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Carson Wiggins attended Roland High School in Roland, Oklahoma, where he quickly set himself apart from the pack as a legitimate baseball pitching prospect on the travel ball circuit as well as in the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association. Between his freshman and senior seasons, Wiggins transformed from a tall and lanky 5’10”, 145-pound string bean into a 6’5”, 210-pound baseball behemoth. On the power of a fastball that sat in the mid-to-upper-90s and a devastating breaking ball, the big right-hander struck out 261 batters in 117.0 total innings with the Roland Rangers and posted a 0.97 ERA in 36.0 innings in his senior year, allowing nine hits and striking out 93 batters.
A highly scouted pitching prospect, who many believed was the number one high school pitching prospect in the state, Wiggins had had a strong commitment to the University of Arkansas and was not drafted in the 2024 MLB Draft as a result. His older brother, Jaxon, had been drafted by the Cubs with the 68th overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft out of the university, and now coach head coach Van Horn would have another Wiggins to work with.
The right-hander got off to a quick start in his first season at Arkansas, striking out batters in bunches out of the Razorbacks bullpen. Through 14 appearances, he posted a 3.21 ERA, allowing 7 hits, walking 9, and striking out 20 batters in 14.0 innings. Unfortunately, in late April, Wiggins hurt his elbow and had his season end prematurely. UCL internal brace surgery- a procedure that anchors the ligament in place to allow it to heal properly in lieu of Tommy John surgery- followed, costing the right-hander not just the rest of the 2025 season, but all of 2026 as well, as his doctors recommended that the right-hander not pitch despite considering him fully healthy, much to the dismay of coach Van Horn.
Prior to his injury, the 6’5”, 215-pound right-hander threw from a three-quarters arm slot with a simple, loose, repeatable delivery without many moving parts. For the most part, he was a two-pitch pitcher, relying on a four-seam fastball and a power breaking ball; he occasionally threw a low-to-mid-80s changeup while in high school, but a rarely used the pitch at Arkansas. While Wiggins he did have a great deal of success blowing batters away with his fastball and getting them to chase his breaking ball, he has to work on his command of both.
His fastball comfortably sat in the mid-to-high-90s, topping out at 102 MPH just prior to injuring his elbow in April 2025. The pitch was more than just pure heat, as it generally averaged around 2,500 RPM of spin, well-above-average for a four-seam fastball, giving the pitch excellent rising action. Wiggins participated in the 2026 MLB Draft Combine, where he threw 15 pitches from the mound, and while obviously not throwing full effort, the pitch topped out at 97.4 MPH, the ninth highest velocity reading recorded on Day 2 of the combine, sitting in the mid-90s.
He complemented the pitch with a mid-80s power breaking ball that occasionally looked more like a slider and occasionally looked more like a curveball. His breaking ball featured spin rates around 2,600, giving the pitch sharp slicing action when it came out of his hands as more of a slider and power up-down vertical break when it came out of his hands as a curveball. During the 2026 MLB Draft Combine, Wiggins’ breaking ball averaged 2720 RPM. In his one healthy season at Arkansas, batters went 1-16 against the pitch, with 14 strikeouts.
Having attended the 2026 MLD Draft Combine, the right-hander underwent a comprehensive medical exam, and as such, is guaranteed at least 75% percent of the assigned pick value for the 27th overall pick; with a slot value of $3,466,500, Wiggins cannot be offered any less than $2,599,875. With the right-hander red-shirting in 2025 and 2026, he remains eligible to return to Arkansas should he and the Mets be unable to come to terms. Wiggins has expressed disappointment about not being able to pitch more for the Razorbacks and not being able to pitch in Omaha during the College World Series and could conceptually return for his red-shirt junior season in 2027, leveraging the potential of a more defined post-surgery track record at the collegiate level against what the Mets are willing to offer him.
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