Pre-draft rankings: 204th on Baseball America, 166th on MLB Pipeline, unranked on FanGraphs

Brink is a 6-foot-2, 210-pound right-hander with a powerful and muscular frame. He threw only nine innings during the 2021 season and missed 2022 entirely with Tommy John surgery, but showed impressive control and strikeout stuff in 2023 and 2024 after returning to the mound. This spring he posted a 3.70 ERA over 99.2 innings and 15 starts, including two complete games, and has a reliable four-pitch mix. He sits in the 92-93 mph range with his fastball and will push the pitch up to 95-96. Brink mixes in a mid-80s short-breaking slider, a mid-80s changeup and a slower curveball in the upper 70s. Both the slider and changeup have been Brink’s go-to secondaries and most consistent swing-and-miss offerings, though scouts note his feel to spin the baseball is just OK and don’t see any true wipeout offering in the arsenal at the moment. He uses the changeup most frequently against lefties and saves the curveball as a change-of-pace offering and distinct fourth pitch. His ability to fill up the zone with a deep pitch mix bodes well for his starter chances in pro ball, but he is older for the class and turns 23 in September.

 

 

 

 

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