Nic Abraham (2024 1B, Rancho Murieta, CA) is only a 2024 graduate but found plenty of barrels from the left side of the plate. Though there’s some drift through his lower half, his hands are quick and he squared the ball up with back spun line drives consistently to his pull side.
Joe Reitz (2022 C, Hood River, OR) is a switch-hitter and he showed a nice swing from both sides of the plate in his round. He worked gap-to-gap from the right side of the plate with looseness to his hands and showed quick hands with a linear path from the left side while hitting the ball out front.
Jake Sanko (2024 SS, Peoria, AZ) is another 2024 graduate who swung it well, putting together a consistent round, staying short to the ball with his barrel. He projects very well physically with added strength and lived to the middle and pull side parts of the field.
Josh DeGroot (2022 SS, Caledonia, WI) swung that bat very well in his round of batting practice and the uncommitted Wisconsin product projects big time. With loose and whippy hands he was able to generate intriguing jump off of the barrel to the pull side gap.
Elijah James (2022 SS, Oakland, CA) starts with a lower hand set in his swing but shows plenty of quickness to them once underway. He worked the gaps and showed carry off the barrel with intriguing jump at the point of contact.
Milo Rushford (2022 OF, Sahuarita, AZ) has a projectable 6-1/170 lefthanded bat who showed things to like in the box. With quickness to his hands and present bat speed through the zone, Rushford was consistent in hitting the ball out front while generating separation in his swing.
Christopher Ceballos (2021 RHP, Azusa, CA) has a short swing for his 6-3 frame and uses his size well to generate carry to the pull side gap. There’s present bat speed through the zone and found a groove towards the end of his round with projectable power.
Antonio Avila (2022 OF, Corrales, NM) is another switch-hitter who put together a quality round at the plate. He showed strength in his swing form the right side with some present feel for the barrel and strength coming off, just as he showed lefthanded where he worked the middle part of the field with some back spin.
Jackson “Birdie” Gifford (2021 3B, Santa Cruz, CA) did a nice job of staying short to the baseball and unlocked his strength, though there’s more to come with additional lower half. He stayed short to the ball with strength in his hands, showing quickness to them with big jump to his pull side.
James Graser (2021 C, San Ramon, CA) looks to pull the ball at the point of contact and did so thanks to the quickness in his hands. Staying short to the ball, Graser showed lift in his swing and got the barrel through with intent, looking to impact with carry coming off.
Chris Canavan (2023 LHP, Temecula, CA) is a 6-5/190 primary lefthanded pitcher but he swung it well from the left side of the plate. When he got separated he was able to generate loud contact off of the barrel with back spin to the middle of the field.
Connor Apeceche (2024 C, Las Vegas, NV) keeps his hands inside the ball with his righthanded swing, staying short to the ball. He gets extended out front at the point of contact and shows looseness to his swing with some strength coming off the barrel.
Trevor LaPres (2023 OF, Las Vegas, NV) is listed 6-2/160 and stays short to the ball with his righthanded swing with looseness to his hands, There are timing components in his load but he did a nice job of getting the barrel to the ball with extension out front and carry to his pull side.
Joel Roberts (2023 3B, Modesto, CA) put together a solid round of batting practice, showing both strength and looseness from the right side of the plate. He’s listed 6-0/180 and generates occasional jump with lift and fluidity through the zone.
Vaughn Major (2023 SS, La Mesa, CA) recently committed to UC Santa Barbara and showed off his complete skillset on day one. He’s a 6-2 shortstop and was able to generate solid bat speed through the zone, hitting the ball out front with hard line drives to the left-center field gap.
Isaac Quintanilla (2023 3B, Diamond Bar, CA) showed tools to project upon in the box as well as present strength in his hands. There’s quickness to his barrel and he gets it out front well, elevating the ball while showing nice power potential.
Joseph Barnhardt (2021 C, Stockton, CA) is a physical 6-2/205 righthanded hitting catcher who impressed with the strength and life he was able to generate off of the barrel. With a simple swing, Barnhardt showed big carry to the right-center field gap with loud contact off of the barrel.
Marcus Rivera (2022 1B, Hayward, CA) connected for the only home run of the entire batting practice on day one, sending a ball deep over the right field fence. He shows a long and loose swing with lift out front, swinging with intent while creating impact at contact.
Vince Gamberdella (2022 C, Santa Barbara, CA) remains short to the ball with his lefthanded swing and shows looseness to his hands. He creates whip to his barrel through the zone with a linear path through the zone and back spin coming off the barrel.
Trevin Long (2023 SS, Battle Ground, WA) gets closed moving into contact with his lower half and shows whip to the barrel coming through the zone. He swings with intent and stays short to the ball, living in the middle of the field with line drive contact coming off.