- Full name Cade Townsend
- Born 05/05/2005 in Aliso Viejo, CA
- Profile Ht.: 6'1" / Wt.: 182 / Bats: R / Throws: R
- School Santa Margarita Catholic High School
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School: Santa Margarita (Calif.) Catholic HS Committed: Ole Miss
Age At Draft: 19.2
A lean righthander with a 6-foot-2, 180-pound frame, Townsend has a few interesting traits now and exciting physical projection that could help everything he throws take a big jump forward in the near future. Townsend works from the third base side of the rubber and throws from a higher, three-quarters arm slot that is almost fully over the top and delivers the ball with solid arm speed and a bit of violence with a downer head whack. He pitches in the 88-92 mph range and has been up to 94 and his fastball has a bit of cutting action at times. He has advanced feel to spin a breaking ball, and will throw both an upper-70s slider and a mid-70s curveball that have above-average potential, though the pitches will blend together in shape at times. He spins both in the 2,500-3,000 rpm range, but showed better feel to land his downer curve inside the strike zone at the Area Code Games, though both pitches have swing and miss potential. Townsend also throws a mid-80s changeup that has some solid tumbling life at times, but he will slow his arm speed down as well. He is committed to Ole Miss.