Jake Palisch

Draft Prospects

• Ranked #228 prospect in 2020 draft
  Palisch found immediate success as a freshman with Stanford out of the bullpen in 2018, posting a 1.72 ERA over 47 innings and 26 appearances. While the 6-foot-4, 190-pound lefthander doesn’t have the loudest stuff—with a fastball that is regularly in the upper 80s—he spots his three-pitch mix well and has good feel for pitching. After being used in a full-time reliever role as a freshman, Palisch made seven starts in 2019 and was primed for a more prominent role in the rotation this spring after a strong summer in the Cape. With Harwich, Palisch posted a 0.77 ERA over 35 innings and six starts with 38 strikeouts and just five walks—better strikeout and walk rates than he’d posted at any other point in his career. In addition to his fastball, Palisch throws a slurvy breaking ball and a changeup that was his best offering over the summer. The pitch keeps hitters off-balance and frequently generates both whiffs and groundouts on soft contact. With his track record of performance as a college lefthander, Palisch could have climbed boards this spring, but after taking the fall off he didn’t pitch at all in 2020, leaving scouts to wonder about his health. Some coaches have compared him to former Stanford lefthander Kris Bubic— who was drafted by the Royals in the 2018 supplemental first round—but Palish’s stuff and athleticism aren’t quite at that level.