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Justin Hooper is a tall lefty out of De La Salle High School (California) who was ranked near the top of many draft boards after his junior year, but fell significantly after the start of his senior season. Hooper has a tendency to be very wild, but has some heat, usually sitting 92-94, but can reach 97 mph and also features a hard curveball, and a changeup that needs work. His delivery is violent, throwing from a fairly low arm angle, and has some deception in it, but is not loose at all, making his delivery look full of effort. Hooper could either go in the first round, or fall significantly due to questions raised about his command and ability to be consistent, if he falls he would likely be unsignable, since he is committed to UCLA. There is a ton of upside, due to his ability to reach the high nineties, and his hard curveball and changeup have the ability to be slightly above average, but it would be no surprise if he didn’t reach the big leagues until 2022. Hooper will definitely be given the chance to start, but I think that there is a very good chance that he will be a relief pitcher in the big leagues. I don’t see a fit with the Twins, and have not heard anything connecting them, but if they do like him they might be better off working out a drop and taking someone like James Kaprielian, DJ Stewart, or even Mitch Hansen in the first round, but I think that scenario is unlikely.