Jaden
Alberson

6-foot-1, 177-pound frame, athletic and trim build. Athletic mover, high/flexible leg-lift into balance point, coils his upper-half into his back hip before firing down the mound, works in-line. Loose and whippy arm action, high ¾ slot with arm-speed. Impressed throughout his ‘pen with a high-spin arsenal, starting with his fastball that sat around 86-88 mph, boasting over 2,600 rpm at times with carry traits. Both of his breaking balls have well above-average spin, starting with the curveball that showed some slurvy action and depth with an 11/4 shape, landing it for strikes at 72-73 mph. Slider has a similar shape to the curveball but plays with slightly more lateral action, 74-75 mph (T2975 rpm). His final offering was a changeup in the 78-79 mph range, playing mostly straight through the zone.

+ One of the most interesting looks during Thursday’s scout day was provided by RHP/OF Jaden Alberson (Elk Grove, 2022; IL). To start his day, Alberson registered a 7.09 in the 60-yard dash in which he reached a top speed of 19.3 mph, per our Swift lasers. Then, during BP Alberson marked exit velocities as high as 90.2 mph and averaged 86.7 mph from the right-side. Alberson would then hop on the mound where he was arguably even more impressive. On the bump, Alberson is a clean and athletic mover, pairing it with a loose arm action that produced fastball highs of 86.4 mph. One of the more noteworthy metrics of his fastball was that it featured big carry through the zone, over 20” of vertical break at its peak and averaged 18.5”, all while spinning at over 2,500 RPM on average. His innate feel to spin transferred over to both of his breaking balls; the first being a low-70s slider that averaged 2,875 RPM and played with over 16” of horizontal movement. His curveball was equally impressive, throwing it in high-60s and spinning at nearly 2,700 RPM on average. He rounded out his four-pitch mix with a mid-70s changeup that played with run and occasional depth.