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11/3/24

2025 Draft Prospect - Omar Serna, C/CIF, LSU recruit

 


https://www.prospectslive.com/prospects-live/2024/9/27/2025-risers-top-prep-hitters-whose-stock-keeps-rising?s=03 -

Omar Serna, C/CIF, LSU recruit

Next up in a long line of high-level catching prospects to commit to Jay Johnson’s Tigers, Serna offers an elite set of tools on both sides of the ball. He put on an excellent performance at the Area Code games towards the end of the summer, going 4-9 with two home runs, a double, and a triple in gameplay. Serna utilizes his lower half well in the box, sinking into it as he begins his forward move. He uses a medium leg kick as a timing mechanism, and when everything is synched up, the swing is a thing of beauty. 

However, he can occasionally run into timing issues, especially against spin, when he gets his front foot down too early. This impacts the fluidity of the swing at times, but he has strong enough hands and enough bat speed to get off a competitive swing still when he is not on time. The bat path is geared for loft, and he has no issue getting the ball in the air with authority and consistency. Behind the plate, Serna has outlier athleticism and arm strength which give him, potentially, the best catch and throw skills in the 25 class of catchers. 

He’s shown the ability to handle high-level arms with solid receiving and blocking throughout the summer circuit. For me, this is a power over hit catcher that will provide plenty of value behind the plate defensively.

 

https://www.perfectgame.org/Players/PlayerProfile.aspx?ID=786734

2023 Jr. National Showcase 

Omar Serna is a 2025 C/RHP/3B with a 6-2 225 lb. frame from Houston, TX who attends Dobie. Large, athletic frame with broad shoulders and present physical strength proportioned throughout. Primary catcher, gains ground coming out of the crouch with some explosiveness to actions, obvious arm strength and carry down to second base with accuracy to the bag, repeats actions and receives it well out front. Some bend at the waist in the infield, shows ability to change slots, arm strength across the diamond, will continue to refine actions. 

Also pitched, side step into a leg lift at the belt; long and loose arm action through the backside with present arm speed working to a high three-quarters release point. Short stride and lands online coming down the mound, fastball topped out at 94 mph and jumps out of hand. Lived low-90s, showed a mostly horizontal shaped slider up to 79 mph and able to land it in the zone. 

Right-handed hitter, begins with a high hand set and back elbow at the plate; utilizes a leg lift trigger for timing, looks to lift and shows serious strength at the point of impact. Long and loose stroke through the zone, gets the barrel head out front and made the field look very small at times, went out to deep, deep left-center and center field. 102 mph exit velocity in test. Loud tools across the board. Very good student. Verbal commitment to LSU.

 

https://lsu.rivals.com/news/tigers-nab-2025-catcher-out-of-the-lone-star-state -

Continuing its re-energizing of the LSU baseball program, the Tigers coaching staff recently picked up a commitment from one of the top prospects in Texas.

While he has yet to play a high school baseball game yet, Omar Serna is considered one of the top 2025 catchers in the country. The 6-1, 190-pound right-handed Serna is out of Dobie High School in Pearland chose the Tigers over in-state schools Texas and Texas A&M.

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