8/20/2016 1:27:53 PM
Perhaps the loudest round of the Top Prospect portion of batting practice belonged to uncommitted outfielder Adam Holland (2017 OF, Erial, NJ). His righthanded swing was plenty quick and showed solid bat speed coming through the zone, producing consistent hard and loud contact to the warning track on his pull side.
Stephen Kalayjian (2017 OF, Katonah, NY) showed nice looseness to his righthanded swing with which he was able to work all fields with a short, relatively direct line drive path to the ball. He shows a feel for the barrel and was able to generate occasional lift off the barrel courtesy of his physical strength.
Jimmy Luis Fred Mapakou Djembo (2017 OF, Grand St Hoboken, NJ) is a strongly built 5-foot-11, 180-pound outfielder from New Jersey who put his interesting raw power from the right side on display throughout his round. Though there are a few timing trigger to his swing, when he was on time and showed balance he was able to create extension and separation with carry to the pull side.
Daniel Matranga (2017 OF, Kennett Square, PA), an uncommitted 6-foot-1, 185-pound righthanded hitting outfielder, showed off a short and direct swing to the ball and utilizes a simple weight shift through his lower half. He shows a feel for the barrel and found it on a regular basis, spraying line drive contact to all parts of the field.
Brandon Mology (2017 RHP, Wall, NJ) is a switch-hitter who’s listed as a primary righthanded pitcher in the program, but showed a sound feel for the barrel from either side. There was both balance and barrel feel from either side of the plate with a tick more comfort and bat speed from the left side with a balanced shift and occasional leverage out front at the point of contact.
Christopher Flynn (2017 3B, Randolph, NJ) did a nice job of incorporating the physicality within his 5-foot-11 frame into his lefthanded swing as he stayed short to the ball and was able to produce nice carry off the barrel to the pull side when extended out front.
Tommy Rodriguez (2017 OF, Paterson, NJ) is listed at 5-foot-11, 170-pounds and put together a nice round of batting practice after throwing an impressive 90 mph from the outfield. Using a leg lift trigger Rodriguez showed nice quickness to both his hands and barrel, whip the barrel head through the zone with consistent contact to the pull side while showing occasional lift.
Jordan Stennett (2017 OF, West Orange, NJ) stayed short to the ball with a direct path while showing nice quickness to his hands which helped create sound bat speed through the zone. When he was on time with the uncoiling to his swing Stennett was able to generate back spun contact to the pull side.
Kobi Wolf (2017 OF, Westfield, NJ) continued to put together a nice showcase after performing well throughout the skills portion. A righthanded hitter, Wolf used a toe tap trigger for timing and showed a full and fluid swing with nice separation and plenty of hard line drive contact off the barrel to the middle and pull side parts of the field.