5/5/2018 3:55:06 PM
Javier Rodriguez (2022 C, Jamaica Plain, MA): Rodriguez showed quickness to his hands throughout his round, showing simple and repeatable overall mechanics with the ability to use the whole field.
Sid Mantravadi (2021 RHP, Plainview, NY): Mantravadi did a good job working to all fields, showing the ability to elevate the ball and use his strength to drive the ball moderately well into the outfield.
Tyler Prather (2021 1B, Frederick, MD): Showed a smooth stroke with good plate coverage abilities, and once he found his timing he was able to elevate the ball well and show some strength in different directions.
Ty Federici (2022 LHP, Dallas, PA): Federici took a pretty loud round of batting practice, showing advanced strength with the ability to drive the ball deep with impressive carry and overall jump off the barrel.
Everett Cooper (2022 SS, Owings Mills, MD): Cooper showed intriguing hitting tools from both sides of the plate, with looseness and quickness to his hands, doing a good job of working to all fields and projecting well in terms of power.
Cooper Priestley (2021 C, New York, NY): Priestley showed really nice barrel control with some strength in his swing, working up both gaps with good jump on a line.
Colby Seelig (2021 OF, Hatfield, PA): Seelig is built well throughout his body and shows that strength in batting practice, with some of the better power at the event to the pullside.
Rocko Brzezniak (2022 1B, Matawan, NJ): Brzezniak is one of the more physically impressive 8th graders in the country, and shows that physicality in his swing, punishing balls with good carry to the pull side as well as deep to CF.
Ivan Arias (2022 SS, Boston, MA): Arias does a very good job getting his hands moving onto a clean path, rotating his hips well and creating good torque, showing the ability to square the ball up on a line to all fields.
Michael Lombardi (2022 SS, Pound Ridge, NY): Lombardi did a very solid job of consistently getting the barrel out and repeating his swing, showing the ability to work to all fields on a line.
Anthony Fulminante (2022 LHP, Brooklyn, NY): Showed a simple, repeatable swing with solid approach, shifting and rotating well while getting the barrel moving on a clean plane, flashed good power to the pull side.
Jonathan St Ange (2022 OF, Dorchester, MA): St. Ange's hands work very well in his swing, getting the barrel turned out front and getting the ball into the air with some carry that will only improve as he continues to mature.
Ty Sallie (2021 SS, Mount Tabor, NJ): Sallie put on an impressive show in batting practice, showing some of the better pure hitting tools of the event, staying committed to the middle of the field and working up both gaps with carry and jump.
Jacob Veczko (2021 OF, Monroe Township, NJ): Veczko has a lanky, projectable build that projects very well in terms of power, he gets the ball into the air and can drive it to the pullside and will continue to improve in that regard.
Ryan Kennedy (2022 3B, Manassas, VA): Kennedy's frame is very projectable and should hold a significant amount of strength, and he already shows the ability to drive the ball into the air, giving him big power potential.
Trystan Crawford (2022 3B, Bloomsburg, PA): Crawford showed very good ability to leverage the ball into the air off of his front side, driving the ball on a rising line with good carry and strength.
Safwan Shariff (2021 1B, Bethpage, NY): Shariff has a very good, projectable body with the hitting tools to project, consistently squaring the ball up on a line and showing the ability to work to all fields.
Drew Wyers (2022 MIF, Columbus, NJ): Wyers is a switch-hitter with feel to hit from both sides, showing good contact ability and the ability to move the barrel around from both sides, showing pretty solid gap pop as well.
Luke Orbon (2021 SS, New Hyde Park, NY): Orbon does a good job getting into his back hip and loading well, showing consistent ability to square the ball up and work to all fields.
Hunter Weitzel (2022 2B, Harleysville, PA): Weitzel showed a lot of twitch in his swing and overall movement patterns, getting the barrel going on a line drive plane while consistently squaring up the ball out front.
Jake Contois (2021 OF, Latham, NY): Contois showed a pull-side approach with good bat speed and strength, lifting the ball into the air with leverage off of his front side and showing the ability to square the ball up.
Gilbert Saunders III (2022 RHP, Gilbertsville, PA): Saunders put on an impressive display with loose hands, a fast bat, and very good strength for his age, working into both gaps with carry and power.