2017 National Underclass Showcase-Main Event

Batting Practice Highlights Day 1

12/29/2017 6:10:37 PM

Dylan Crews (2020 OF, Longwood, FL) uses a simple set up at the plate that generates plus bat speed and pop. The ball jumps off the barrel of his bat consistently to all fields. Crews shows an advanced approach at the plate which translates to his all-around hitting ability. He does not have to change his power approach because of advanced barrel to ball skills.

Spencer Keefe (2019 SS, Canton, GA) has a large frame at 6-foot-3 and 200-pounds. With a narrow base and high hand-set, he shows good bat speed and makes hard contact to the pull side. Keefe uses a leg lift trigger and has some strength with natural lift in his swing.

Matthew Lugo (2019 SS, Manati, PR) has a fluid swing with barrel turn and bat speed. Starting from a wide base and a high hand-set, he showed good barrel to ball skills and flashes power with the potential for more in the future.

Justin Tejeda (2019 OF, Orlando, FL) is physical and strong standing 6-foot-2 and 190-pounds. With an upright stance and a high hand-set, Tejada shows present power with strength and bat speed. He stays stays on plane with pitches well with a slight lift in his swing plane he makes balls jump off the barrel of his bat.

Vaughn Grissom (2019 SS, Orlando, FL) stands narrow and upright in the box with a high hand-set. He creates good leverage and has present bat speed to compliment his solid barrel to ball skills. He has lift in his swing and creates backspin carry off the bat which enhances his present power.

Austin Bradbury (2019 OF, Camp Hill, PA) stands upright and narrow in the box and utilizes a leg lift trigger. He launches his hands from a high hand-set and shows good weight transfer in his swing. Bradbury is an aggressive hitter to the pull side with slight lift and bat speed to create present power level.

Jimmy Hutson (2020 C, Prosper, TX) hits from a wide base with a high back elbow. He uses a small stride as a rotational pull side hitter and shows good bat speed. Hutson has strength in his swing that can be slightly stiff at times but he has strength and can can get the barrel to the ball.

William Oliver Kelley (2019 OF, Newnan, GA) has a physical build at 6-foot-3 and 205-pounds. He uses a wide based stance and a high hand-set to launch a swing that shows good weight transfer. He also possesses good present strength levels to match his power approach at the plate.

Manuel Jackson (2020 C, Coral Gables, FL) uses a wide based stance with a high hand set to unleash an easy effort swing with pull side pop. With a fluid swing, Jackson has a knack for finding the barrel with a swing that does not generate much lift but does make hard contact consistently.

Nyle Banks (2021 SS, Lenexa, KS) is a small framed, switch-hitting, leadoff type hitter with a fluid and easy swing from both sides of the plate. With a consistent line drive approach from each side, he does generate slightly more power from the left side but has good barrel to ball skills with both swings.

Austin Tienda (2020 OF, Canton, GA) has a projectable frame at 6-foot-3 and 170-pounds. Using a wider base and high hand-set, Tienda showed good bat speed and balls jumped off his bat. He has some slight lift in his swing path to go with good bat speed.

Spencer Borgel (2019 LHP, Powder Springs, GA) shows a high level of upper body strength in his swing. Not fully utilizing his lower half, he still displays good bat speed and strength levels. Borgel has a high amount of effort in his swing but finds the barrel with consistency.

Robin Fernandez (2020 SS, Hialeah, FL) showed good bat speed from a wide base and high hand-set. He certainly found the barrel consistently with repeatedly hard contact to the middle and pull-side parts of the field. Fernandez shows good bat speed and power potential as he ages.

Harrison Leonard (2019 SS, Jamestown, RI) hits from a slight crouch with a wide base. With a high hand-set, he launches a swing with good bat speed and generates consistently hard contact. His barrel to ball skills are really solid, with slight lift in his swing he can square it up to all fields.

Stephen Hrustich (2019 C, Lilburn, GA) is switch-hitting catcher with a slightly better overall package from the right side of the plate where he shows a better all-around hit tool. He shows bat speed and strength to with his power approach. From the left side he has more of a pull side approach with lift in the swing but the intent to damage the baseball is evident from both sides.

Miguel Larreal (2019 2B, Orlando, FL) has a slender build that projects to hold more weight. He uses a leg lift trigger to start a swing that shows good bat speed. With present good barrel to ball skills, he showed the ability to consistently square it up with hard contact.

Lincoln Orellana (2019 3B, Wilton, CA) hits from an upright and narrow base. With his fluid and easy swing, he generates bat speed with lift and can repeatedly impact the ball in the barrel of the bat.

Hamilton Anderson (2019 C, Columbia, IL) hits from a narrow base with a high hand-set. The left-handed hitter uses a flatter swing path to match his line drive approach. He makes consistently hard contact and shows a feel for finding the barrel of the bat.

Rafael A Diaz (2019 OF, Isabela, PR) may be small in stature at 5-foot-7 and 140-pounds but his size should not fool anyone. With a loose and easy swing he shows more pop than expected at first glance. His bat speed is good and consistently barrels that ball to the pull side of the field.

Henry Zipay (2019 2B, Omaha, NE) uses a narrow and upright stance with good weight transfer in his swing. His hands are loose and easy with a line drive approach at the plate, Zipay shows he can consistently find the center of the barrel.

Daniel Perez (2020 SS, Greenwich, CT) uses a narrow and upright stance and a line drive approach to show and advanced hit tool. His power is lagging behind his hitting ability but he can line the ball around the park well for his size and present strength levels with an easy, fluid swing.

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