Kansas arm to watch after a lost 2026 season
Blake O’Brien is a redshirt freshman right-hander at Kansas who missed the 2026 season with an arm injury, so the draw here is projection more than box-score production. His value case is a fresh, developmental arm out of Overland Park’s Saint Thomas Aquinas HS, with the kind of local pedigree KU can sell: R/R, 5-11, 195, and still early in his college career. If your team wants a younger pitcher with room to grow rather than immediate innings, O’Brien fits the “bet on the upside” profile.
