- Full name Cole John Kitchen
- Born 10/07/2000 in Tarzana, CA
- Profile Ht.: 5'11" / Wt.: 200 / Bats: L / Throws: R
- School Santa Clara
Top Rankings
Draft Prospects
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School: Santa Clara Source: 4YR
Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 22.8
Kitchen is a short and filled-out righthander with a 5-foot-11, 200-pound frame who has been a reliable arm for Santa Clara for four straight seasons. Kitchen ranked as the No. 435 prospect in the 2022 class after posting a 4.35 ERA over 14 starts and 72.1 innings and essentially replicated that season in 2023. He posted a 4.20 ERA over 16 starts and 81.1 innings with a nearly identical 10.5% walk rate, though his strikeout rate fell significantly, from 30.4% to 19.3%. He continued to throw his fastball in the low 90s and touch 94 with the pitch, which has good carry and is thrown from a lower-than-average release height, but the pitch generated fewer whiffs than it did in 2022. He did add more power to a slider that is now in the low 80s with around eight inches of horizontal break and will also mix in a mid-80s changeup. -
School: Santa Clara Committed/Drafted: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 21.8
A short righthander listed at 5-foot-11, 200 pounds, Kitchen doesn’t have a plus pitch, but he racked up plenty of strikeouts this spring with Santa Clara in his first season as a full-time starter. Kitchen posted a 4.35 ERA over 14 starts and 72.1 innings, with 101 strikeouts (30.8 K%) and 32 walks (9.8 BB%). He throws a fastball around 90 mph that has solid carry and touches 94-95 at peak, as well as a slower slider in the upper 70s and a low 80s changeup.
