- Full name Daniel Brooks
- Born 01/19/1999 in
- Profile Ht.: 6'8" / Wt.: 245 / Bats: R / Throws: R
- School Bishop England HS, Charleston, S.C.
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Brooks is a massive, 6-foot-8, 245-pound righthander who is one of the biggest prep players in the 2021 class. He took a big step forward last summer and impressed scouts at East Coast Pro by showing a fastball up to 94 mph and good strike-throwing ability as well. What was perhaps the most impressive sign of progress was an advanced curveball, which has terrific spin and 11-to-5 shape in the mid 70s. The pitch shows plenty of bite down and out of the zone and as he continues to learn how to land the pitch effectively it could be a chase pitch and an in-zone swing-and-miss offering. That new curveball upped his ceiling for many evaluators and Brooks has also thrown a slow changeup in the upper 70s that gives him a three-pitch mix. Brooks showed a pretty long arm action last summer but has shortened it up this spring and pitches out of a three-quarter slot with solid balance in his finish. He is committed to College of Charleston.
