Reece Hemmerling gives USC Upstate a battle-tested, late-inning right arm
In the 2026 season, Reece Hemmerling has been a useful senior right-hander for USC Upstate, working both in relief and spot-start duty, including a 5.0-inning outing against College of Charleston and a 4.2-inning relief win over Winthrop. His calling card is poise: he comes from junior college success at Barton CC, where he earned second-team all-conference honors, logged 79.0 innings in 2024, and showed he can miss bats while handling meaningful workloads. He looks like a fit for teams needing a composed, strike-throwing competitor who can stabilize a bullpen or absorb innings without blinking.
