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Cooper Harris: 0.46 ERA, 104 Ks, and a Decision Between UT and the MLB Draft

May 28, 2026
Cooper Harris went 8-2 with a 0.46 ERA and 104 strikeouts his senior year. Now he faces a choice: the University of Texas or the MLB Draft.

Five earned runs. That's all opposing hitters managed against Cooper Harris across an entire senior season — one of the most dominant individual pitching performances the state of Texas has seen in recent memory.

Harris finished 8-2 on the mound with a 0.46 ERA and 104 strikeouts, a stat line that made him one of the most talked-about arms in Texas high school baseball. The firethrowing right-hander works off a 95 mph fastball and backs it up with a sharp slider and a curveball that has a way of freezing batters mid-swing.

He's committed to the University of Texas, one of the premier college baseball programs in the country. But that commitment comes with an asterisk — if his name gets called in this year's MLB Draft, Harris will face a decision that most players only dream about.