6/15/2018 12:00:00 AM
Pierce Gallo (2019 SS, Marietta, GA)
showed some barrel skills and loud pop to his pull side. The Clemson commit has great bat speed and generated lots of hard line drives to left field during his round.
Drew Grace (2019 SS, Orwigsburg, PA)
flashed the ability to turn the barrel over as his round went on. Grace put one ball out to his pull side giving a glimpse of the pop in his bat and strength through contact.
Justin Tejeda (2019 OF, Orlando, FL)
sprayed the baseball to all parts of the field with some quickness to his hands. Tejada flashed some pop by hitting a ball way out of the park to his pull side.
CJ Abrams (2019 SS, Alpharetta, GA)
hit the ball out in front with high exit velocities. The ball jumps off of his bat incredibly hard from his 6-foot-1 177-pound frame.
Jerrion Ealy (2019 OF, Carthage, MS) has the ability to make the ball jump off of his barrel extremely well. Ealy showed his plus raw pop and high exit velocities with an outstanding round of batting practice.
Jason Hodges (2019 OF, Park Forest, IL) has raw bat speed and flashed leverage wen hitting the ball out in front. The 6-foot-3 210-pound outfielder has flashes of pop and the ball jumps off of the barrel.
Logan Tanner (2019 C, Lucedale, MS) had one of the more consistent rounds of the first BP day spraying balls to all fields with repeated barrel skills. Tanner showcased his polished swing with quick hands and outstanding barrel feel.
Joseph King (2019 C, Redwood City, CA) has a simple trigger and flashed pop. With some added strength, King is going to have the ability to drive the ball regularly. King already shows good contact skills and a fluid stroke to all fields.
Connor Walsh (2019 SS, Niceville, FL) showed some power and his quick hands. Walsh gets some hip torque through his swing from his leg lift trigger. Walsh put a ball out to left field on the final pitch he saw during the round.
Bobby Witt Jr (2019 SS, Colleyville, TX) displayed his raw bat speed and high exit velocities including a long home run to his pull side. Witt has outstanding hand quickness and a knack for hitting the ball square on the barrel.
Rece Hinds (2019 SS, Niceville, FL) has huge raw pop to both his pull side and the opposite field. With outstanding hand quickness, strength through contact, and great barrel skills, Hinds has a recipe for making very hard contact repeatedly well.
Aaron Roberts (2019 RHP, Las Vegas, NV) put numerous balls out to his pull side showing tremendous pop in his barrel. His swing is very strong putting balls deep to distances not many hitters can do.
Tyler Callihan (2019 SS, Neptune Beach, FL) has strength to contact and a raw hit tool. Callihan has the ability to turn the barrel over nicely. He turned the barrel on one in particular that was a towering home run to right field.
Garrett Frechette (2019 1B, Vista, CA) has a lift in his swing with the ability to loft the ball for outstanding hang times to his pull side. Frechette has strength through extension hitting the ball out in front for multiple long towering home runs.
Judson Fabian (2019 OF, Ocala, FL) displayed a quick and compact stroke to the middle and pull side parts of the field. Fabian flashed huge pop with a fluid stroke and leverage to his path.
Kadon Morton (2019 OF, Arlington, TX) flashed pop in his bat as well. Morton has a loose and easy path with a line drive plane to the ball as he squared up multiple balls into the pull side gap.
Isaac Nunez (2019 SS, Orlando, FL) hit the ball out in front with a long finish and outstanding strength through contact. Nunez put multiple balls out to his pull side that went way out of the park.
Brandon Walker (2019 RHP, Tallahassee, FL) has easy bat speed and strength present in his swing. The Florida State commit had a nice showing in batting practice with several balls that left his bat in a hurry.
Cason Tollett (2019 C, Little Rock, AR) has real bat speed present in his stroke with quick hands. Tollett has a line drive swing plane with the ability to spray the ball on a line from his pull side to the middle of the field.
Jamari Baylor (2019 SS, Glen Allen, VA) turned the barrel over on a couple of occurrences flashing some bat speed to the ball. Baylor extends some through contact generating loud contact that jumps.
Chandler Freeman (2019 3B, Grapevine, TX) flashed big pop during his round showing more strength than bat speed at this time. Freeman made very loud contact when on time.
Cody Freeman (2019 SS, Rancho Cucamonga, CA) has a toe tap trigger into his swing with a middle of the field approach. Freeman has a line drive swing plane with the ability to execute his approach nicely spraying line drives from gap to gap.
Emanuel Dean (2019 OF, Anaheim Hills, CA) is a physical outfielder with outstanding hand quickness and strength through contact. Dean put high launch angles and hard exit velocities on display during his loud round working the ball from gap to gap.
Derek Diamond (2019 RHP, Ramona, CA) showed quick hands and the ability to spray the ball all over the place. Diamond has some jump off the barrel when squared and has had a strong showing over the last two days topped with his round of BP today.
Ethan Hearn (2019 C, Mobile, AL) made very hard contact during his round swinging with intent to drive the baseball. Hearn has plenty of strength present on his frame and he puts that strength into his swing nicely.
Grant McCray (2019 OF, Lakewood Ranch, FL) went with pitches nicely spraying balls to where they were pitched. McCray hit the ball hard to all fields with barrel skills and letting the ball travel nicely.
Joseph Naranjo (2019 1B, Chino, CA)
has strength through contact and the ability to show pop when hitting it out in front. Naranjo turned the barrel over on multiple occasions driving the ball deep to his pull side.
Corbin Carroll (2019 OF, Seattle, WA) worked mostly to the opposite field and middle of the field with loud contact. Carroll has an inside path with a nice feel for the barrel.
Riley Greene (2019 OF, Oviedo, FL) turned the barrel over on multiple occasions ripping balls to his pull side. Greene flashed big-time power with his swing and resulting balls deep into his pull side gap.
Tyler Kehoe (2019 OF, Prospect Park, PA) had a solid round of batting practice giving a glimpse of his smooth hit tool. Kehoe has quick hands and raw bat speed with a fluid stroke.
Henry Gargus (2019 1B, Yakima, WA) showed massive raw power to his pull side putting balls to uncharted territory for lefthanded hitters. Gargus has tremendous bat speed with huge strength to make a combination for long home runs when squared.
Tyler Demartino (2019 OF, Potomac, MD) swings with intent and has strength to the pull side. Demartino has a repeated barrel feel and the ability to make balls jump off of his bat.
Cade Doughty (2019 SS, Denham Springs, LA) has a direct swing that produces hard contact when on time. Doughty flashed pop and showed that he can hit with anyone when working to his pull side.
Hylan Hall (2019 OF, Ocoee, FL) sprayed line drives to all parts of the field during his round. Hall is high level hitter with a projectable swing that could show power with some added strength to his already bat speed filled swing.
Anthony Volpe (2019 SS, Watchung, NJ) has a line drive swing plane and makes line drive contact ability and repeats it well. Volpe’s hands work directly to the baseball
Kurtis Byrne (2019 C, Chesterfield, MO) showed late in round his true potential pop. Byrne hit one of the farthest balls of batting practice so far during the event.