“Fastball reaches MLB Draft”: Ben Joyce smartens up for Tennessee with his jaw-dropping 105.5 mph pitch

“Fastball reaches MLB Draft”: Ben Joyce smartens up for Tennessee with his jaw-dropping 105.5 mph pitch

Ben Joyce

Ben Joyce is an American college baseball pitcher for the Tennessee Volunteers who recently clocked a pitch at 105.5 mph, which made him enter the MLB draft. There is plenty of curiosity among the MLB fans. Though Ben Joyce likely will be drafted high, he probably will not be selected within the top few picks.

The 21-year-old fastball prospect Benjamin Alan Joyce is popularly known as Ben Joyce, a redshirt junior reliever at Tennessee, is a household name in the baseball universe. It was a 105.5 mph blur that sailed several inches off the plate for a ball in a May 1 outing against Auburn. That pitch set off a stir on social media.

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The only MLB pitches we know to have been thrown harder were both by Aroldis Chapman — a 105.7 mph heater on July 18, 2016, and a 105.8 mph record-setter on Sept. 24, 2010.

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How far will Ben Joyce go in the Draft with his trending 105.5 mph pitch?

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Ben Joyce

Ben Joyce will be feasibly among the most promising prospects in July’s draft, a righty from Tennessee who has gained national social media attention since throwing a 105.5-mph fastball on Sunday, the fastest recorded pitch in college baseball history.

“The coolest part for me was talking to my parents after the game,” Ben Joyce says. “My mom actually started crying.”

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His Draft Fast Facts –

  • Primary position: RHP
  • Height/weight: 6-foot-5, 225 lbs.
  • Bats/throws: Right/right
  • Birthdate: Sept. 17, 2000 (Age 21 in 2022)
  • College: Tennessee
  • High school: Farragut High School (Knoxville, Tenn.)
  • Born: Knoxville, Tenn.

Ben Joyce comes in at No. 116 on MLB Pipeline’s ranking of the top 200 prospects in this year’s Draft. From a scouting perspective, Joyce’s track record – prolonged injuries and, therefore, short on actual pitching experience, casts a cloud over that fiery fastball.

“He’s big and throws 105, but I would look at the innings pitched, especially the key innings pitched and how many times he even starts and finishes an inning. He’s a hard guy to scout,” one of the officials said. “He looks the part. The fastball is real. But hitters got a good swing on him a lot.”

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