Ohio State veteran Lexi Paulsen returns as a high-upside power arm
Lexi Paulsen is a senior right-handed pitcher for Ohio State who was named to the 2026 Big Ten Players to Watch list after being sidelined for the entire 2025 season with injury; when healthy, she showed real swing-and-miss potential and finished 2024 with 45.0 innings, 19 appearances, six starts, and two shutout wins. Her calling card is a nasty, attack-the-zone style that can quiet top lineups, highlighted by a three-hit shutout in her last outing of 2024, and her Bloom-Carroll pedigree suggests serious competitive edge: 522 strikeouts in her final two high school seasons. If your staff wants a veteran arm with upside, grit, and proven Big Ten flashes, she’s worth the look.
