a projectable Indiana freshman arm with upside, but no 2026 game stats yet
In the 2026 season, Owen Shinada is a freshman right-handed pitcher for Indiana who redshirted his first campus year, so the current college sample is still empty. His appeal is more projection than proof: Indiana labeled him one of Ohio’s top prep arms, including the state’s No. 5 right-handed pitcher and a “Most Projectable Arm,” and his high school line was sharp at 5-1 with a 1.02 ERA, 60 strikeouts, and just 16 walks in 41.1 innings. If you want a future starter with strike-throwing polish and arm-upside buzz, he’s worth a watch.
