• Full name Jackson Thomas Humphries
  • Born 07/20/2004 in Cary, NC
  • Profile Ht.: 6'1" / Wt.: 200 / Bats: R / Throws: L
  • School Fuquay-Varina
  • Drafted in the 8th round (241st overall) by the Cleveland Guardians in 2022 (signed for $600,000).
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    Humphries is next in a long line of North Carolina prep lefthanders that includes Joshua Hartle, Liam Norris, Blake Walston, DJ Herz and MacKenzie Gore in just the last five years. A 6-foot-1, 208-pound southpaw, Humphries has a four-pitch mix, and this spring has gotten his fastball up into the mid 90s. He touched 95 mph at Prep Baseball Report’s Super 60 showcase in March and flashed a hard-biting slider in the low 80s. In addition to the slider, Humphries will also drop in a curveball in the upper 70s with more top-down shape and he rounds out his arsenal with a mid-80s changeup. Nothing Humphries throws is yet consistently above-average or plus, but his high-spin breaking balls both flash potential to get to that level with more consistency. He’ll occasionally let a breaking ball pop out of his hand and not stay fully on top, but it’s easy to see him improving in that area and he has plenty of raw spin (2,500-2,800 rpm) to work with. Some scouts want to see Humphries make it to campus at Campbell—which does a good job developing pitchers—while others believe he has top-five round stuff now.

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