Finbar O’Brien brings frontline strikeout stuff and big-game upside to Gonzaga’s rotation
O’Brien looks like a genuine rotation weapon: Gonzaga lists him as a 6'3", 200-pound right-hander who earned **2025 WCC First Team All-Conference** honors and logged **83 strikeouts in 71.2 innings** as the Zags’ Friday starter, then followed that with a dominant summer in the NECBL, where he posted a **1.05 ERA** with **45 strikeouts in 34 innings** and earned the league’s top starting-pitcher award. [1][3][4] The upside is obvious—mid-90s velocity, a wipeout slider, and strong strike-throwing ability—so he fits best for teams that value a power arm with present swing-and-miss and the makeup to handle high-leverage starts. [3]
