Calvin Proskey’s rise from elbow injury to draft pick is a big-time delivery story
In the 2026 season, Calvin Proskey returned from an elbow injury to make eight starts for UC Santa Barbara and post a 2.87 ERA with 23 strikeouts in 31.1 innings, flashing the kind of strike-throwing poise and pitchability that play up in big moments.[3][7] He’s a 6-foot-3 righty who works more with shape, feel, and execution than pure velocity, and evaluators note a low-90s fastball that can tick up and four usable pitches—fastball, curveball, slider, and changeup.[7][10] That combo, plus his shutdown run for the Gauchos, helped push him all the way to the Reds in the 2026 draft.[4][8]
