Luis Serna
Player Info
Age
22
Height
5' 11"
Weight
162 lbs
Bats/Throws
Right/Right
ETA
2028
2026 Season
Hudson Valley Renegades
W-L
4-5
ERA
4.69
IP
88.1
K
104
BB
32
WHIP
1.25
Year-by-Year Stats
| Year | Team | Lvl | G | GS | W | L | ERA | IP | K | BB | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | DSL Yankees 1 | Rookie | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2.25 | 40.0 | 46 | 17 | 1.05 |
| 2022 | FCL Yankees | Rookie | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.96 | 41.1 | 56 | 17 | 1.21 |
| 2023 | FCL Yankees | Rookie | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4.19 | 19.1 | 23 | 8 | 1.29 |
| 2024 | Tampa Tarpons | Single-A | 18 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 6.07 | 69.2 | 82 | 24 | 1.31 |
| 2025 | Tampa Tarpons | Single-A | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5.14 | 7.0 | 10 | 7 | 1.57 |
| 2026 | Hudson Valley Renegades | High-A | 17 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4.69 | 88.1 | 104 | 32 | 1.25 |
Scouting
Scouting Grades
Fastball
Slider
Changeup
Command
Scouting Report
The Yankees purchased Serna from the Mexican League's Yucatan Lions in May 2021, handing him a $50,000 bonus two years after signing his cousin Jared Serna, an infielder whom they eventually shipped to the Marlins in a July 2024 trade for Jazz Chisholm Jr. After pitching well in Rookie ball in his first two pro seasons, Luis dealt with shoulder issues in 2023 and an elbow injury in '24 that required Tommy John surgery, sidelining him for much of last year. He finally reached High-A to open this season and has performed well there. Serna owns one of the best changeups in the system, an upper-70s offering with plenty of fade and sink that works against both lefties and righties. He sets it up with a 91-95 mph fastball that plays up a bit thanks to some carry and armside run. He doesn't have great feel for spin and his tight low-80s slider is fringy at best. Listed at just 5-foot-11 and 162 pounds, Serna will have to prove he has the durability to handle a back-of-the-rotation role. He has a clean delivery and provides regular strikes, though his three-quarters delivery doesn't stand out in terms of release height or extension. While his mechanics don't provide a lot of deception, he tunnels his pitches well.
FanGraphs Report
Serna worked just shy of 20 innings on the complex after returning from a shoulder injury that cost him the first half of the year. He is a very advanced, strike-throwing teenage pitching prospect who lacks prototypical physicality. Serna's fastball is parked in the 91-94 mph range and often has 18-20 inches of induced vertical break. His best secondary is a side-spinning, screwball-style changeup, which has roughly 15 mph of velocity separation from his fastball. He also has a fair 78-82 mph slider, which should play fine because of his command. It's tough to project on Serna's velocity because of his lack of size. He's young, but he hasn't thrown more than 40 innings in a season yet, and not only might it be tough for such a small athlete to throw meaningfully harder, but it might be difficult for Serna to sustain his current stuff under a 120-inning load. Unless his arm strength develops in an unexpected way, he isn't a high-ceiling prospect. Instead, he's the rare low-variance teenage pitching prospect whose fastball's underlying traits, and Serna's command to weaponize it, should lead to a fifth starter role.