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Here’s our TFP for Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025:

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THE FINAL PITCH: DAISY HERRERA

Uncommitted 2027 RHP/UT Daisy Herrera recently talked to Line Drive Media about Arizona Rising-Westover, PGF Nationals, Arizona players, helping her team win the recent 18U Triple Crown Arizona Fall Showcase: Road to the Rockies, Lilly “Goose” Goodwin, height, athletic family, future college, college camps, pediatrics, anatomy and physiology, Grace Lyons, “The Nightingale,” Drake, “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Tangled,” “Moana” and “The Princess and the Frog” and flute skills.

THE FINAL PITCH Q&A

Name: Daisy Herrera

Hometown: Peoria, AZ

High School: O’Connor High

Club Team: Arizona Rising-Westover 18U

Graduation Year: 2027

Height: 5-4

Position/s: RHP/UT

Nickname: “Daze” is the nickname my parents gave to me. I don’t really know how they got that though.

Social Media: @Daisyherrera34 on Twitter

Honors: 6A Desert West Offensive Player of the Year (2024) and 1st Team All-6A Desert West (2025).

High School Spring 2025 Stats: Hitting — Avg. 431 AVG, 1.346 OPS, 46 RBIs, 10 HRs; Pitching — 74 IP, 4.90 ERA, 88 Ks, 22 BBs, 1.507 WHIP.

Travel Ball Summer 2025 Stats: Hitting — .390 AVG, 1.085 OPS, 25 RBIs, 4 HRs; Pitching — 24 IP, 11 Ks, 23 BBs, 2.273 WHIP.

Travel Ball Fall 2025 Stats (So Far): Hitting — .510 AVG, 1.612 OPS, 18 RBIs, 7 HRs; Pitching — 43 IP, 2.40 ERA, 48 Ks, 16 BBs, 1.206 WHIP.