We are well past the halfway point of the NCAA Baseball regular season. The rankings are narrowing out throughout the nation, and players are developing. Pitching is one of the most important aspects of a team; many pitchers are proving their dominance as well as breaking out this season. Here is a look at some of the best pitchers going into Week 10.
Top 10 Pitchers in College Baseball
10. Chase Shores, RHP (LSU)
The LSU pitcher going under his 2nd season has thrown 38.2 IP through nine GS. He is averaging about 4.89 H per start with a 5-2 record and a 5.12 ERA
9. AJ Russell, RHP (Tennessee)
Spoiler Alert: This won’t be the last pitcher from Tennessee you see on this list. Coming off of Tommy John surgery, he seems to be recovering well as they are limiting his IP. Playing 4.0 innings this season, and he has not given up a single run and has struck out seven batters.
8. Riley Quick, RHP (Alabama)
Quick is a phenomenal pitcher whose stats look great. He is posting a 3.13 ERA and a 1.232 WHIP. However, he is not able to pitch as many innings, averaging just under four innings per start this season.
7. Marcus Phillips, RHP (Tennessee)
A young pitcher who is new to being a starter in the SEC (11 GS, 9 this season). As he gets experience from his teammate Liam Doyle, he is giving up fewer runs compared to last season (3.30 this season compared to last season’s 4.95).
6. Patrick Forbes, RHP (Louisville)
Even though Forbes gives up many earned runs (4.36 ERA) and allows a lot of walks and hits (1.315 WHIP), it’s hard to swing at his arsenal as he averages 14.3 SO/9IP this season.
5. Liam Doyle, LHP (Tennessee).
Now having his breakout season, Doyle, with just nine starts, is posting an impressive 16.8 strikeouts per nine innings. It seems he is getting into his groove after his previous two seasons at the college level, during which he had a 5.51 ERA playing for Mississippi and Coastal Carolina.
4. Tyler Bremner, RHP (UC Santa Barbara)
Bremner is not the only pitcher projected to go top five in this year’s MLB draft. Through 28 GP, Bremner has a 3.38 ERA and a 0.983 WHIP. He looks to have a lot of potential but he does not have as much experience as a starter only having 26 games started through three season in the college level.
What doesn’t rank him higher is that he does not pitch in the SEC.
3. Kade Anderson, LHP (LSU)
One of the best prospects at the college level. Anderson is only 20 years old and has played two seasons at LSU. In those two seasons, he has played 18 games as a starter and has struck out 81 batters in 51.2 IP. He also has the arm strength coming off a 135-pitch complete game shutout against Oklahoma.
Anderson has a lot of potential in the coming years as a starter for the Tigers.
2. Kyson Witherspoon, RHP (Oklahoma)
This season Witherspoon has nine starts under his belt posting a 2.08 ERA, 0.885 WHIP. He has a fastball and a slider that make batters look a fool of themselves. He’s had more experience as a starter than Anderson and has a 6-2 record for Oklahoma.
1. Jamie Arnold, LHP (Florida St.)
This season, Arnold is pitching an impressive 2.40 ERA through 41.1 IP. Through his last two seasons with the Seminoles, he has really shown some solid stats as a starter.
Pitching 27 games (26 as a starter), he put up 2.69 ERA and 1.033 WHIP through 147 IP. Posting these stats in the SEC, which is, in my opinion, the best conference in college baseball, shows tremendous talent.
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He is a projected top-five prospect in the 2025 MLB Pipeline mock draft and could be the first pitcher off the board.
Many of these pitchers are just getting started in the NCAA or finishing off their college career and getting ready for the MLB. All of them show a large amount of potential playing the sport and continue to develop.
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