- Full name Ethan McElvain
- Born 10/01/2004 in Thompsons Station, TN
- Profile Ht.: 6'4" / Wt.: 210 / Bats: S / Throws: L
- School Nolensville (Tenn.) HS
Top Rankings
Draft Prospects
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School: Vanderbilt. Drafted: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 21.8
The top college pitcher in the class, McElvain has been deployed this year both as a midweek starter and reliever. He has a workhorse frame at 6-foot-4 and 241 pounds and features a mid-90s fastball that has been up to 96, a high-80s changeup and a high-70s-to-low-80s slider. McElvain attacks from a three-quarters slot and has a somewhat abbreviated arm stroke with present arm speed. Both his fastball and slider profile as swing-and-miss pitches, while his changeup is most likely to develop into a viable third pitch. However, his command can get erratic at times, which is something to monitor going forward. With the impending departure of the entire Vanderbilt rotation, McElvain will almost certainly be thrust into a weekend starter spot come 2025. -
School: Nolensville (Tenn.) HS Source: HS
Commit/Drafted: Vanderbilt
Age At Draft: 18.8
BA Grade:45/Extreme
Tools:Fastball: 55. Slider: 50. Changeup: 45. Control: 45.
McElvain has a great pitcher’s frame at 6-foot-4, 210 pounds and throws with an aggressive delivery that features solid arm speed, lots of length and a wrist wrap in the back of his arm stroke and a bit of effort in his finish. He throws a fastball in the low 90s that has touched 95 and uses a mid-70s breaking ball with two-plane break and good horizontal sweeping action that has been effective against both righties and lefties. McElvain has flashed a mid-80s changeup to righthanded hitters but it’s rarely used. McElvain has impressive size and stuff for a high school lefthander, but he was inconsistent this spring both in terms of his control and the quality of his breaking ball. When he’s not synced up, throwing strikes and getting on top of the breaking ball, he can look like a hard-throwing high school reliever. When he is finding the zone and the breaking ball looks crisp, it’s easier to dream on him being an impact lefthanded starter. McElvain is committed to Vanderbilt and is probably a bit of a split-camp pitching prospect who has exciting pure arm talent nonetheless.
