Richie
Swain

Arguably the biggest winner on the mound from this entire summer, RHP Richie Swain (Timberland, 2025) debuts at 16th in this update. The 6-foot-3, 175-pound Swain has one of the highest ceilings in the class and showed exactly that twice at Creekside this summer. He fired his fastball at 84-86 mph, touching 87 mph from one of the fastest arms we’ve seen to date, leaving no doubt that he’ll be up to 90 mph or higher sooner rather than later. Swain’s breaking ball, a pitch he threw at 72-74 mph, has swing-and-miss spin when he gets on top of it, and it gives the young right-hander a lethal two-pitch mix to work with presently. Swain could certainly climb higher as his amateur career rolls on and his upside is that of a real impact arm at the next level.

OF/RHP Richie Swain (Timberland, 2025) flashed plenty of intrigue and upside in his PBR event debut. The 6-foot-3, 175-pound long-limbed freshman started his day off on the mound, bumping his fastball up to 86 mph and sitting at 84-85 mph throughout. That arm strength translated to the outfield, where Swain recorded the hardest throw home of the event at 88 mph.