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Ventura, Calif. - The Uncommitted Spotlight Series continues as we forge ahead in the 2024-2025 school year and the looming JR. High School baseball season for our '26 class. With than in mind Prep Baseball California is highlighting some of the top uncommitted class of '26 athletes. The player featured today is one of the top players in the state of California and figures prominently in our Class of 2026 Rankings. All players featured within our Uncommitted Spotlight series are ones that college coaches and fans should be keeping their eyes on over the coming months.

We invite you to get to know them through the eyes of our Prep Baseball California staff of scouts both through our in person looks at players and/or the data-backed numbers collected at our events with our partnered companies. TrackMan, Blast Motion, and Swift Performance provide comparable data to project and evaluate players. All of these systems come together to give a clear picture at what colleges will get when a players steps onto their campus.

Today, we put the spotlight on the number 54 ranked player in the 2026 class in SoCal '26 RHP Declan Fitzgerald from Fullerton High School. Fitzgerald catches your attention with an athletic frame at 6'3 190 lbs. with length and wiry present strength that projects to fill out as he matures. He put together an outstanding spring season for the Fullerton program which he carried into a summer in which the righthander made plenty of noise. 

Fitzgerald has a prototype pitcher body which he combines with an emerging arsenal that shows present power, quality and feel for the strike zone with room to continue adding to as he matures. With an easy operation to his delivery that moves down the mound with athleticism and ability to repeat while showing quickness on his arm speed which borders on being fast and shows the ability to block on his front side that helps to maintain direction through the delivery. Attending the Future Games Tryout: Orange County Fitzgerald put together a very strong performance with a FB that sat at 88-89 while touching 90 MPH while spinning an impressive SLD at 74-76 MPH with borderline elite spin rates above 2800 RPMs and a second borderline elite spin CB at 71-74 with spin above 2900 RPMs. He then backed up his showing at that event with a pair of really good looks on the Area Code stage (Brewers Tryout and AC Underclass Games). At AC Underclass Games Fitzgerald hit 92 MPH with his FB while sitting 89-91 and dropped in both of his high potential breaking balls while flashing feel for an emerging low 80's CHG. 

As he prepares for his JR. campaign at a solid Fullerton program which looks to be in the mix for a strong 2025 season on the Southern California high school baseball scene. The arrow signs for Fitzgerald are pointed way up as he contineus to improve/polish his overall package of tools and in game performance with one of the more intriguing profiles in SoCal for the '26 class. 

College coaches and fans be sure to click on Fitzgerald's profile to see full video and information.