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1.27. Carson Tinney – C
HT/WT: 6’3/220 | Bat/Throw: R/R | School: Texas | Hometown:
Castle Pines, CO | Projected Age: 21.3
Tinney’s journey through collegiate baseball has been a
unique one to date. Originally from Colorado, Tinney ventured to Notre Dame to
start his career, but a torn ACL in 2024 kept him sidelined.
He had some struggles to start 2025, but he became one of
the hottest bats in the country during the second half. After falling short of
the postseason, Tinney is now at Texas, where he’ll replace Rylan Galvan for
the Longhorns.
Tinney’s power is among the best in the country, grading out
as potentially double-plus at the next level. There’s a lot of pure strength in
his frame, but Tinney generates solid bat speed and leverage in his swing. He
hits the stitches off the baseball routinely, plus his ability to pull the
baseball in the air is a huge plus. He’s a guy who will mash mistakes.
The hit tool will lag behind the power, admittedly. He’s a
patient hitter with the ability to draw a copious amount of walks, and he
handles velocity decently, but he struggles to adjust to off-speed pitches and
runs high whiff rates on them. Even if Tinney is a .220 hitter, odds are that
Tinney is capable of hammering 30+ home runs. That’s still valuable.
Behind the plate, Tinney has an incredibly strong arm and
throws out runners consistently. He can be slow out of the crouch, which is a
problem that plagues larger backstops, though the arm strength helps ease those
woes. Hunter Goodman is an easy comparison to make here, and it’s certainly a
plausible outcome.
3.91 - Jacob Bean – RHP
HT/WT: 6’3/185 | Bat/Throw: R/R | School: Louisville |
Hometown: Middlefield, OH | Projected Age: 21.2
After pitching sparingly as a freshman, Bean made fifteen
starts for Kent State in 2025, posting a 4.20 ERA across 75 total innings. He
turned that success into a commitment to Louisville, where he’ll face a big
test in the ACC as a part of the Cardinals’ rotation in 2026.
At 6-foot-3, 185 pounds, Bean is roughly how you draw them
up. It’s a long, projectable body with fantastic athleticism on the bump,
moving freely with a whippy right arm and excellent extension. He gets his arm
on time with big scapular retraction, and while there’s some violence at
release, it hasn’t affected his strike-throwing ability much.
The fastball isn’t a big bat-misser, but an uptick in
velocity may unlock another gear for him. Bean tends to sit in the 90-93 MPH
range, reaching back for 95-96 MPH when he needs it. The pitch shape can fall
into the “dead-zone” bucket at times, though he’s shown the ability to generate
quality carry with moderate tail through the zone.
His mid-80s curveball is the moneymaker, though. While he
doesn’t post elite spin rates, it’s a true hammer with immense depth and
sweeping action. He’s still learning to harness it and land it for strikes
regularly, but it’s a plus pitch with some shape manipulation. He kills spin on
a low-80s change-up that features a ton of depth and fading action, too.
There will be a need for some additional polish, especially
with his fastball and change-up, but there aren’t many breaking balls better
than Bean’s.
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