Michael Tonkin

HS Grad	2008
Age	27 and 10 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

Position - RHP

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

Position - RHP

GPA
3.8

SAT
1470

ACT
--

4 yr Commitment
Southern California

College(s) interested in
Arizona State
Pepperdine
San Diego

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Best PG Grade
10
6/15/2007

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.