6/14/2015 7:13:16 PM
Alex Shakibai (2017 RHP, Ridgewood, NJ) is a strongly-built righty that showed a clean arm-action and solid feel for two pitches. Shakibai ran his fastball up to 86 mph and showed good command of the offering to his armside. He also showed an advanced feel for a curveball that with 11/5 shape and sharp break that induced swings and misses and weak contact.
Mitchell Stone (2017 LHP, Shawnee, OK) threw an impressive three innings, striking out four. The large lefthander, listed at 6’9, 235, looks like he is playing catch as he has an easy, well-paced delivery. He showed a confident approach and displayed good command of both his fastball-- which sat in the 84-87 mph and touched 88 mph--and a tight curveball with late bite and good depth.
Justin Willis (2017 RHP, West New York, NJ) displayed an aggressive approach on the mound. The righty has an up-tempo delivery and works quickly. Willis’ 85-88 mph fastball has solid life and jumps on hitters. He showed the ability to throw his breaking ball for strikes. He struck out three in two innings.
Izaya Ono-Fullard (2017 3B, North Liberty, IA) showed off his strength and good hands at the plate by ripping a single up the middle off of the aforementioned Mitchell Stone on a fastball on the inner third of the plate.
Jose Ciccarello (2017 SS, Tampa, FL) displayed an advanced feel for hitting and did a good job of taking advantage of a ball left up the zone. --- went the other way with an elevated fastball, hitting a hard-hit single to right center field and driving in a run.
Sam Hall (2017 OF, Hampstead, NC) also had some loud contact. The right handed hitter stayed balanced, showed a good weight shift and hit a double into the left-center field gap.
Noah Campbell (2017 SS, Durham, NC) showed quick hands and good bat speed, ripping a triple past the first baseman and into right field. He also displayed good footspeed, rounding 1B in just 4.32 seconds.
Ashton McGee (2017 SS, Goldsboro, NC) probably had the loudest contact of the game. The lefthanded hitter showed good bat speed and the ability to backspin the ball when he hit a ball to deep right center field for double.
Gabriel Rodriguez (2017 OF, Toa Alta, PR) had two hits, displayed very good bat speed, and showed the ability to use the entire field throughout the game. Rodriguez is an aggressive player who takes charge in the outfield and displayed good range while patrolling center field.