Alex Pedi '21 Recruiting Profile

My name is Alex Pedi and I am from a small town in Southern New Hampshire.  I have 2 younger sisters and parents who have been very supportive of me throughout my baseball and academic career.  I have played baseball since I was 6 years old and am a big Boston Red Sox fan (hope you don’t hold that against me).  My hobbies are sports cars (old and new), and I love to draw, build and design things.

My parents have been a big inspiration in my life and have shown me that I can do or be anything I want to be with hard work and determination.  They taught me to be respectful, caring, tough, and to fight through adversity whenever it arises (pitching a bad inning or getting a bad test grade).  I have been told that I am very coachable and a fast learner (learned how to throw a new change-up with manipulation within 5 minutes of time with my pitching coach).  My father coached me in many sports (soccer, basketball and baseball), but baseball was always my favorite.  He has taught me a lot about the game and pitching and has gotten me professional training once I was older in order to accelerate my growth as a pitcher.  This will be my third year playing AAU baseball which allows me to train from October thru April (beginning of the school season), and even in-season training as well.  This year I will train with a former AAA pitcher who will help me further advance my 5 pitches (fastball, slider, sinker, changeup, and curveball).  He will also help me advance my fastball to get it to be consistent in the low 80’s and teach me how to improve my pitching IQ.

Growing up my favorite baseball player was Jonathan Papelbon.  I loved his attitude on the mound and how he was fearless going after batters.  I bring the same attitude and have that “try to hit this” fearless approach.  There is no better feeling than striking batters out and pitching well to help the team get a Win!  Today I am a big Chris Sale fan as he brings his unique delivery and dominance every night he pitches.  I can relate to him as I throw sidearm and have been told I throw pretty hard for a 15 year old.  Growing up with my unique throwing style, I have had to overcome criticism which I have learned to use as fuel for my success (something else my parents taught me).  I am also a very good student and understand the important of academics.  I will take an Honors class my freshmen year in hopes to do more in the future.  My goal is to be a starting pitcher in college, a leader in the clubhouse, and graduate with a high GPA.