5/19/2019 6:11:55 AM
TayShaun Walton (2023 OF, Emporia, VA): Walton stood out in a big way throughout the day on Saturday, including during BP, where he continuously got the barrel out, squared the ball up, and showed some serious jump and carry to the contact.
Henry Jamieson (2019 3B, St. Simons Island, GA): A Bates College-committed senior, Jamieson showed good ability to get his front foot down on time and bring the barrel around with authority, peppering the outfield with liners to all fields.
Jake Cothran (2020 LHP, Inman, SC): Cothran took a nice round of BP, showing smoothness to his stroke with the ability to get the head out on time and barrel the ball up with good carry to all fields.
Dwight Allen (2020 OF, Milton, GA): Allen took one of the better rounds of the day, with a smooth, repeatable swing that produced hard contact consistently with good carry, including a bomb to left-center field later in the round.
Stone McKnight (2021 OF, Mableton, GA): McKnight has advanced strength and it shows in his swing, as he did an excellent job consistently getting the ball into the air and driving it, especially towards the big part of the ballpark in center field.
Mason Cooper (2021 C, Jefferson, GA): Cooper does an excellent job getting the barrel on plane and out front, where he made consistent barreled contact with jump off, working to all fields and taking a very professional round.
Jake Willis (2021 C, Thomaston, GA): Willis showed really good contact skills, using very fast hands and advanced feel for the barrel to spray hard liners everywhere, and he projects well for power with additional strength as well.
Theo Bryant (2019 OF, Conley, GA): An uncommitted senior, Bryant showed off excellent hitting tools with a loose, whippy swing that makes hard contact out front and pretty quality power, as he did drive the ball well including a BP HR during his round.
Cameron Foster (2020 SS, Douglasville, GA): Foster took one of the best BP rounds of the day, showing off an outstanding combo of present bat speed/strength and projection, driving the ball all over the yard with authority including going out a few times.
Andrew Ruggeri (2022 LHP, McLean, VA): Ruggeri is a primary arm but has things to like with the bat as well, driving the ball on a line pull side and up the middle consistently with a loose swing and quick hands.
Dylan Koontz (2021 3B, Huntersville, NC): Koontz has very projectable strength and bat speed, showing good whip to the barrel through the zone, squaring the ball up out front, and doing a nice job of working to all fields.
Mason Malone (2020 RHP, Waverly, TN): Malone has had a very good all-around showcase including with the bat, where he showed an advanced feel for driving the ball back through the middle with excellent jump on a line.
Joshua Braxton (2022 OF, Columbia, MD): Braxton's round was highlighted by the quickness of his hands, which stand out immediately and allow for him to get the barrel out front on time and really impact the ball to all fields.
Tyler Brooks (2020 3B, Gainesville, GA): Brooks showed good ability to make hard contact, as he did a nice job getting the head out on a linear path and hitting the ball hard on a line as a result, which he did consistently.
Josh Tate (2022 SS, Fayetteville, GA): Tate has one of the better pure swings of the event and gets his lower half involved well, consistently finding hard barrel to all fields on a line, projecting for power as he gets stronger.
Cade Watson (2020 LHP, Santa Rosa Beach, FL): Watson showed a good combo of bat speed and leverage off of his front side, consistently barreling up liners and showing good juice up the pull side gap as well.
Jesse Robinson (2021 OF, Henrico, VA): Robinson showed off some of the louder raw power of the event, consistently driving the ball in the air pull side, hitting several out, including one way out over the high wall in left field.
Parker Ingram (2021 MIF, Gray, GA): Ingram made consistently hard line drive contact with very good bat speed and good lower half usage in his swing, and he projects well in terms of power also.
Harrison Aulds (2020 OF, Macon, GA): Aulds showed off serious strength and bat speed, routinely squaring up the ball with real authority and driving it on a line with good jump and carry.
Zachary Thomas (2021 3B, Jesup, GA): Thomas' intent is to drive the ball in the air with authority, which he does well when squared up, including nearly hitting the ball out several times.
David Bishop (2021 SS, Marietta, GA): Bishop has lots of projection remaining on his frame and the bat speed/hands combo to give him big offensive upside, as he already shows very good feel for the barrel with good gap pop.
Hunter Donaldson (2020 SS, Salem, AL): Donaldson has had a very loud overall event and continued that in BP, as he continuously drove the ball into the air with authority, going way out to the pull side several times.
Johnny Blake Jr (2020 OF, Lawrenceville, GA): Blake took a professional round of BP, getting the barrel out on time on a line drive plane and smoking the ball back through the middle and up the pull side gap.
Will Tynes (2020 RHP, Bossier City, LA): Tynes was very good on the mound as a primary pitcher, but also took a loud BP with fast hands and good pop, driving the ball into the air and showing HR power pull side.
Brock Jacobs (2021 RHP, Central, SC): Jacobs has nice two-way upside including his abilities on the mound, but in BP he showed a whole-field approach with good bat speed and plate coverage, finding hard barrels to all fields.