Luke Holman

School: LSU
Commit/Drafted: Blue Jays ’21 (20)
Age At Draft: 21.6
BA Grade: 50/High
Tools: Fastball: 55. Slider: 55. Curveball: 45. Changeup: 45. Control: 50.

After pitching in 15 games as a reliever during his 2022 freshman season with Alabama, Holman was quietly one of the best starters in the Southeastern Conference in 2023, when he posted a 3.67 ERA over 15 starts and 81 innings. He took a step forward on that performance in 2024, though in a different uniform after transferring to LSU. He posted a 2.75 ERA in 16 starts and 91.2 innings with a career-best 33.7% strikeout rate and 8.8% walk rate. Holman is a 6-foot-4, 201-pound righthander with a still-projectable frame who throws from a three-quarters slot with a simple delivery and works off a three-pitch mix. His fastball averages 92 mph and he regularly runs the pitch up to 95, though the pitch’s above-average riding life makes it play up when he locates it at the top of the zone. His primary offspeed offering is a low-80s slider that is his most consistent swing-and-miss pitch, though he’ll use a mid-70s curveball just as often when lefthanded hitters are in the box. Neither pitch is plus, though both are effective when he locates them down in the zone with his fastball working north. Holman occasionally throws a low-80s split-changeup but rarely used it this spring. He’s a control-over-command righty who lacks prototypical first-round stuff but now has two strong seasons as a starter in the toughest conference in the country.