Age: 20 (04/20/2004)

Birthplace: San Diego, CA

High School: Scripps Ranch HS - San Diego, CA

Height/Weight: 6’2” 190 lbs

Year: Junior

Tyler Bremner is UC Santa Barbara’s newest ace after his recent transition to full time starting. In his freshman year, Bremner logged appearances both as a starter and a reliever during his sophomore campaign. Between 2023 and 2024, 17 of Bremner’s 36 appearances came as a starter. Now in 2025, Bremner has transitioned to starting full time in hopes of being the first pitcher off the board this July.

In his 88.2 innings last year, Bremner posted a 2.54 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, and a 24.1 K-BB% on his way to a First Team All-Big West selection. In his first two starts in 2025, he only threw six total innings as he was being ramped up, but just recently threw a season-high seven innings in his most recent start. His adjustment into a bigger workload throughout the season might be the biggest focal point for Bremner as nearly everything else checks out on the 20 year old right hander.

He has a pretty repeatable delivery with a more conventional arm slot, and creates a lot of power downhill with a big leg kick. At 6’2” 190 pounds, there’s reason to believe he can add more power to his current frame.

Bremner features a four pitch mix - a four-seam fastball, changeup, slider, and a sweeper. His fastball has a ton of life and is currently sitting anywhere from 95 to 97 mph and has topped out at 99 mph. It has plenty of vertical break and arm-side run, averaging 16.8 inches of IVB and 12.4 inches of HB. It’s a 65 grade offering as it gets a ton of success, yielding plenty of called strikes and whiffs.

His changeup is his other 65 grade offering and is arguably his best pitch as it plays off of his fastball very well and is thrown in any situation to both right handed and left handed hitters. It gets a lot of induced vertical break as well as arm side run, almost mimicking a typical two-seam fastball, but it comes in 13 mph slower than his four-seamer, averaging 83.1 mph. There isn’t anything quite like it in baseball, let alone just the college level.

Bremner’s combination of his slider and sweeper really completes his arsenal. His slider is more of a gyro slider and pairs well with his sweeper as both are sort of on the opposite sides of the “slider-spectrum.” The sweeper of course has a ton of glove side break while the slider has more depth than anything. It’s certainly a plus arsenal with room to add as he has also played with a sinker and primarily uses just his fastball, changeup, and slider.

If not for Arnold’s early dominance thus far in 2025 and the uncertainty around Bremner’s durability, Bremner could definitely be the definitive top pitcher in this class. A whole lot can change between now and July, and I expect Bremner to stick around in this conversation.