The son of professional tennis super stars, Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, has given a verbal commitment to the USC baseball team as a part of the 2020 recruiting class. Just a sophomore in high school, Jaden Agassi already stands at six feet two inches tall, 187 lbs. And an arm capable of 87 MPH fastballs.
Recruited as a two-way player –3rd Base and Pitcher— Jaden finished this year’s showing on the LV Recruits with a .405 batting average but news sources say he’ll be focusing on pitching.
It’s no wonder that young Jaden is athletically gifted. His parents are legendary athletes of their era, winning 30 Grand Slams (of tennis) between the two of them. They encouraged Jaden to try sports other than tennis, including soccer … but it looks like baseball has stuck! The similarities are not lost on us … It must be in the genetics. Both of his parents excelled at tracking a very small, extremely fast-moving ball and making contact with said ball with pin-point accuracy to chase grand slams. Batting .405 requires tracking a very small, extremely fast-moving ball and making contact with pin-point accuracy to hunt for grand slams as well.
According to the LA Times, with the LVR traveling summer team, Jaden Agassi allowed only one run through twenty-three innings pitched! So, we can see why he will most likely be focusing on pitching during his tenure at the University of Southern California. But given the genes, we wouldn’t be too surprised if a primary role flip occurred.
At not even 16-years-old and already at 6’2″ 187 lbs. There is plenty of time to grow into a lot of hitting power now to mention bring that 87-mile-per-hour fastball well up into the nineties.
According to his mother, Steffi Graf, Jaden plays a lot of baseball, “He plays more baseball tournaments than we played tennis tournaments when we were young.
These tournaments are high-profile and have garnered national level recruiting for Jaden Agassi. In fact, it was a tournament this summer in Arizona where he was clocked pitching at 87mph. Jaden picked up an MVP award recently: the Most Valuable Pitcher, after the LV recruits won the Perfect Game WEST MLK Championship. He also made the Perfect Game’s All-Tournament Team as a result of that impressive batting average.
USC finished the 2016-2017 season at the very bottom of the Pac-12 but has been a competitor for the last few years previous. No odds have been released on their College World Series chances in 2018 –you can review sportsbooks like 5Dimes periodically to check for lines—but one thing is certain: As the ninth commit for 2020, more high-profile recruits like Jaden Agassi will do wonders in the coming years to bolster USC’s baseball program and keep them competitive against modern dynasties like Oregon State.
