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Tournaments  | Story | 5/5/2025

Cedar Rapids Reds Classic Scout Notes

Tyler Kotila
TJ Bauer (2029, Des Moines, Iowa) took some loud hacks on Saturday. Has a presently strong and physical frame with room to keep filling out and refining the build. He swings it from the right side with an aggressive move to contact. He turns hard and presents the barrel out in front and hammer the ball in the air. He has a good feel to match planes and drive the ball working pull-side. Added a handful of hits on Saturday, including a couple of extra-base knocks. Bauer created a good impact and was able to show good strength out in front to drive the ball and do damage. 

Bennett Hicklin (2029, Urbandale, Iowa) showed a lot to like in the batter’s box on Saturday, putting together some loud swings and getting it done once again on Sunday as well. Hicklin has a presently strong and physical frame that projects well as he continues to add strength moving forward. He added a handful of hits, including a double on the weekend with some really loud swings. He starts with the spread base, and gets the weight on the backside, transferring well into contact and hammering the ball with a ton of jump and strength to impact. Handled the barrel well this weekend. 



Milo Schroeder (2029, Epworth, Iowa) put together a great outing on the mound, working the upper-70s up to 80 mph on the fastball. The pitch has some burst out of the hand, and he pairs it well with a 10-4 shaped slider in the upper-60s. He has a clean arm action, it comes out smooth, working with a longer and lean frame that projects really well with room to keep filling out moving forward. Schroeder threw 6.0 innings, allowing 5 hits, walking 3, and punching out 6 opposing hitters along the way. He has also swung it well, showing a loose stroke from the right side of the plate. He throws the barrel well with some feel to impact and drive it. Collected a couple of hits on the weekend.  

Charlie Mausser (2029, Leclaire, Iowa) has a lengthy and lean frame with room-to-fill throughout. He has longer levers with projectability moving forward. He swung it well this weekend, showing a spread base, with high hands and a quick move working through it. He turned well through it and was able to impact it out in front and show some looseness to the operation. He added a few hits this spring. He also worked on the mound, working the upper-70s that showed some plane and life to it. He also showed a mid-60s breaking ball with good shape and depth to it. He also flashed an occasional changeup as well. Mausser threw 5.0 innings, walking just 2, while punching out 5 opposing hitters.  

Blake Bartlett (2029, Fort Dodge, Iowa) has a stronger and physical 6-foot-2, 185-pound frame that projects well moving forward. Bartlett swung it well with a couple of good swings this weekend. He lifts the leg and turns hard through it with some feel to present the barrel out in front and drive it. He also put together a good outing on the mound. He worked the 74-78 mph on the fastball, showing good arm-side life to it. He flashed an upper-60s curveball in the mix, with good 11-5 shape and depth to it. He also showed a changeup on occasion up around 70 mph, showing some depth. Bartlett threw 4.0 innings, limiting the opposition and inducing weak contact along the way, holding them to only 1 run.  

Colton Sebring (2029, Marion, Iowa) has a projectable 6-foot, 165-pound frame with good athleticism present. He swung it well this weekend. He swings it well from the left side, with a spread base and simple move inward to contact. He throws the barrel head well, creating good length through the swing, staying through it well. He swung it well and added some hits, including 2 doubles and 2 triples. Sebring swung it well and was able to impact it, taking good at-bats this spring.  

Grayson Dressler (2028, Fairfax, Iowa) has an athletic and lean frame with a projectable build moving forward. He swings it well from the left side of the plate, with a simple move to contact. He handles the barrel well and was able to make a smooth move into contact with a simple trigger and feel to drive hard through contact. He presents the barrel well and is able to show good impact off of it, driving the ball well in the air, adding a few hits this weekend, plus a double.  

Brody Blegen (2029, Urbandale, Iowa) has a massive 6-foot-1, 155-pound frame with a long and lean frame. The build projects well as he continues to add in more strength and fills out. Blegen swung it well. He added a double, as well as a couple of hits on the day. Blegen swings it well with a good path through contact. He shows a loose stroke with some feel to impact it well. He worked 74-77 mph on the fastball in his outing on the mound. He showed a low-60s curveball with developing shape and some depth to it. He threw 6.0 innings, with 3 hits allowed, no walks, and 7 punchouts to his credit. The traits are there that project on both sides of the ball.

Hayden Jones (‘30, WI) has a strong and physical frame with plenty of projection moving forward. As he continues to add in strength and fill out, the frame is going to project really well in the coming years. He swings it from the right side with a good leg lift and stride into contact. He creates good separation with the hands getting deep, and a good feel to impact it out in front. He took some loud swings this weekend, with a feel to be on the barrel and drive the ball to all fields. He added a double as well, showing a lot to like in the batter’s box.  

Colin Brown (2028, Dubuque, Iowa) handled the barrel really well this weekend, showing an athletic and strong presence in the box. He swings it from the left side, with a leg lift and stride into it. He turns hard and is able to impact out in front with some feel to lift and drive the ball in the air. He showed some really loud swings this weekend, including a home run. Had a triple and 4 RBI on the weekend as well. He also got on the mound and worked 75-78 mph on the fastball, with some occasional cut to it. He showed a mid-60s slider with developing shape and a high-tilt look to it. Brown was impressive this weekend.  

