6/18/2015 9:10:26 AM
Will Ethridge (2016 RHP, Lilburn, GA) is a long and projectable right-handed pitcher who really showed a feel for the strike zone during his two innings of work. Listed at 6-foot-5, the Mississippi commit pounding the lower half of the strike zone with an upper-80s fastball that peaked at 90 mph showing some sink and running life down. His changeup was a quality pitch in the 82-84 mph range showing similar life to his fastball paired with a slider in the low-80s.
Alek Manoah (2016 1B, Homestead, FL) has a strong and physical presence and he uses that to his advantage on the mound, running his fastball up to 94 mph while working comfortably in the low-90s. With an extended arm action and a lower three-quarter slot, Manoah does a nice job of working his fastball down in the zone with running life to his arm side. Aside from a big heater, the uncommitted Manoah showed a feel for both an 81 mph changeup and a sharper mid-70s curveball.
Chase Cheek (2016 OF, Orlando, FL) impressed after running the best 60-yard dash yesterday at a 4.40 and this morning showed off his barrel skills for loud contact on an 89 mph fastball, pulling it through the right side for a hard hit single
Graham Ashcraft (2016 RHP, Brownsboro, AL), another uncommitted arm, came out firing for the Columbia Blue team touching 93 mph a few time while working comfortably in the low-90s from an extended three-quarter arm slot with big life to his arm side. Adding to an uncomfortable at-bat, Ashcraft showed the ability to drop down to an almost side arm slot in the upper-80s and did show while locating to either side of the plate. His curveball showed some late depth at 75-77 mph and showed a changeup at 82 mph.
Committed to the University of South Carolina, left-hander Johnathan Jahn (2016 LHP, Augusta, GA) worked comfortably in the 85-88 mph range with his fastball with nice angle coming from the first base side. Getting his fastball down in the zone, Jahn was able to induce half of his outs via ground ball while striking out another two with his three pitch mix.
Khalil Lee (2016 OF, Centreville, VA) continues to swing it well, picking up another hard hit ball in his second game, squaring a ball up the middle for a hard ground ball single.
Ross Korosec (2016 RHP, Winter Springs, FL) was in control for his two innings on the mound, consistently living low in the zone with all three offerings. Peaking at 88 mph with his fastball, the South Florida commit showed nice running life to his arm side. His changeup was a quality offering in the 79-81 mph range and when couple with his 11-5 curveball, Korosec was able to generate consistent ground ball contact along with the ability to miss bats.
Todd Peterson (2016 RHP, Lake Mary, FL) has a strong 6-foot-5 frame and showed some impressive stuff on the mound to back it up. Running his fastball up the 92 mph with heavy life and running life to his arm side, Peterson showed the ability to locate well down to his glove side. A Louisiana State commit, Peterson showed a nice feel for his mid-70s curveball and flashed a changeup to his arm side at 82 mph.
Justin Glover (2016 LHP, Buford, GA) and Cole Ragans (2016 LHP, Crawfordville, FL) are two left-handers who closed out the game for each of their teams. Glover is a University of Georgia commit who worked in the 84-88 mph range with his fastball from a high three-quarter with extension. He showed a big curveball up to 76 mph with depth and also flashed a changeup in the mid-70s.
Ragans is committed to Florida State and worked two quick innings of his own. Throwing from a high three-quarter arm slot, Ragans worked steadily in the 90-91 mph range, peaking at 92 with downhill plane while showing the ability to hold the velocity out of the stretch. Working to his arm side well, Ragans also showed a nice feel for his curveball in the low-70s and turned over a nice changeup at 74 mph.
After running an impressive 6.52 60-yard dash, Andrew Daschbach (2016 3B, Atherton, CA) squared up an inner half 86 mph fastball for a loud double down the left field line.