Big-bodied righty with D1 upside, but early NDSU results have been uneven
Pardo is a 6-foot-2, 210-pound sophomore right-hander at North Dakota State who brings a useful frame, a live arm, and experience from Illinois State, where he logged 3.0 innings and 2 strikeouts in 2025; at NDSU in 2026, he has appeared in 4 games with 3.2 innings, 2 strikeouts, and a 24.55 ERA, so the current stat line is rough even if the raw stuff still fits a bullpen development profile. [2][4][6][8] He looks like a fit for a staff that values projectable velocity and hands-on pitching development more than immediate run prevention, with the main question being command consistency and how quickly he can turn arm talent into repeatable outs. [2][4][8]
