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Tournaments  | Story  | 7/1/2021

17u Elite Scout Notes: Day 1

Brian Sakowski      Colton Olinger      Kyler Peterson     
Photo: Elijah Green (Perfect Game)
The summer circuit for draft looks more or less started at the UBC this year, at least at the national level, and it continues through this weekend in Hoover at the 17u PG Elite.





Andrew Dutkanych IV (2022, Indianapolis, Ind.) entered this summer in the general “first round follow” bucket and has done nothing to dissuade those notions thus far this spring, with a good outing at UBC and the same power stuff here at 17U Elite. He gave up 3 runs over 5 frames here, striking out 9 and throwing 64% strikes. He grabbed 96 mph late in the game and didn’t throw a fastball below 91, with a ton of 93-94 throughout his outing. The arm speed is plus and Dutkanych does it pretty easily operationally as well, with clear athleticism and the physical upside to repeat enough for above-average command. The fastball at the top of the zone is unhittable thanks to the induced vertical break as a result of the verticality of his release and ability to impart backspin on the four seamer, and combined with mid-90s velocity it’s impossible to catch up to. He’s more hittable when he misses middle, and he does have the ability to run the fastball in on the hands of right-handed hitters. The curveball is in the upper-70s with sharp 12/6 break at times, flashing solid-average a handful of times in this look, and he pairs it with a hard, late-tilting slider that reached 89 mph in this look. The stuff is extremely high-end and it comes in a 6-foot-3, 205-pound athletic package. The draft upside here is comfortably in the first round.



On the other side, Jordan Vera (2022, Plantation, Fla.) was excellent for Elite Squad, throwing 4 innings allowing just a single run on 1 hit, 2 walks, and 5 strikeouts. Vera is recently uncommitted and likely has the attention of the majority of high-end programs across the country, for good reason. He’s athletic with a clean, repeatable delivery and above-average arm speed, working up to 93 mph with his fastball and sitting right around 89-92 mph for the rest of the outing. The changeup is pretty advanced, thrown in the 82-83 mph range with good fade and deception; and the slider got up to 80 mph and improved every time he threw it, showing average at times with good tilt and sharpness. Vera is a good follow for the draft next spring for sure.


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