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Draft  | Prospect Scouting Reports  | 4/23/2013

Draft Focus: Nick Longhi

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Nick Longhi Perfect Game profile

Position:  1B/OF/LHP
Height:  6-2
Weight:  208
Bats/Throws:  R-L
Birthdate:  Aug. 16, 1995
High School:  Venice Senior
City, State:  Venice, Fla.
Travel Team:  FTB Mizuno
Commitment: Louisiana State
Projected Draft Round:  2-3

We don’t bat an eye in baseball, so to speak, when we see a right-handed thrower step into the left handed hitter’s batter’s box to swing. In fact, it’s seen as a very positive thing for any player at any level. Approximately 70-percent of the pitchers in Major League Baseball are right-handed, and most hitters perform their best off pitchers who are throwing with their opposite hand due to the direction the pitcher’s breaking ball is moving.

The opposite, though, when a left-handed thrower hits right-handed, is extremely rare. According to one source, there have been only 57 bats right, throws left non-pitchers in Major League history. Surprisingly, there have probably been even fewer left-handed throwers who were switch-hitters.

The most accomplished R/L player of all-time is unquestionably Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson. Henderson has been quoted as saying the reason he hit right handed instead of left handed was, “All my friends were right-handed and swung from the right side, so that’s just the way I thought it was supposed to be done.” Reds outfielder Ryan Ludwick is the most prominent active player who is a member of the R/L club.

That brings us to Florida high school first base/outfielder Nick Longhi, potentially the next big league hitter belonging in the exclusive R/L club.


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