Jared Spencer

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #114 prospect in 2025 draft
  School: Texas Drafted/Committed: Phillies ’24 (14)
  Age At Draft: 22.0
  
  Spencer was a top 200 prospect in the 2024 class and was drafted by the Phillies in the 14th round but didn’t sign. After three seasons with Indiana State, he transferred to Texas in 2025, where he was the team’s Friday night starter until a shoulder injury that required surgery ended his season in late April. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound lefthander has an effortful delivery that features a sharp, stabbing arm action, but the senior made strides with his control and overall depth of his arsenal prior to his injury. Spencer’s mid-90s fastball touched 98 and his upper-80s slider featured hard, biting action and looked like a real plus pitch. He also introduced a mid-80s changeup into his mix for the first time this spring and threw it around 15% of the time to righties, although he willingly threw it against lefties as well. Spencer showed scouts borderline first-round stuff this spring and his stock was on the rise, although the combination of heightened relief risk and now a significant injury has pushed him down the board.
• Ranked #194 prospect in 2024 draft
  School: Indiana State Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted
  Age At Draft: 21.1
  BA Grade: 40/High
  Tools: Fastball: 55. Slider: 55. Control: 40.
  
  Spencer was a full-time reliever for Indiana State during his first two seasons with the program, and his sophomore season was excellent after a jump in velocity led to more strikeouts. He pitched as a split starter/reliever in 2024 and posted a 4.08 ERA over 53 innings and nine starts, with a 29.5% strikeout rate and 13.5% walk rate. Spencer has a lean, 6-foot-3, 195-pound frame that has room to add more strength and throws with a violent delivery that includes a stabbing action in his arm stroke and a three-quarters arm slot. He works with a two-pitch mix that includes a fastball that averages 93 mph and gets up to 98 and a mid-80s slider that features hard and late biting action. The slider is his go-to swing-and-miss offering and generated a 48% miss rate this spring and should have the power and movement to be an effective breaking ball against both lefties and righties and a potential plus offering, Spencer’s control is below-average and he has never shown a legitimate third pitch with any sort of consistency or regularity, so he profiles best as a reliever in pro ball where the fastball and slider could be enough.