5/19/2018 12:00:00 AM
Sebastian Bautista (2021 OF, Miami, FL) has a very nice athletic build and plus athleticism to go with a strong right handed swing with present and projectable bat speed. He made consistent solid line drive contact and flashed his power potential when he got the barrel turned.
Cole Yoakum (2020 OF, Palm Harbor, FL) has a strong left handed swing with a pull and lift approach he executes well. There's strength at contact and he did a good job of repeating his timing and bat path and driving the ball.
Orlando Sanchez (2019 OF, Jupiter, FL) has a short and quick right handed swing that produced consistent hard line drive contact. It's a high average/high contact approach he executed well.
Cooper Weiss (2019 SS, Fort Myers, FL) has good raw bat speed with an aggressive swing and makes hard pull line drive contact when he's on time.
Fernando Fernandez (2020 C, Miami, FL) has a big and strong 6-5/205 body and plenty of left handed bat speed. He hits with good rhythm and timing and has power to right center field.
Luis Alexie Marrero (2019 OF, Dorado, PR) hits from a bit of a still start with his hands and body but once he gets the barrel going he creates bat speed with plenty of gap power, with more to come when he makes some adjustments.
Armando Hernandez (2019 SS, Yauco, PR) has an outstanding athletic body and lots of loose, quick twitch actions in the batter's box. He's also a switch-hitter who showed bat speed from both sides of the plate.
Kenneth Castillo (2019 C, Miami, FL) has a strong pull approach and made consistent hard line drive contact with good jump off the barrel.
Julian Henao (2019 SS, Margate, FL) is another right handed hitter with a simple swing approach with quick hands that produces lots of solid line drive contact. He looks like a high average/high contact hitter.
Javier Rojas (2019 C, Coamo, PR) has a strong 6-0/200 build but unusually long arms for his size, which he uses to get lots of extension through contact with a lifting swing that produces lots of power.
Fernando Amaro (2019 OF, Cidra, PR) has a short and quick high contact right handed swing and showed the ability to hit hard line drives to all fields with intent.
Kaito Hara (2019 2B, Houston, TX) is one of the shortest players at the event but he is very quick twitch and hits the ball hard. It was especially impressive when he opened up his swing on the final two pitches and drove the ball deep.
Tommy Ricketts (2020 3B, Babson Park, FL) has above average strength for a sophomore and he uses it will with a short and aggressive swing. The ball comes off his bat hard with line drive contact to all fields.
Josearmando Diaz (2019 C, San Juan, PR) hits with high and tight hands in his load but gets them down and through the zone quickly, creating lots of hard line drive contact.
Oscar Santos (2019 C, Carolina, PR) had some of the quickest hands and best bat speed we saw on Saturday, with an aggressive right handed approach and the ability to drive the gaps.
Dale Thomas (2019 SS, De Leon Springs, FL) has a very aggressive right handed swing and is looking to impact the ball hard and drive it somewhere. He especially liked the ball away from him so he could get his hands extended thru contact.
Keanu Lazo (2019 1B, Pembroke Pines, FL) hits with a big, well timed shift into contact and a loose and strong left handed swing that gets all of his 6-2/225 pounds behind his swing, creating lots of hard contact.
Alan Espinal (2020 C, Fort Lauderdale, FL) has a projectable 5-11/165 young build with plenty of present bat speed and power potential. He gets extended well through contact and got lots of carry to left centerfield.
Yamil Munoz (2019 OF, San Lorenzo, PR) may have to shorten up his left handed swing a bit in games but he showed his bat speed and power potential well in batting practice.