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Tournaments  | Story  | 6/28/2021

18u WWBA Scout Notes: Day 4

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Ben Hess (2021, Charleston, Ill.) has continued to create buzz around him this summer and for good reason. The 6-foot-5 right-hander has recently come off an injury, as well as decommitting, and is making that last chance push for the MLB Draft this July. The overall profile here shows huge upside as a starter at the next level as he held velocity without dipping below 90 mph. We saw him into his usual low-90s and he even popped a 94 mph during his outing. The heater shows riding life out of hand as he got plenty of swing and miss with it up in the zone. He went to a slider very rarely that shows horizontal life. The better breaking ball of the two was a curveball showing 11-to-5 movements with big depth in the upper-70’s that he got some knee buckles on. He rounded the four-pitch mix off with a tumbling changeup in the mid-80s that wasn’t necessarily a swing-and-miss type pitch, but it kept hitters off the heater. He is mechanically sound as he drives with the lower half and gets over the front side well, even with him just coming off some back issues. The arm also works well and it’s easy to think that he will casually sit in the mid-90s as he gets a bit stronger in the lower half. The East Cobb Yankee picked up the win today as he went a full 7 innings pitched while striking out 15 on just a pair of hits. To add to the stat line, he didn’t walk a single batter. Hess has recently committed to Alabama, but it looks as though he will have some decisions to make after the draft as we should hear his name called.
 


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