School: Louisiana State University; Class: Junior
Position: RHP; B/T: R/R
Height: 6-2; Weight: 200
Previously Drafted: N/A
High School: Rockmart High School
| FB | SL | CH | Command | Overall |
| 55 | 55 | 55 | 45 | 50 |
Background: There aren’t too many college ballplayers that add an exclamation point to their amateur careers quite like Ty Floyd did in 2023. A product of Rockmart High School, Floyd’s performance in the opening game of the finals in the College World Series was extraordinarily brilliant, dominant, and – likely – added quite a bit of draft money to his bank account because the baseball world saw what he was capable of.
Squaring off against one of the most potent lineups in college baseball, the 6-foot-2, 200-pound right-hander flummoxed and confused the Gators over 8 impressive innings, striking out the most hitters (17) in a College World Series game since Eddie Bane in 1972, twenty-nine years before Floyd was born.
Floyd would begin his collegiate career working out of the Tigers’ bullpen in 2021, posting a 39-to-14 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 24.1 innings of work. The coaching staff would bump the hard-throwing hurler into the rotation the following year, his sophomore campaign, and he more than held his own: 59.2 innings, 70 punch outs, 23 walks, and a 3.77 ERA.
This season Floyd would set a career high in innings pitched (91.0) as he averaged 11.9 punch outs and 3.7 walks per nine innings to go along with a 4.35 ERA and a perfect 7-and-0 win-loss record.
Scouting Report: Consider the following:
- Since 2011, only four SEC hurlers posted a strikeout rate between 11.5 K/9 and 12.5 K/9 with a walk rate between 3.5 BB/9 and 3.9 BB/9 in a season (min. 70 IP): Carson Fulmer, Jake Cantleberry, Christian MacLeod, and – of course – Ty Floyd.
Floyd normally works in the 93- to 96-mph with his heater, but can touch the upper 90s when he reaches back (like in his final collegiate start). Quite simply, his fastball was unhittable during that start. All but three of his 17 punch outs were on the heater. He backs it up with a pair of above-average offerings: a low- to mid-80s slider and a sneakily good changeup. Floyd’s performance in the final game likely pushed him into the back of the first round. Cleveland seems like an ideal candidate. Mid-rotation caliber potential. The command can be spotty at times.
Ceiling: 2.5-win player
Risk: Moderate
Grade: First Round
