During his first season at Oregon State,
Ethan Kleinch showed the ability to fill
up the strike zone with three pitches.
While he won't overwhelm anyone with
pure stuff, he makes up for it with
movement and feel for pitching. His fast
ball typically sat in the 90 to 93 mph
range in 2025, topping out at 95 with
good tailing life, and scouts wonder
what an uptick in velocity might do for
his profile. Allow Red Sox lefty
Connelly Early. He has good rotation and
depth with his upper 70s slurvy slider
to go along with decent feel and
deception with his low80s change up.
Early's step forward stuff-wise came
with added strength and there's the
potential for Klein Schmidt to go in
that direction, especially once he gets
into pro ball. He has a solid starting
pitcher foundation with his pitch mix
and an ability to be around the zone.
And if he manages to find more in the
tank this spring, he'll be on a more
upward trajectory on draft boards.