Micah
Dallas

An aggressive, confident right-hander with better than average pitchability, Dallas competed with an 89-91 sinking fastball, a low-80s short slider and a changeup that played plus with his ability to throw in any count for a strike. He also threw his heater up in the zone, moving the hitter’s eye level and setting up his 80-84 mph changeup for swing/miss. Overall, Dallas showed first round competitiveness, but a Day Two arsenal on this look.

The hard-nosed sophomore jumped on the scene in a big way as a freshman in 2019 with 19 appearances and 13 starts, along with 84 strikeouts and 28 walks, earning him a spot on the D1Baseball Freshman All-America team. Dallas, a 6-foot-2, 205-pounder, was off to another outstanding start in 2020 with an 0.57 ERA in 15.2 innings of work, along with 23 strikeouts and just one walk. He was also in a different role. Instead of starting as he finished the ’19 campaign, Dallas was coming out of the bullpen when the season was shuttered. Tech moved him to the bullpen to build his arm back up while also limiting his number of innings each weekend. The first thing that stands out about Dallas is his ultra-competitive approach. He will challenge hitters. He’s physical and will sit anywhere from 91-93 mph with his fastball, while also attacking hitters with a slider at 83-86 mph that is particularly difficult on lefthanded hitters, and a changeup that sits in the 83-84 mph range.

April, 2018 - His fastball was 89-90 early, touching 91 once in the first inning. His slider is a true swing-and-miss pitch with tight rotation and sharp, late break at 80-82. Although he didn’t walk a batter, his command was scattered early in the contest. He settled in from the second inning on, and his slider command got better, as he was able to locate it early and late in counts. The pitch can vary in shape at times, going from 10/4 and lateral with darting break to more 11/5 with downer break. Hitters simply do not get a good look at it. He mixed in an occasional changeup at 83.

Jupiter Fall 17 -  2018 Micah Dallas (Home School, TX), a 6-foot-2, 207-pound Texas Tech recruit, pitched in relief for Rawlings National Scout Team and was nothing short of dominant. Dallas has a long draw in the back and creates wicked heavy sink with his 90-91 mph fastball. Then he put away hitters with a hard, lateral 82-84 mph slider that had late dive. His slider is a true swing-and-miss offering at the next level. Dallas struck out four with no walks in three innings, surrendering one hit while throwing 22 of his 27 pitches for strikes.

10.12.17  2018 RHP Micah Dallas (Home School) was his usual self. The Texas Tech recruit threw his fastball 90-91 mph with heavy arm side run and sink, while mixing in his 82 mph swing-and-miss slider with tight, late 10/4 break.

10.04.17 2018 RHP Micah Dallas (Home School) showed the best overall stuff of the night. The right-handed Texas Tech recruit stands 6-foot-2, 210-pounds with a sturdy frame, and is currently ranked No. 18 in Texas. He works from a ¾ slot with a loose, whip-like arm swing and max effort delivery. He gets inside his fastball, turning it over with outstanding late life and heavy arm side sink at 90-92 mph. Dallas has a plus swing-and-miss slider that he throws with fastball arm speed at 82-83 mph with tight rotation, short, late break and 10/4 shape. For good measure he mixed in an 82-83 mph changeup.

06.20.17 - 6-foot-2, 200-pound, stocky frame. The right-hander works from ¾ slot with a max-effort delivery and a quick arm stroke. His fastball was mostly 89-91 mph with good arm side life, bumping 92 mph once. His slider is swing and miss with short, sharp, late, lateral break at 80-82 mph.