Eric Segura RHP Oregon State

Segura is a sinker-slider righty with mirror traits that turn teams on to his profile. He'll primarily operate in the low-90s bucket, though he's been up to 97 with heavy spin and sink. As he fatigues, Segura's fastball flattens out a bit and morphs into a deadzone, vanilla fastball. That should iron itself out over time under the instruction of OSU coaches.

The breaking ball flashes plus with two-plane tilt and strong sweeping shape. Segura has shown a changeup now and again, but it lacks consistency, though feel for shaping the pitch seems to be present. He possesses a starter's operation with ease and repeatability, though it may never be a prototypical bat-missing profile.

The cherry on top of Seguar's profile is a below-average launch height and above-average extension down the bump. He has every tool in the bag to start at the next level.

Segura? That’s surprising - I didn’t have eyes on him at all. WTF.

67. Eric Segura RHP

Ht: 6'2" | Wt: 215 | B-T: R-R

School: Oregon State. Committed/Drafted: Never Drafted. Age At Draft: 21.5.

BA Grade/Risk: 45/Average

Segura was a standout projection righty coming out of high school and quickly earned a key role with Oregon State’s pitching staff as a freshman in 2024. He has thrown at least 50 innings in all three of his seasons with the Beavers, capped by a career year in 2026 where he posted a 2.22 ERA over 15 starts and 73 innings. Segura is a 6-foot-2, 215-pound righthander with a drop-and-drive delivery and low release. He has steadily come into more velocity over the years and now sits around 93-94 mph with his fastball and has touched 96. Segura’s fastball seems like more of a natural two-seam variant that won’t miss a ton of bats, but should drive plenty of ground balls. His sweeping mid-80s slider is his go-to pitch when he needs a whiff. Against lefties, he increases the usage of an upper-80s changeup, but his ability to land the pitch consistently is spotty. His pitch mix and collegiate track record should earn him every opportunity to start in pro ball, but his fringy or below-average strike-throwing adds some reliever risk.

Scouting Grades: Fastball: 50 | Slider: 50 | Changeup: 50 | Control: 45

38 minutes ago, DirtySox said:

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77. Joey Volchko RHP

FutureSox called this one on their draft preview I believe. Props to them

I’m going to make a bold statement. Segura’s combination of on-field success (2.22 ERA, 27.3% K%, 2.97 FIP) and raw stuff, suggests he might be worthy of day one consideration.

Segura’s fastball would be more accurately described as a hard cutter, which gets 3-4 inches of seam-shifted wake cut when he executes it properly. Similarly, his sinker gets huge SSW depth when he executes that pitch properly, which you can see in the bottom-right cluster of pitches. Then there are the rest of his fastballs, which cluster in the “dead zone.”

Segura’s splitter is already plus, diving off the table with huge depth. Unsurprisingly, it’s also a SSW monster of a pitch. Not to be outdone, the sweeper gets about six inches of lift and five inches of sweep from seam effects, and projects as another plus-or-better pitch. Adding a gyro slider or bridge cutter would add an extra wrinkle that might help this profile get a boost. There’s a lot of upside hiding under the hood here, and it will be instructive to see which team grabs him.

Sox love a guy with extension who can cut a fastball

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Seems like Segura might be a bit of a money saver but with some upside?

Forgot Roberts Jr. was still on the board - would have loved taking a flyer on him.

There goes Roman Martin.

So supposedly Thome didn't take a discount...what the actual f***, dude.

4 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Sox love a guy with extension who can cut a fastball

I like the write-up but if hes the 67th rated prospect, how is it a bold statement to say he'd go day 1? I guess thats mlb ranking but still

7 minutes ago, hi8is said:

Forgot Roberts Jr. was still on the board - would have loved taking a flyer on him.

He’s on the Mets

OK, so maybe I am missing something, but shouldn't the Sox still have a fair amount of space for some HS picks, either in the next couple of rounds, or after round 10? I don't think the college kids are going over slot, and I can't imagine Thome going over either, so we should still have the extra money, right?

Brewers get Strosnider...seems like the perfect organization that can patiently develop him.

Sox get there "insert directly into the playoff chase" reliever with a deadly slider...Getz will position that as their big deadline addition to the bullpen.

13 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

OK, so maybe I am missing something, but shouldn't the Sox still have a fair amount of space for some HS picks, either in the next couple of rounds, or after round 10? I don't think the college kids are going over slot, and I can't imagine Thome going over either, so we should still have the extra money, right?

Really hard to say. If you have Roch getting 10 million and everyone else getting slot, the Sox have about $4.3 million to work with which includes the 5% overage.

I feel like Volchko might be getting over though. Maybe he's 1.5 million? I'm hoping some bonuses come out tonight via Twitter.

Brick is incredible value at this point.

I see @Y2Jimmy0 lurking. He might have some insight into bonus demands perhaps?

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Here's the Volchko porn I was looking for.

28 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Brewers get Strosnider...seems like the perfect organization that can patiently develop him.

Sox get there "insert directly into the playoff chase" reliever with a deadly slider...Getz will position that as their big deadline addition to the bullpen.

No he won’t…please stop with this nonsense

5 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

No he won’t…please stop with this nonsense

How much do you want to bet?

During the pre game show one of the analysts said his slider was major league ready...and think it was DeRosa that said he would move the fastest through the minors, or Hamels.

Have already seen this happen with Sale/Crochet.

Granted, those were first rounders.

Gonzalez was their one big trade chip. Not even sure who would be next.

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3 hours ago, DirtySox said:

The hot takes are flying. Kind of insane considering how he's ranked by publications. Hope he fucking kills it. We don't even know what the entire class/pool looks like yet.

And when he does, the detractors will claim to have "been in on him" from the word go. It's a good pick. They wanted him.

4 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

How much do you want to bet?

During the pre game show one of the analysts said his slider was major league ready...and think it was DeRosa that said he would move the fastest through the minors, or Hamels.

Have already seen this happen with Sale/Crochet.

Granted, those were first rounders.

It happened with Crochet 6 years ago and with Sale 16 years ago. Please give me more examples of them fast tracking pitchers in the same year they were drafted. Jack McDowell in 1987?

I'll happily take this bet.

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1 hour ago, PaleAleSox said:

Nepo pick by bum ass Posey.

They need a feel good story at this point.

5 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

How much do you want to bet?

During the pre game show one of the analysts said his slider was major league ready...and think it was DeRosa that said he would move the fastest through the minors, or Hamels.

Have already seen this happen with Sale/Crochet.

Granted, those were first rounders.

Gonzalez was their one big trade chip. Not even sure who would be next.

Don't disagree that their biggest deadline adds are likely to be internal, but McDougal is right there. No reason to think they'd rush a 2026 pick over guys already on the 40.