2/9/2014 10:21:07 AM
Cole McDonald (2015, RHP, New Hampton, IA) was sitting 84-87mph with his fastball topping out at 88mph to go along with his curveball at 73mph and his change-up at 80mph. McDonald has a online fast paced delivery which he repeats with a fast loose arm action pitching from a high 3/4 arm slot. He has hard spin on his curveball with good depth to it, and maintains his arm speed on his change-up.
Alex Mixon (2016, RHP, Ely, IA) has an online delivery with a compact arm action pitching from a high 3/4 arm slot. Mixon does a good job of hiding the ball well in his delivery with nice downhill angle. He throws his pitches for strikes consistently mixing in his curveball at 65mph and a changeup at 70mph. Mixon has a big deep downer curveball which he uses as his out pitch and he gets swings and misses on.
James Whiteman (2015, RHP, Lakeville, IN) has a tall athletic build pitching from a low 3/4 arm slot with a long fluid arm action. Whiteman is around the zone with his fastball pitching to the corners and keeping the ball down in the zone. He flashed a change-up late in his outing at 72mph which had good late sink.
Zach Baird (2015, RHP, South Elgin, IL) pitches from an over the top release point working downhill with an online delivery. Baird throws an 11/5 curveball with depth to it at 70mph that he can throw for strikes, also flashing a change-up at 76mph which he should to mix in more.