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Tournaments  | Story  | 7/11/2021

17u WWBA Scout Notes: Day 5

Brian Sakowski      Vincent Cervino      Drew Wesolowski      Kyler Peterson      Jason Phillips      Travis Ice      Matthew Arietta      Perfect Game Staff     
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Getting the start over at Alpharetta Legion on Saturday morning was Bryce Archie (2022, Powder Springs, Ga.) as he’s one of the top two sport talents in the class. Archie, a Coastal Carolina commit, has a ton of upside on the mound but he’s also committed as a dual threat quarterback for the Chanticleers football team. The right-hander has great size at 6-foot-2, 190-pounds with excellent physicality and fluidity throughout. You can see the natural athleticism in his movements with a solid back leg load, a quick arm, and a relatively easy release. The fastball peaked at 90 mph and sat in the upper-80s for the most part and the pitch had some heavy arm side life and sink with a spin rate hovering around 17-1800 rpm. He showed a whole array of pitches highlighted by his slider in the 78-81 mph range that he commanded pretty well. He flashed a softer curveball too but the slider will function as his primary out pitch moving forward. Given the propensity of two-sport athletes to be of serious interest to MLB teams, Archie’s name should be circled for the rest of the summer as a potential pop later in the draft calendar. Given the athleticism, strength, and ease of which the game comes to him one could project mid-90s velocity with a plus slider down the line to give an idea of what the upside could look like.
 


Making his second start of the tournament, Blake Binderup (2022, College Station, Tex.) once again gave a glimpse into the future with what the Texas A&M commit could become down the line. He struggled a bit in terms of command but the sum of his parts really profiles well as a potential high draft as a high school right-hander. At 6-foot-6, 205-pounds, Binderup has excellent size with a ton of projection given his long limbs, high waist, and young demeanor. The operation is fluid and simple and he shows plus arm speed and a clean arm action as he works down the mound. The arm is really fast and he doesn’t exert much effort to get the ball out of his hand. Binderup worked up to 93 mph and sat mostly 89-91 mph with the fastball that showed some god spin and carry out of the hand. He flashed a changeup at 80 mph but his best secondary pitch is a low-80s slider that he manipulates really well. The slider has potential to be a real weapon for Binderup who used it to dart off the plate against right-handed hitters to get whiffs. The strikes weren’t as good as they typically were but the overall package screams upside and Binderup’s is as high as anyone in the class.
 


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