2023 PBR All-American Game, Spotlight: Seth Hernandez

On Saturday, Sept. 23, Prep Baseball Report is hosting its inaugural High School All-American Game at American Family Field, home of the Milwaukee Brewers. The unique event will feature the nation’s top high school seniors who are set to battle against a roster of the country’s best juniors in Class of 2024 vs. Class of 2025 action, giving pro scouts a unique look at current and future draft classes.

We’ve begun to unveil the event’s participants on our social media channels, and we’ll spotlight those players more closely on our site, too, highlighting past performances and scouting reports from the live looks we’ve gathered on this gifted group throughout the years.

Next we are highlighting Seth Hernandez, a California native and the top-ranked arm in the nation's junior class. The Vanderbilt commit exploded onto the national scene late in the summer of 2022, putting a bow on his breakout year with a standout performance at the 2022 PBR Cup. Hernandez has continue to shine in every look, including an outing at Area Codes that was nothing short of stellar. Next, the 2nd-ranked player in the 2025 class will head to Milwaukee for the inaugural PBR All-Star Game.

Prep Baseball Report's VP of Scouting Shooter Hunt had this to say about Hernandez following the Area Code Games last month: "Hernandez set the bar for every other pitcher to be measured against as the first underclassman to toe the rubber in San Diego, and left little doubt as to who was the top pitching prospect in the class. At 6-foot-4, 190-pounds with long limbs and lean strength on an uber-projectable, ultra-athletic frame, Hernandez’s impressive present stuff is only outpaced by the future potential. He sat 93-95 (2466 rpm max), procuring swings-and-misses in the zone with the fastball as he bullied a lineup littered with future Day 1 draftees to the tune of seven strikeouts over three innings. After establishing the heater, Hernandez provided any first time on-lookers with a glimpse at a turbo changeup (77-78, 2100s) that grades out as a future plus-pitch, thrown with innate conference with quality profile against the fastball. Still more, his third offering, a downer, 11/5 curveball (76-77, 2700+) was one of the top secondary offerings of any arm throughout the week. Working crossfire down the mound with the slightest of stabs in the back before throwing over a high front shoulder, Hernandez’s command wavered slightly in the second inning before he demonstrated the maturity of correction with a batter. Overall, it was a marquee performance from Hernandez who also showed off some intriguing power potential from the right side of the plate throughout the rest of the week."

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