Bode Ferrell (2028, Agency, Iowa) has some athleticism and strength throughout the build. There’s some projection here with tools to like on both sides of the barrel. Ferrell has a right-handed swing, with an open setup and inward move to contact, working through it, with some impact out in front. He can show a good jump off the barrel and is able to flash some barrel skills. He added a couple of hits, including a home run, this weekend. He also worked up to 80 mph on the fastball with some occasional life to it, in his outing on the mound. He also showed a harder breaker in the upper-60s, around 70 mph. Longer arm action through release with traits that project on the bump.  

Drake Allison (2029, Ankeny, Iowa) showed some good stuff in his outing on Saturday for Canes Iowa. He worked into the upper-70s on the fastball with some late life to it. He could get in gloveside with the pitch as well. He flashed a mid-60s curveball and upper-60s changeup. The curveball had developing shape and depth. The changeup had good arm-side sink to it. He mixed well and attacked with a clean arm action and good feel for the actions/delivery working down the slope. Allison also got it done at the plate with a couple of hits, showing some feel for the barrel and ability to drive the ball well.  

Cooper Sweeney (2029, Rock Island, Ill.) showed some promising swings in the box on Saturday. He has a really physical frame and build with good strength throughout. He projects really well moving forward. Sweeney was able to stay short to it, with a smooth move to contact, a simple trigger, and a ton of feel to throw the barrel to it out in front. Sweeney shows good length through it and has really intriguing and projectable actions in the box. Sweeney worked 80-84 mph on the fastball in a relief outing. He showed a really clean and fluid arm action with a fluid release and feel to miss bats with the heater. He also showed a mid-60s curveball in the mix as well, showing good slider shape and depth to it. He punched out 3 opposing hitters over 1 â…“ innings of work.  

John Gayton (2029, Bettendorf, Iowa) put together a masterpiece on the mound on Sunday. Gayton went all 7.0 innings, walking just 1, allowing only 4 hits, and striking out 2 opposing hitters. He worked the low- to mid-70s on the fastball, with some occasional life to it. He also showed an upper-60s breaking ball with good depth to it. Gayton had a good delivery, with a collected and smooth move working down the slope. Gayton pounded the zone and showed really good stuff that projects well moving forward. Not to mention, he had a couple of hits at the dish, including a double, swinging it well and impacting with strength off it.  

Briggs Wilson (2029, Urbandale, Iowa) went toe-to-toe with Gayton, above, providing a real pitchers' duel in their matchup. Wilson worked 74-78 T79 mph on the fastball with some life to it, being able to work from a three-quarters slot and repeat the release well. He also showed an upper-60s curveball with downer shape and bite to it, mixing it in well. He navigated through 3.0 innings well, finding ways to sequence well and beat hitters with a couple of punchouts and lots of weaker contact.  

Bo Rypma (2029, Des Moines, Iowa) showed off a really projectable and impressive swing this weekend. The lean and athletic outfielder has a smooth left-handed stroke, with good feel to sequence and stay on time through contact. He gets the foot down and turns well through it, staying balanced and driving the ball well to all fields. Rypma delivers the barrel well and is able to drive the ball to all fields, with consistently hard-hit line drives. Rypma had a handful of hits this weekend for his Iowa Sticks squad. Shows really projectable actions in the box.  

Landon Pearson (2029, Urbandale, Iowa) put together a good outing on the mound, working 72-75 T78 mph on the fastball, showing some burst out of the hand. He showed an upper-60s breaking ball with slurvy shape and developing shape/depth to it. He has some feel to drive down the slope and finish through release well. He threw 3.0 innings, allowed just 1 hit, walked only 1, and punched out 5 opposing hitters along the way. He also picked up a couple of hits on the weekend at the dish. 

Jacob Coffin (2029, Fairbank, Iowa) handled the bat really well this weekend for the Cedar Rapids Reds. Coffin has a compact frame but strong build with good present physicality, and it shows in the box. He was able to drive the ball well every time he stepped in the box. He showed feel to match planes and drive the ball out in front and produce some loud swings, tallying several doubles. Coffin took some loud swings this weekend and certainly helped his team out offensively.  

Ethan Cole (2029, Marion, Iowa) was another bat from the Cedar Rapids Reds who handled the stick well. He took good at-bats and used his lengthy and lean frame well, driving the ball to all fields, with good feel to impact and stay through it at contact. He tallied a handful of hits, finding ways to manufacture some offense for his team and drive in runs. Cole has projectable bat-to-ball skills, with a good feel to work on the barrel and drive it.  

Reece Blaisdell (2028, Webster City, Iowa) took to the mound on Sunday for the 3T’s Dawgs squad and put together a really impressive swing at the dish. Blaisdell has an uber-projectable 6-foot-2, 170-pound frame and build. There’s room to keep adding strength and continue filling out moving forward. Blaisdell worked into the low-80s early on with his fastball, filling the zone with the pitch. The heater had some angle to it from a higher slot, and he was able to show an upper-60s curveball with great 11-5 shape and depth to it. Used a heavy dose of fastballs early on. He showed projectable stuff on the mound during his outing.  
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