Uncommitted Spotlight: '26 LHP Kyle Casey
September 23, 2025
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VENTURA, CALIF. - The Uncommitted Spotlight Series continues after a jam packed summer of Prep Baseball California events, summer travel baseball, and other opportunities to evaluate players we will be recognizing some of the top remaining uncommitted players around the state. We will be looking at players from the 2026 class and 2027 classes across the upcoming weeks/months.
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Today, we put the spotlight on an upward trending 2026 player who is featured inside the Top 215 of our 2026 California rankings. We are looking at SoCal '26 LHP Kyle Casey from Simi Valley High School in Simi Valley, Calif.. The North Los Angeles area based southpaw has been one of the prominent arms for the Pioneers program for two springs with some eye popping numbers. In 2024 as a Soph. he threw 31.2 innings with 25 Ks and only seven walks on the spring. Opponents hit just .175 against him in 2024 while he posted a 2.43 ERA picking up one win on the spring. Then in 2025 he slid into the top starter role for the Coastal Canyon League champions by throwing 69 innings on the year with 67 strikeouts against only 11 walks showing his impressive control of the strike zone with quality stuff. Casey won nine games against zero losses on the year with an eye popping 1.22 ERA while hitters struggled to pick up hits against him with just a .205 opponents average. He was dominant during his outing at the 2025 Central California Preseason All State and then again during his outing at the 2025 National Program Invite in Georgia.
Casey utilizes a cross-fire delivery and a low 3/4 arm slot while pumping strikes at a high rate with quality stuff that has deception making him difficulty to find success against. The FB for Casey comes in at 81-83 MPH consistently at present while topping out at 84 MPH. His FB shape plays to a arm side running sinker that has an average of 14+" of run to the arm side that plays under barrels for soft contact on the ground, but he is adept at elevating the offering when needed above the zone to collect chase/whiff on the offering at or above the zone. His CHG is his primary offspeed offering and the pitch features velocity separation off his FB living at 74-77 MPH while generating similar arm side movement to the FB with heavy vertical separation off the FB to induce whiff/soft contact from hitters. His breaking ball has been steadily developing and he showed a 72-73 MPH offering he utilized at the Central California Preseason All State to bury in on RH hitters or down and away from LH hitters while using it effectively during the spring high school season.
Casey is a wiry lean 6'1 160 lbs. frame at present with broad shoulders and high hips that has the potential for adding strength in the future as he matures. His operation down the mound is clean and consistent with the type of movements that projects a long term starter profile. He has found high levels of success with his quality stuff, feel to pitch, mix speeds, change locations and attack hitters with confidence from his deceptive arm slot. As the stuff for Casey continues to tick up with future strength gains the profile for him has an interesting upside and should have him as a name for college programs to keeping tabs on in the 2026 class.
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Scouting Report
Casey was a standout in the winter exhibition season, then again during his outing at the 2025 Central California Preseason All State event and was an arm I was prioritizing getting an extended look at this spring. In an era where “stuff” tends to be a focus, pitchers like Casey who show advanced strike throwing ability and project to continue adding “stuff” as they mature are diamonds in the rough that can be difference makers for the next level. Working from a low ¾ slot with an easy clean delivery down the mound Casey looks to have added a tick more of arm speed which had his FB living at 80-82 topping 83 with running life to the arm side, but interestingly he showed the feel to sink the ball down in the zone and ride the ball for chase up in the zone. His ability to manipulate the shape of his FB and feel for command allows him to attack all four quadrants of the strike zone with it and expand the zone across all four locations to induce soft contact or chase on the offering. His primary offspeed continues to be an uber-deceptive CHG which has heavy tumbling action in the 72-74 MPH range which dives off the table to the arm side and is a true weapon against both RHH and LHH because of the arm speed and command of the offering he has shown across multiple looks. The SLD for Casey is the offering which needs some polish as it comes in at 68-71 MPH with short horizontal break to the offering and is the pitch he gave up two of his three hits over five innings on. Learning to add either additional velocity to the pitch to get a sharper break or creating more horizontal sweep will be a key focus for him going forward to take it from a cross-count or “trick” pitch into more of a legitimate weapon against hitters. While the “stuff” may not jump off the page over 1.5+ years of varsity level success including this year having topped 30 innings while allowing a WHIP below 1.0 and striking out around .75 batters per inning there is no doubt about Casey’s ability to pitch and profile as a long term starter. The ability to add strength to his frame, additional life to his “stuff” and develop his SLD will determine what level of college baseball that future will be at.
Casey may not light up a radar gun like our first two arms on this list, but the polished southpaw out of Simi Valley High School displayed likely the best pithability of any arm to take the mound (23 total pitchers). It's a legitimate 3 pitch mix which he fronts with a FB that works consistently at 81-83 MPH and bumped 84 in the outing which generates run/sink to the arm side. Then he comes at hitters with a wicked CHG that he throws with FB arm speed and plenty of decepting raking of whiffs from RH hitters and showed confidence to throw it left on left. His third offering is a short tight breaking SLD almost like a cutter with it's shape but comes in the low 70's that he used to run in on the hands of RH hitters opening up the outer half for his FB/CHG combo. Keep your eyes on Casey going forward because as the velocity trends up to go with his polished operation on the mound he is going to be a great grab for a college program.
Kyle Casey, Simi Valley High (CA), 2026
Positional Profile: LHP High pitchability LHP who shows solid present 3 pitch mix with a potential impact CHG and a starters profile
Body: 6-1, 160-pounds. Athetically built wiry frame with room to add strength
Delivery: Hands and front knee sync in the load portion of the delivery. Stays taller on his backside as he glides down the mound withi his body in a controlled operation. Blocks well on his front side with good use of his lower 1/2 and ability to maintain direction.
Arm Action: LH. Varies between a medium to short arm path out of the glove with quickness in the arm stroke which works to a high 3/4 slot with some recoil after release.
FB: T84, 82-83 mph. Has arm side life with both run and the ability to sink the pitch, but also elevate it. Gets soft contact and chase off the plate away to RHH or in on LHH T1872, 1749 average rpm.
CB: 73-73 mph. Shorter breaking pitch with more of a CUT like shape to that can get in on hands of RHH or off the barrel of LHH T1378, 1378 average rpm.
CH: 74-77 mph. Kills spin with good horizontal fade to the pitch with deception out of the hand. Will throw to both RHH and LHH T1320, 1262 average rpm.