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2017 Spring Top Prospect Showcase
Max Slavens is a 2019 SS/2B with a 5-9 170 lb. frame from Bettendorf, IA who attends Pleasant Valley. Medium frame with an athletic build. Projects for additional size with strength. Ran a 7.49 sixty-yard dash. Primary shortstop with quick, clean athletic feet while rounding and surrounding the baseball. Generated good momentum to the bag with efficient glove to hand exchanges. Released from a compact three-quarters arm slot creating accurate carry to the bag topping at 80 miles per hour. Left handed hitter with a spread, event stance and simple leg lift trigger. Creates some shift into contact with linear lower half actions. Flashed very quick hands to contact on a level, line drive plane through extension. Primarily worked to the middle of the field but has the barrel control to work to all fields as well. Tools will continue to develop with maturity and fluidity. Good student. Named to the 2017 Spring Top Prospect Showcase-Top Prospect List.