Pirates Announce Spring Breakout Game Starting Pitcher

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates may have certainly one of their greatest pitchers within the farm system seem in an essential sport for them towards the top of Spring Training.

The Pirates revealed that right-handed pitcher Seth Hernandez will begin within the annual Spring Breakout Game. He’ll face off in opposition to the Detroit Tigers at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Fla. on March 20, with first pitch set for 7:35 pm

The Spring Breakout Game options the most effective prospects for each side taking part in in opposition to one another in a sport, which highlights the way forward for the game.

Hernandez is the Pirates high rated pitching prospect on the Spring Breakout roster and the second-highest ranked pitcher on the Pirates behind right-handed pitcher Bubba Chandler. He can also be one of many high pitching prospects, rating twenty ninth on MLB Pipelinethirty eighth on Baseball America and forty ninth onESPN.

The Pirates took Hernandez with the sixth total decide within the 2025 MLB Draft out of Corona High School in Corona, Calif. and followers will get their first actual probability to see him, as MLB Network will broadcast the sport.

What Makes Seth Hernandez a Top Pitcher

Hernandez is not simply rated extremely for his excessive draft choice, however as a result of he already has the makings of a future ace for the Pirates.

His fastball reaches 100 mph and his changeup has nice motion on it, reaching close to the high-80s mph. Hernandez additionally has two different stable offspeed pitches in his slider and curveball, which he’ll get the prospect to develop extra in 2026.