Scouting Report

Scouting grades: Fastball: 50 | Slider: 55 | Cutter: 50 | Changeup: 40 | Control: 55 | Overall: 45

Hardin spent two years at Daytona State College before transferring to Mississippi State, only to never break out of the Bulldogs' bullpen. The Brewers still took him in the 12th round in 2024, signed him for $147,500 and transitioned him to a starting role on the pro side with impressive early results. Hardin posted a 2.72 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP with 96 strikeouts over 96 innings between High-A and Double-A in his first full season. His 4.4 percent walk rate and 20.4 percent K/BB rate were tops among Brewers farmhands with at least 90 frames in ’25.

The 6-foot-2 right-hander sits 92-95 mph with his four-seam fastball, and he makes up for the average velocity by generating decent ride from a low release and good extension. He’ll wear out the top rail of the zone with that four-seamer and then drop in a low-80s slider that gets good sweep to the lower gloveside corner. An upper-80s cutter isn’t quite as sharp as others in its pitch class, but the jump in velo from the slider allows it to sneak up on lefties, leading to soft contact. Hardin has an upper-80s changeup for opposite-side bats, but it’s too firm, leading to issues with splits.

Hardin flows well on the mound and kept pumping strikes at each level in 2025. That type of control helped his case not only to start but to remain in a bulkier role in his first taste of the pros. Better batters might have more success against him in the zone, and that’s something that will be tested at the upper levels. If his gains continue, Hardin could factor into Milwaukee’s rotation depth by the second half of his age-24 season.

Scouting grades: Fastball: 50 | Slider: 55 | Changeup: 40 | Cutter: 50 | Control: 55 | Overall: 45

A transfer after two years at Daytona State College, Hardin didn’t blow many away with his two seasons pitching in the Mississippi State bullpen. He posted a 3.23 ERA with 36 strikeouts and 23 walks in 36 1/3 innings for the Bulldogs in 2024 and went to the Brewers in the 12th round that July, signing for $147,500. Once in the system, Hardin showed enough to Milwaukee's player development staff to earn a starting look in his first full season, and he has run away with the opportunity, already climbing from High-A to Double-A in his age-23 campaign.

It's better to see Hardin’s arsenal as a full package rather than a series of individual pitches. His fastball sits 92-94 mph and touches 96, giving it plum average velocity, but the 6-foot-2 right-hander gets down the mound well and buzzes the upper regions of the zone with decent ride on that four-seamer. Hardin’s low-80s slider is his best whiff generator, thanks to its sweep and his ability to wear out the lower gloveside corner with it, and he plays off that with a sharper upper-80s cutter he’ll throw to batters from both sides. Those are the main features as an 86-89 mph changeup is reserved only for lefties. Even against them, it remains a fourth offering.

Hardin has spotted his pitches incredibly well in the early going, and that’s one of the keys to his professional success so far. The Brewers concede Hardin is on the older side for a first-year starter, but even without a true plus pitch, the 6-foot-2 hurler has earned more rotation looks in the upper levels. His current mix of stuff and command could make him a fit as a fourth or fifth starter in the Majors in short order.

Awards

MID Post-Season All-Star

Year	Team
2025

MID Pitcher of the Week

Week	Team
05/18/2025

Transactions

Team	Date	Transaction
	05/17/2026	RHP Tyson Hardin assigned to Nashville Sounds from Biloxi Shuckers.
	03/22/2026	RHP Tyson Hardin assigned to Milwaukee Brewers Prospects.
	03/05/2026	RHP Tyson Hardin assigned to Milwaukee Brewers Prospects.
	02/21/2026	RHP Tyson Hardin assigned to Milwaukee Brewers.
	08/22/2025	Biloxi Shuckers activated RHP Tyson Hardin from the 7-day injured list.
	08/22/2025	Biloxi Shuckers activated RHP Tyson Hardin from the 7-day injured list.
	08/22/2025	Biloxi Shuckers activated RHP Tyson Hardin from the 7-day injured list.
	07/22/2025	Biloxi Shuckers placed RHP Tyson Hardin on the 7-day injured list retroactive to July 20, 2025.
	06/18/2025	RHP Tyson Hardin assigned to Biloxi Shuckers from Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.
	06/18/2025	Biloxi Shuckers activated RHP Tyson Hardin.
	03/31/2025	RHP Tyson Hardin assigned to Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.
	03/06/2025	activated RHP Tyson Hardin.
	02/23/2025	RHP Tyson Hardin assigned to Milwaukee Brewers.
	08/27/2024	RHP Tyson Hardin assigned to Carolina Mudcats.
	07/24/2024	Milwaukee Brewers signed RHP Tyson Hardin.