6/19/2016 5:00:09 PM
There were rumblings of a recent workout in which Arizona State commit Alex Scherff (2017 RHP, Colleyville, TX)was showing big velocity and it proved to be true during his two innings of work. He sat comfortably in the 93-95 mph range with late running life but his secondaries were just as impressive as he showed an advanced feel for a changeup and was able to get a hard slider to the back foot of lefthanded hitters with a feel to mix.
Hugh Fisher (2017 LHP, Eads, TN) is a long and projectable lefthanded pitcher who’s already committed to in-state Vanderbilt and it’s easy to see why. Comfortably working his fastball up to 91 mph, Fisher lived down in the zone with short running life and flashed both a sharp CB and a changeup in the upper-70s.
D’Mond LaFond has a highly projectable 6-foot-2, 180-pound who came out and ran his fastball up to 93 mph a couple of times in his second inning of work. He did a nice job of generating plane to his fastball with occasional running life to his arm side. The uncommitted LaFond also threw both a curveball and slider for strikes and flashed a changeup up to 79 mph.
Cole Turney (2017 OF, Richmond, TX) showed off his bat speed in a tough left-on-left matchup against Fisher and put a 91 mph fastball back up the middle for a hard piece of contact.
Speaking of loud contact, Jecorrah Arnold (2017 3B, Athens, GA) turned on a fastball for the hardest piece of contact in the game, connecting for a LOUD double down the left field line, coming off the barrel at 93 mph.
Josh Hatcher (2017 OF, Albany, GA) showed off a nice piece of hitting as he went down and got a curveball which he put back up the middle, showing both balance and feel for the barrel.
Devin Fontenot (2017 RHP, The Woodlands, TX) (2017 RHP, The Woodlands, TX) came out and lived at the bottom of the strike zone with his fastball that topped out at 91 mph, showing command to either side of the sinking life. He was able to induce ground ball contact and showed a feel for a late breaking slider up to 75 mph. He punched out six over his two innings of work.fon
Michael Jensen (2017 RHP, Eden Prairie, MN), an Oklahoma commit, was up to 87 mph with his fastball and featured short running life to the pitch. He also showed comfort in throwing a changeup in the mid-70s and a short breaking ball up to 70 mph.