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2017 Sunshine West Showcase
Connor Sample is a 2020 SS/RHP, 2B, OF with a 5-5 125 lb. frame from Westlake Village, CA who attends Agoura. Compact frame with a lean build. Projects for additional strength with continued physical maturity. Ran a 7.30 sixty-yard dash. Primary shortstop with aggressive footwork while ranging for and working through the baseball. Clean glove actions while funneling with developing fluidity when working through exchange. Developing arm strength, created softer on line carry across the infield. Right handed hitter with a spread, even stance. Stays on back side throughout swing with rotational lower half actions. Direct hand path to contact with a level, line drive plane through extension. Kept swing simple and flashed the ability to manipulate bat head and work to all fields. Also pitched utilizing a small side step to medium leg lift delivery. Stays tall on back side and creates coil over back leg at gather. Works to the plate with drop and drive actions and carries momentum to the plate. Stiff arm circle at separation and released from a compact three-quarters arm slot. Fastball flashed occasional sink to the bottom of the zone in the upper 60's, topped at 70 miles per hour. Curveball had 11/5 shape with loose spin and some depth to the bottom of the strike zone. Consistently filled the strike zone with both pitched and showed developing feel for each edge of the plate. Excellent student.