1/31/2016 4:44:19 PM
The Clemson Tigers have added another premium piece to a class that’s shaping up to be a strong one with four quality positional prospects already locked up. The Tiger’s fifth commit in a class that’s still young in the recruiting process is also their first primary arm with righthander Davis Sharpe out of Dacula, Georgia. Strongly built at a very believable 6-foot-3, 190-pounds, Sharpe’s fastball peaked at 89 mph this fall and there’s reason to believe Mill Creek High School product isn’t done adding to his fastball.
Consider this, at the end of December in 2014 Sharpe’s fastball peaked at 78 mph as a rising sophomore and saw his velocity climb in subsequent tournaments throughout the summer, adding a tick or two almost every outing. By the time September of 2015 rolled around Sharpe touched 89 mph, an 11 mph climb in roughly a nine-month period. Now armed with a fastball that steadily sits in the mid-to-upper-80s Sharpe shows the ability to repeat his delivery which in turn also for consistent sinking life to the bottom of the strike zone. His upper-70s slider features short and late tilting life and given the hand speed necessary to generate that type of breaking ball velocity, it’s another indicator of extra ticks to his fastball in the future. He rounds out the arsenal with firm changeup in the mid-70s that offers nice differential and sound fading life.
Sharpe is the second highest ranked player in the Tigers 2018 class at No. 93 nationally joining No. 76 ranked Charles Mack, a strongly built lefthanded bat out of New York. All five of the sophomore commits have come after Coach Monte Lee’s hiring and the class as a whole will undoubtedly continue to grow with impressive young prospects as we head into the spring and summer seasons.