Maddux Bruns
Mack's spin -
Nice 4-pitch mix that includes a 95 fastball.
Projects to have three ++ pitches by the time he hits the next level.
I have him as my current 16th lefty on my board.
LHP 6-2 210 UMS-Wright Prep (AL)
3-30-21 - Prospects Worldwide -
86. LHP Maddux Bruns | School: UMS Wright Prep, AL | Commit: Mississippi State | B / T: L / L | Ht: 6’2 | Wt: 210lbs | Age: 19
Not many Left-handers can match Bruns upside on the mound. A 4-pitch mix with 2 breaking balls that each give hitters tough looks and gets some ugly swings in the process, each with plus spin rates. The heater works in the low-mid 90s and at times has touched up to 97 in short stints. Also working in a Changeup that needs some development but has a chance to be wrinkled in and play off the Fastball with improved arm speed and usage as he gets comfortable with it.
3-12-21 - top 50 HS players -
9. Maddux Bruns, LHP, UMS-Wright Prep, Mobile, Ala.
Bruns is a lefty who has a chance to have three plus pitches one day. He already runs his fastball to the mid-90s and throws a 12-to-6 curve and a hard power slider.
2-27-21 - https://www.maxpreps.com/news/GLOc9IV-DkGJ9WKbGyXewg/top-high-school-baseball-player-from-all-50-states.htm -
Top baseball player in all 50 states
Alabama
Maddux Bruns | UMS-Wright Prep (Mobile)
Got his junior season off to a strong start in 2020 as he struck out 15 in a win over defending 2019 state champion McGill-Toolen.
1-14-21 - Baseball America
Maddux Bruns
UMS-Wright Prep, Mobile, Ala. LHP
Ht: 6-1 | Wt: 210 | B-T: L-L
Commit/Drafted: Mississippi State
Age At Draft: 19.1
There’s plenty of stuff in the 2021 pitching class, but Bruns looks to be the cream of the crop in that department among lefthanders. The 6-foot-1, 210-pound Mississippi State commit wowed the scouting industry by showing three potential plus offerings. He ran his fastball up into the 96-97 mph range at its best, and also showed two sharp breaking balls. One is a 12-to-6 curveball in the mid 70s with plenty of depth. The other is a harder slider in the low 80s with power and late life. Bruns’ stuff plays well out of the hand, as he pitches with a high slot that creates plane and a crossfire delivery that adds deception. However, Bruns has consistently struggled to throw strikes regularly and scouts have significant concerns about his control and command moving forward. His control has been scattered in longer outings, and when runners reach evaluators have noted that Bruns doesn’t look as comfortable working from the stretch, which leads to questions about his athleticism. Those questions add to reliever risk, but if Bruns can improve his strikes, it’s hard to not like a prep lefty with his raw stuff and feel for spinning a breaking ball.
12-17-20 - mlb -
Q - Some high school players not on the Top 100 that could climb up boards?
Jim Callis: I'll tag-team on this question with non-Top 100 guys from my half of the country who could move up ... Alabama HS LHP Maddux Bruns (huge ceiling), Louisiana HS SS Peyton Stovall, South Carolina HS RHP Daniel Brooks, Mississippi LHP Doug Nikhazy (high floor guy).
11-11-20 - Prospects Live Top 300 Prospect List -
86. Maddux Bruns - LHP
Bio:
Height: 6-2
Weight: 210 lbs
Hits/Throws: L-L
Hometown: Saraland, AL
School: UMS-Wright Prep
Bruns has been a big riser this summer. The left-hander out of Alabama works 91-96, but settles mostly in the 92-94 range with great angle and plane that makes the heater tough to square up. He creates excellent extension and gets on hitters quickly only adding to the discomfort of standing in the box against Bruns. He mixed in a heavy downer breaking ball in the 79-82 mph range and a harder variation that's been labeled a cutter that topped out in the mid-80s. Command is the biggest question on Bruns right now. It's a high-upside arm with a big green arrow next to his name.
23. Maddux Bruns, LHP, UMS – Wright Prep (HS)
6-foot-2, 210-pound frame. Wiry kid with strength scattered throughout the frame. Fastball sat 93-94, touching 96 mph at Perfect Game’s National Showcase. Features advanced feel for a high-70s breaking ball with late, sharp action. Throws a harder cut-slider like pitch that moves horizontally in the 86-88 mph range. Uptick prospect that needs to hold velocity deeper into outings for him to truly skyrocket up lists, despite the obvious upside.
Talking Chop - Maddux Bruns, LHP, Alabama HS
Maddux Bruns is a somewhat debated prospect, particularly after being ranked the #2 overall prep prospect in this class by Baseball America. While everyone is in agreement that Bruns is a top prospect, there is definitely some debate on where he should be ranked. For me that comes in the second tier of arms, as the lefty isn’t the biggest or most projectable at 6’2, 210, and he will already be 19 years old on draft day- making him on the older side for the prep class in a day where being younger is definitely more valued by teams. Still Bruns is a lefty who sits in the mid 90s and has touched as high as 97 MPH, has a potentially plus slider and the makings of an at least above average curve. Bruns has premium stuff for a lefty, but he has a fairly limited run with this velocity after really seeing it pick up considerably this summer. Bruns, who is committed to Mississippi State, is the first guy on this list who still needs to keep proving himself to establish a track record, but he is on the way up.
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