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Michael Tonkin
HS Grad
2008
Age
28 and 5 mos
Age on
2008
Draft
18 and 6 mos
Position(s)
RHP
Ht/Wt
6-6
,
192
lb
B/T
R/R
School
Palmdale
Hometown
Palmdale, CA USA
Summer Team
Southern California Panthers
Fall Team
So Cal Panthers
MLB Debut
Twins
Jul 11, 2013
MLB Draft
Round 30 by
Twins
in 2008
All Americans/All Regions
2008 Rawlings-Perfect Game 2nd Team All-American (California - All Region 1st Team)
National Rank - Class of 2008
Ranking Last Updated:
Jun 04, 2008
Overall
85
Position -
RHP
NA
6'4 and thin, 93 FB in Cincy, good slurve, projects big, very deceptive and big arm, good at PG WWBA
CA State Rank - Class of 2008
Ranking Last Updated:
Jun 04, 2008
Overall
NA
Position -
RHP
NA
GPA
Scout Level
SAT
Scout Level
ACT
--
4 yr Commitment
Southern California
College(s) interested in
Arizona State
Pepperdine
San Diego
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Overview
Events/Reports
4
Trophies
10
Contact
Videos
1
Articles
6
Best PG Grade
10
6/15/2007
PG Grade
×
Perfect Game USA's Player Rating System
10
Potential very high draft pick and/or Elite level college prospect
9
Potential top 10 round pick and/or highest level college prospect
8
Potential draft pick and/or excellent college prospect
7
College prospect, possible future draft pick with development
6
Potential college prospect
5
Possible College prospect and/or possible HS varsity
4
HS JV
3
Possible HS JV
2
No prospect at this time
1
The game is too dangerous
Latest Showcase Report
2007 National Showcase
Jun 15, 2007
PG Grade: 10
Michael Tonkin is a 2008 RHP with a 6'6'', 192 lb. frame from Palmdale, CA who attends Palmdale HS. He has a tall, slender build with long arms and legs. Tonkin throws from a high energy, multi-part delivery that provides loads of deception to the hitter but which is going to be difficult to maintain with ideal consistency. All hitters see coming at them are flying elbows and knees before some nasty stuff comes out of Tonkin's extended 3/4's release point. The worrisome part of Tonkin's delivery is the lack of front side leverage from his upper body and the hard recoil he has on release. He does seem to repeat is delivery/release point well and threw strikes with an idea. Tonkin's fastball was 90-93 mph and had nasty late sinking action at the plate. He complimented that with a sharp and big slurve type slider out of the same release point at 78 mph. There were a ton of swings and misses against Tonkin and those hitters who managed to make contact beat the ball into the ground. It looked like no one enjoyed hitting against him. It will be interesting watching what could be a continuing saga of Tonkin's delivery/mechanics as they project against his raw stuff. Tonkin is a very good student off the field.
PG Career Progression
PG Grade
Fastball
Best
PG Grade
:
10.00
PG Grade
Percentile Rank among
grad class in the recorded year
FB
93
mph
10/25/2007
98.45% Rank
best
97
avg
83
(2008 class in 2007)
best
97
avg
83
(2008 class)
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