beam will also flash a harder cutter in the upper 80s that he uses more often against righthanded hitters. Beam’s command is probably his best tool. He has always thrown quality strikes and helped himself by getting ahead in counts. He’s one of the best strike-throwers in the class and is a safe bet to be a big league starter in some capacity, though his upside is more limited until he figures out a secondary pitch that can help him miss more bats. He could sneak into the back of the first round or fit as a solid second-round talent.
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School: Tennessee Committed: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 21.4
Beam established himself as one of college baseball’s most reliable starting pitchers in his first two seasons with Tennessee. In 32 starts and 160.1 innings, the 6-foot-4, 208-pound righthander posted a 3.20 ERA with a 22.5% strikeout rate and 6.7% walk rate. He has a starter’s frame and deep pitch mix that includes five different pitches, though he primarily relies on a fastball, curveball and changeup. He averages 93-94 mph on the fastball and has been up to 98 and he does an excellent job moving the pitch around the zone to set up the rest of his arsenal. His 78-82 mph curveball is his go-to swing and miss pitch and has above-average potential, as does his mid-80s changeup. Beam has also mixed in a slider and a cutter. He has a prototypical starter build and above-average command that should make him one of the safer college pitching options in the 2024 class.
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Career Transactions
- RHP Drew Beam assigned to Tennessee Volunteers.
