• Full name Patrick Michael Reilly
  • Born 10/07/2001 in Long Branch, NJ
  • Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 208 / Bats: R / Throws: R
  • School Vanderbilt
  • Drafted in the 5th round (140th overall) by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2023 (signed for $453,100).
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    School: Vanderbilt Source: 4YR

    Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted
    Age At Draft: 21.8
    Reilly used a massive fall showing back in 2019 to push himself up draft boards in the 2020 draft class out of high school, and eventually ranked as the No. 103 prospect in the class. In spite of that rise, Reilly made it to campus at Vanderbilt, where he split time as a starter and reliever as a freshman, being used in a multi-inning piggyback role. Reilly has consistently shown impressive pure stuff, but his control has held him back, both with Vanderbilt and in two stints with Orleans in the Cape Cod League. He has never posted a walk rate lower than the 13.3% rate he managed in 2023, when he posted a 5.77 ERA over 48.1 innings with a 28.9% strikeout rate. Reilly has an elite pitcher’s physique, with a lean 6-foot-3, 208-pound frame as well as a fast arm and three-quarter slot, with a bit of recoil in his finish. Reilly has a plus fastball that averaged 94-95 mph this spring, has been up to 98 at peak velocity and has great carry and generated a 31% miss rate this spring. He has both a four-seam and two-seam variation, which has a bit more run and sink, and he throws both a mid-80s slider and a hard cutter in the 89-91 mph range. Reilly mostly pitched off the fastball/slider/cutter this spring, but he also has a mid-80s changeup with slight fading action that he throws to lefties and used less than 10% of the time in 2023. Reilly has the stuff and delivery to start, but his long track record of below-average control and command could make him a power reliever in pro ball.

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Career Transactions

  • Pittsburgh Pirates signed RHP Patrick Reilly.
  • RHP Patrick Reilly assigned to Vanderbilt Commodores.

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