Zander Mueth

School: Belleville Township East HS, Illinois Source: HS

Commit/Drafted: Mississippi
Age At Draft: 18.1
BA Grade:50/Extreme
Tools:Fastball: 60. Slider: 55. Changeup: 55. Control: 45.

The Mississippi commit wowed scouts as an underclassman thanks to impressive arm speed and fastball velocity that has continued to tick up over the past year and a half. With plenty of physical projection remaining on his 6-foot-6, 210-pound frame, Mueth makes for an extremely difficult at-bat for opposing hitters. He moves quickly with great arm speed and releases the ball from a lower, three-quarter slot that is fully sidearm at times. This spring, Mueth would sit 95-97 early, before settling into the 92-95 mph range as his pitch count increased. On top of velocity, Mueth gets heavy arm-side run and sink on his fastball, which makes the pitch difficult to square up and generates whiffs and weak groundball contact. Mueth throws a sweeping, 80-84 mph slider that has the potential to serve as a putaway pitch, and his mid-80s changeup will flash plus due to its heavy dropping action as it approaches the plate. He needs to improve his command and consistency at the next level, as his control would come and go at times. When he was synced up and filling the zone he looked dominant against high school competition and has the sort of physicality that would make additional velocity and power unsurprising in a few years. Mueth is also young for the class and turns 18 just a month before the draft.