6/18/2015 11:45:14 AM
Tristan Duncan continuously gave hitters a different look on the mound and in doing so showed off his athleticism. Getting up to 90 mph with his fastball from a more traditional three-quarter arm slot, the Oregon commit showed the ability to drop down to side arm where he peaked at 88 mph with sharp running life to his arm side. He also showed a changeup at 83 mph and a consistent curveball in the mid-to-upper-70s.
The top prospect in the 2016 class, right-hander Riley Pint showed an easy and loose arm action that helped produce a fastball that peaked at 96 mph in both his innings and showed the same mid-90s out of the stretch. His fastball shows nice life on it when down in the zone with plenty of athleticism in his delivery. Flashing a changeup in his second inning of work at 84 mph with fade to his arm side, Pint also showed a feel for a low-80s curveball that had solid depth and late break to it.
Jimmy Titus and Carter Kieboom both put quality swings on mid-90s fastball, each squaring up a fastball for a hard single back through the box.
Brenden Heiss came out attacking with his fastball early and missed plenty of bats in the process. Working comfortably in the 91-94 mph range peaking at 95 with nice running life down to his glove side. Doing a nice job of working over his front side, Heiss lived low in the zone with his fastball with the ability to get to both sides of the plate. The University of Arkansas commit also showed a straight changeup at 84 mph and an upper-70s curveball. He struck out 5 in his outing.
Matt Rowland has a long and lean build that projects well as he continues to add strength to his athletic 6-foot-3 frame. Running his fastball up to 90 mph, the Kennesaw State commit comfortably lived in the upper-80s with his fastball, showing a steady curveball in the mid-70s.
A UCLA commit, Kevin Gowdy showed big downhill plane on his fastball consistently living at the knees with his fastball that peaked at 94 mph, showing a lot of 93s in the first inning. With a long and projectable 6-foot-4 frame Gowdy is able to generate his velocity rather easily and without much effort. To go along with his fastball, Gowdy showed a hard breaking ball in the low-80s that featured hard, late life around from right-handed hitters. Rounding out the arsenal was a solid 81-82 mph changeup that featured late fade down in the zone.
Preston Price worked the fifth and sixth innings for the Gold team, showing a short arm action through the backside. Peaking at 87 mph with his fastball, the University of Arizona commit also showed a nice feel for his breaker in the mid-70s, showing tight rotation with depth.
Cole Stobbe continues to put together a nice showcase, turning on an inside fastball down the left field line for a stand up double.
Maverick Handley put a quality swing on a right-handed curveball, keeping his weight back on his swing, driving it to the right-centerfield gap for a standup triple.
Trey Morgan drove in two runs for the black team in the bottom of the seventh, going with an outer pitch and drove it into right field for a hard line drive single.
Davis Daniel is an athletic right-hander committed to the North Carolina State and showed some interesting stuff of his own on the mound. Running his fastball up to 92 mph from his three quarter arm slot, sitting mostly 88-91, Davis also dropped down to submarine, giving the hitters a different look working in the upper-70s. Both pitches showed nice life down, as did his curveball that worked in the mid-70s from the three-quarter slot.
Kevin Roliard came out showing impressive arm stretch, running his fastball up to 94 mph early before settling into the low-90s with hard sinking life when down in the zone. Committed to the University of Texas, Roliard has a lean, athletic frame with a quick arm coming through at release. Though working mostly off his fastball, Roliard did shows a curveball in the 78-80 mph range.