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2018 Top Prospects

Will Christophersen  RHP - 2018 - Bettendorf, IA
Michigan State

The 6-foot-4, 185-pound right handed pitcher was electric on the mound featuring a fastball that jumped on hitter in the mid to upper 80's, topped at 88 miles per hour. The 2018 grad also showed advanced feel from a sharp 12/6 curveball and hard 9/4 slider.

Nic McCay  RHP - 2018 - Carlisle, IA
South Dakota State

The South Dakota State commit flashed very good arm speed through extension with a fastball that topped at 88 miles per hour. McCay consistently over power hitters locating to each edge of the plate with fastball before changing speeds with a sharp 11/5 breaking ball.

Clayton Nettleton  RHP - 2018 - Davenport, IA
Kirkwood CC

Nettleton showed a smooth, easy arm action that produced a heavy running fastball that topped at 89 miles per hour. The Iowa commit also featured a very sharp breaking ball that produced many swing and misses.

Brayden Frazier  IF - 2018 - Cedar Rapids, IA
Iowa

The Iowa commit utilized smooth actions defensively and very good arm strength topping at 92 miles per hour across the infield. Frazier generated very good leverage at extension that produced sharp carry to all fields throughout batting practice.

Jarrett Blunt  RHP - 2018 - Ottumwa, IA
Iowa Central CC

Aggressively attacked the strike zone with a running fastball that topped at 88 miles per hour. Showed good feel to each edge of the plate and changed speed with a sharp breaking ball and fading change up.

Simen Restad  RHP - 2018 - Prior Lake, MN
Indian Hills CC

The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Minnesota native generated steep downhill angle through the zone from a high three-quarters arm slot topping at 87 miles per hour. Restad also showed good feel for a breaking ball with the ability to deliver for strikes in negative counts.

Evan Crawford  OF - 2018 - Bettendorf, IA
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Crawford flashed clean, athletic actions from both the outfield and the infield topping at 85 and 84 miles per hour respectively. At the plate, Crawford consistently drove the baseball to the middle of the field creating hard, rising line drives.

Corey Hall  OF - 2018 - Champaign, IL
Uncommitted

Hall showed clean, athletic actions throughout defensively workouts in the outfield topping at 90 miles per hour. The 2018 grad also displayed impressive speed posting a 6.67 sixty-yard dash. At the plate, the Illinois native has present feel for the barrel and consistently worked to all fields.

Evan Jordan  OF - 2018 - Champaign, IL
Uncommitted

Jordan showed good arm strength with stiff online carry while working out from the outfield, topped at 89 miles per hour. The Campaign, IL native showed the ability to control and manipulate the barrel while working to all fields on a line.

Andrew Fox  1B - 2018 - Lenexa, KS
McKendree College

The Kansas native utilized a simple, direct swing path with a slightly lifted plane through extension. Fox created good bat speed through the zone with the ability to turn the barrel head to contact and drive the ball through the gaps.

Tony Barreca  C - 2018 - Long Grove, IA
Georgetown

The 2018 grad showed quick, athletic actions behind the plate posting a 1.94 best pop time. Offensively, Barreca utilized a simple, repeatable swing plane and flashed the barrel control to work to all fields.

Trevor Burkhart  MIF - 2018 - Davenport, IA
Parkland College

Burkhart showed very athletic actions throughout the weekend posting a 6.72 sixty-yard dash and topping at 86 miles per hour across the infield. The Davenport, IA native also utilized a simple linear swing plane that generated line drive contact to the middle of the field.

Ben Dekruyf  3B - 2018 - Urbandale, IA
Wartburg College

Dekruyf swung with aggression throughout batting practice and consistently delivered bat head through extension with authority. Baseball jumped off the barrel very well to pull side generating tight back spin with good carry.

Marcus Gholston  OF - 2018 - Valparaiso, IN
Parkland College

The Indiana native posted a 6.94 sixty-yard dash and showed quality arm strength form the outfield topping at 87 miles per hour. At the plate, Gholston swung with intent and consistently found the barrel throughout batting practice. Consistently looked to turn the barrel to contact and work to pull side with authority.

Tyler Lewis  RHP - 2018 - West Des Moines, IA
Iowa Western CC

The 6-foot-4, 230-pound right handed pitcher showed very good arm speed through extension with a fastball that topped at 88 miles per hour. Lewis looked to attack hitters early and often with fastball creating very heavy sink to the bottom of the strike zone.

Hogan McIntosh  C - 2018 - Mitchellville, IA
Jacksonville/Parkland College

Utilized a fluid swing path that created hard, loud contact off the barrel to each gap. McIntosh was impressive on the mound as well working his fastball up to 84 miles per hour with good downhill angle through the zone.

Mason Nadolney  SS - 2018 - Minnetonka, MN
Jacksonville

Nadolney impressed at the plate and on the mound. Offensively, the Minnesota native created a naturally leverage swing plane with present bat speed that produced loud hard contact to each gap. While on the mound, showed a compact three-quarters arm slot that generated solid downhill angle through the zone topping at 86 miles per hour.