On
12-5-24, MLB.com posted their top 100 prospects in the upcoming draft.
Beginning 2-2-25, we will post it in backward order, ending with the pick for
1.1
https://www.mlb.com/prospects/2025/draft/
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#99 RHP Christian
Foutch
20/yrs old 6'
3" WT
230
Scouting
grades: Fastball: 65 | Cutter: 60 | Splitter: 60 | Control: 45 | Overall:
45
Colorado's
top prep pitching prospect in 2022, Foutch turned down overtures from pro teams
to attend Arkansas. He spent his first two college seasons as a reliever while
displaying some of the best stuff on loaded staffs. The Razorbacks' abundance
of rotation options likely will keep him in the bullpen this spring, but he
could be the first reliever selected in July.
Foutch
can make hitters look bad with three different pitches that each grade as
well-above-average at their best, beginning with a fastball that parks at 96-98
mph and peaks at 101, though it features lackluster life. After favoring a
mid-80s slider in the past, he's now using a low-90s cutter that creates some
terrible swings. So does his upper-80s splitter that tumbles at the plate when
it's on.
Foutch
needs to command his heater better because it gets whacked when he doesn't. He
also must improve his strike-throwing with his cutter and splitter because
they're unhittable when he lands them in the zone -- but he doesn't do so
enough. He operates exclusively out of the stretch and has to prove his
durability after missing time in his first two seasons and getting shut down in
the Cape Cod League last summer.
1-22-25 –
Just Baseball: 2025 MLB Draft – Top 80 College Prospects
https://www.justbaseball.com/college/mlb-draft-top-college-prospects/?s=03
61. Christian Foutch – RHP
HT/WT: 6’3/230 | Bat/Throw: R/R | School: Arkansas | Age:
21.6
Primarily a reliever for Arkansas this spring, Foutch is a
massive human being with extremely broad shoulders and strength throughout his
frame. There’s a lot to like with his durable frame, delivery, and pure stuff,
giving him enough to see a starting role in the near future.
Foutch has an easy and deceptive delivery from the right
side, hiding the ball well and putting his body into sound positions down the
mound.
As a result, he’s able to throw extremely hard, touching
triple digits on several occasions. Foutch relies on the heater heavily,
sitting in the upper-90s with a ton of running life and some sink. He has feel
to command it upstairs for whiffs, but it’s a pitch designed to create firewood
and induce grounders.
Secondary command is a work-in-progress, though both the
slider and splitter flash upside. The slider has firm gyro shape in the mid-80s
and the splitter dives away from barrels hard with excellent separation off the
heat. If the command comes, expect Foutch to go high.
https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/christian-foutch/
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Sophomore
(2024)
» Spring
SEC Academic Honor Roll
Made 20
relief appearances during sophomore campaign … Posted a 1-0 record with a 0.81
ERA, 20 strikeouts and one save in 22.1 innings of work … Allowed just two runs
(both earned) on 19 hits and seven walks all year … In SEC play, logged a 0.75
ERA and one save in 12.0 innings over 10 appearances … Struck out six and
allowed just one run on nine hits and three walks in league action … Finished
the season with the lowest ERA by a Razorback pitcher to appear in at least 20
percent of the team’s games since RHP Kevin Kopps recorded a 0.90 ERA in 89.2
innings over 33 appearances in 2021 … Following the season, earned an invite to
the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp.
Freshman
(2023)
»
First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Made 14
appearances on the mound as a true freshman … Finished with a 1-0 record, an
8.76 ERA and nine strikeouts in 12.1 innings of work … In SEC play, made seven
appearances in relief … Posted a 6.35 ERA with four strikeouts in 5.2 innings …
Held conference opponents to a .260 batting average … Made his collegiate debut
against Louisiana Tech (March 12), striking out one in a scoreless inning … SEC
debut came at #1 LSU (March 25) … Threw a scoreless frame against the Tigers …
Went a season-long two innings at Ole Miss (April 7), punching out a
season-high two batters … Tossed a scoreless inning with a strikeout against
#16 Tennessee (April 16), helping Arkansas secure a series sweep … Matched his
season highs in innings pitched (2.0) and strikeouts (2) in a relief appearance
against UCA (April 18), earning his first collegiate win in the process.
High
School
Attended
Chatfield Senior High School in Littleton, Colo. … Ranked by Perfect Game as
the No. 168 overall prospect and the No. 46 right-handed pitcher in the class
of 2022 … No. 2 overall prospect and No. 1 right-handed pitcher in the state of
Colorado by Perfect Game … Ranked by Prep Baseball Report as the No. 208
overall prospect and the No. 66 right-handed pitcher in the class of 2022 … No.
2 overall prospect and No. 1 right-handed pitcher Colorado by Prep Baseball
Report … No. 299 on Perfect Game’s Top 300 2022 MLB Draft Board … 2022 Perfect
Game Preseason All-American – West All-Region First Team … 2021 Perfect Game
Preseason Underclass All-American – West All-Region First Team.
Right-handed
pitcher Christian Foutch had a dominant sophomore season on the hill for
Arkansas out of the bullpen. With freshman righty Gabe Gaeckle, who picked up a
team-high seven saves this year, moving into a starting role, Foutch could
assume the role as the Razorbacks' closer next season.
Foutch
made 20 relief appearances on the mound for the Hogs while posting a 1-0 record
with just two runs allowed in 22.1 innings of work for an extremely low ERA of
0.81. He struck out 20 batters and picked up a save on April 27 against
Florida.
Foutch
recorded the final out of the game against the Gators with runners on first and
second to help the Razorbacks secure a 6-5 win. The Littleton (Colo.) native
struck out Brody Donay on a full count to end the game and was throwing his
fastball in the 100-miles-per-hour range in the series-clinching victory.
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