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MONDAY, MARCH 31ST

+ LHP Jameson Napper (Grace Christian, 2026) The Vandy recruit is someone we have followed extremely closely over the last few seasons. We have been there for his first few times hitting 90 mph as a freshman and consecutively committing to Vanderbilt right after in April of 2023. We then followed him over the summer months down at Lakepoint in Emerson, GA where he struggled a bit with overall command and it was hard to see him pitch past the 3rd or 4th innings due to higher pitch counts. I guess you can say we got a glimpse of what was to come with his showing this past February at the Preseason All-State event where he comfortably pitched in the 90-93 mph range with command of the strike zone with multiple pitches. Monday night was another notch under his belt where he continues to show that he belongs in that 3 headed-monster of best LHP’s in the 2026 class of TN with the likes of Bo Holloway and Phinn Waters. Napper was lights out against a pesky MTCS lineup consistently getting ahead of hitters where he started 13 of 17 hitters off with first pitch strikes. He would hit his pitch limit of 70 pitches after 5 innings where he came out with a No-Hitter intact. It was a frigid evening and we have seen Napper throw harder than the 86-89 range that he comfortably sat in, but I don’t think we have ever seen him look as crisp nor as polished as this showing. He was impressive and not only showed feel for his fastball in-zone, but both his secondary offerings.Flashed a CH at 78-80 to RHH, but would go to the CB much more often where it came in around 76 to 81 racking up swing and miss. He would finish with 12 K’s against 17 hitters with only 2 walks. Really great showing from one of the top prep-arms in the 2026 class of TN. 

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