UPDATED RESEARCH - 2023 Draft Prospect - RHP - Jaxon Wiggins

 


Jaxon Wiggins 

RHP          Arkansas 

 

2-9-23 - Kendall Rogers @KendallRogers

SOURCE: Tough news out of Fayetteville, as Razorback RHP Jaxon Wiggins will miss the 2023 season after recently suffering a torn UCL. He will have Tommy John surgery. Wiggins is ranked the No. 41 college


2-6-23 -

https://www.prospectslive.com/prospects-live/2022/1/15/2023-mlb-draft-prospects-fx4td-92ll4 -

87 RHP

Jaxon Wiggins

Arkansas

Reasonably unknown entering Fayetteville in 2020, Wiggins made his presence known almost immediately chucking gasoline as a midweek guy for the Razorbacks as a true freshman. The fastball remains the bread and butter here, touching triple digits, generally settling in north of 95 across every start. As if the velo wasn't enough, Wiggins averages north of 20 inches of induced vertical break too, so it's really exploding out of his hand. Wiggins gets hitters to chase and whiff the heater better than just about anyone in the country. In the past, Wiggins has hardly veered away from the fastball, but his changeup has been the most dangerous secondary. When it's competitive, hitters have almost no chance given the heater-heavy scouting report. He's seldom worked in a slider as well, though it's a work in progress. Command is the big question mark here. Wiggins has struggled with walks in his career. He'll need to find the strikezone more should he hope to start at the next level.


1-19-23 - Top 25 Breakdown: No. 8 Arkansas

https://d1baseball.com/season-preview/top-25-breakdown-no-8-arkansas/

Picks to Click: Jaxon Wiggins has one of the biggest arms in the country, with a fastball that sits in the high 90s and bumps triple digits, along with the makings of a wipeout slider and swing-and-miss curveball. If he can harness his command and maintain his poise in tight spots, he has superstar potential — and the Hogs need him to put it all together in year three.


11-28-22 - 2023 MLB Draft: College Top 100 Prospects - https://d1baseball.com/prospects/2023-mlb-draft-college-top-100-prospects/ - 

41 Jaxon Wiggins RHP Arkansas SEC 

 

11-12-22 - 2023 MLB Draft – Top 50 College Prospects -

https://www.prospects1500.com/mlb-draft/2023-mlb-draft-top-50-college-prospects/  

31. Jaxon Wiggins, RHP, Arkansas – At 6’6” coming from the 3/4 arm slot with good extension and running a fastball up to 98, Wiggins has as tough a fastball to time when he is at his best. Problem is he has genuine command concerns and there is plenty of effort in the delivery. He has a change that had good late dip and a breaking ball that has been classified as a slider but I have seen more of a curve look with a 1-7 break in the low 80s. The fastball also can get flat at times making it much easier to barrel up, but when he gets the good downhill plane it is elite. He is probably destined for a bullpen, but the fact he can hold his stuff deep into games suggests he can handle the starter’s workload, he just need to make a real jump in his command.


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