Top 10 Arizona high school baseball players in Class of 2023
7. Derek Schaefer, RHP, Cactus Shadows
Schaefer is a fast riser after an excellent summer which included a dominant performance at the Perfect Game Junior National Showcase. The slender right-handed pitcher has a fastball that gets up to 92 mph but it鈥檚 his breaking stuff 鈥� a slide, changeup and curveball 鈥� that rounds out his four-pitch arsenal and makes him arguably the top arm in the state. Schaefer and his 6-foot-2 frame are headed to Tennessee to help make up another strong incoming class for the Vols.
2023 RHP 饾悆饾悶饾惈饾悶饾悿 饾悞饾悳饾悺饾悮饾悶饾悷饾悶饾惈 had 19 Ks in 13 innings this summer against only 1 BB/7 H.
Why? He鈥檚 up to 94 with breaking balls at 24-2500 RPMs; it鈥檚 a 饾櫓饾櫎饾櫔饾櫆饾櫇 mix to hit. 馃帴 commit.
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