6/1/2016 12:54:27 PM
It’s been a bit since the last update as draft mode is in full swing, but with the season ending for teams throughout the country it’s only a matter of time before the trail heats back up. We’ll begin with Auburn as they’ve made the most recent splash and jumped on board with a 2019 commit, the first in the class, with a lefthanded hitting catcher out of Georgia in Ryan Dyal. A member of the Homeplate program during the summer, Dyal is full of athleticism and recently ran a 6.91 60-yard at the Perfect Game Sunshine East showcase where he also popped a 1.96 and threw 76 mph from behind the dish. Coach Butch Thompson and Recruiting Coordinator Brad Bohannon have hit recruiting hard since coming together and Dyal could very well be the catcher of the future, especially when you factor in the smooth stroke from the left side and the physical projection remaining on his 5-foot-11, 170-pound frame.
Last week the Tigers proved willing to leave the Southeast in search of talent and they came away with a young and projectable righthander out of Wisconsin in Ryan Hoerter. Listed at 6-foot-6, 185-pounds Hoerter is certainly a projectable arm and one the coaching staff has high hopes for. Hoerter serves as the ninth piece in the 2017 class for Auburn and might be end up being as good as any of them as we’ve seen his velocity jump from the low- to mid-80s last fall to touching 90s this spring with plenty of reason to believe there’s more in the tank. On a side note, Wisconsin is becoming a “hot bed” of sorts and though it’ll never be at the level of Florida or California, this isn’t your typical Midwest state as young players are being popped left and right.