1/6/2018
Hernhy Lara (2018 3B, Dorchester, MA) showed plenty of size and bat speed in his swing with natural loft to the pull side. Lara has loose and quick hands directly to the ball with very good rhythm in the swing. He routinely punished balls and showed off a powerful gap-to-gap approach.
Mason Raines (2018 OF, Panama City, FL) worked with an aggressive swing path and approach during the session with a direct hand path to contact. The smooth lefthanded stroke showed looseness throughout while flashing solid bat speed through extension.
Will Anderson (2018 OF, Key West, FL) displayed some strong pop to the pull side with a very leveraged approach as well. Anderson gets extended well with strong wrists and has a positive launch angle with a big pull-heavy and fly-ball oriented approach.
José Daniel Pichardo (2018 C, santo domingo oeste, SD) swings with intent to drive the baseball and often did during the BP session. There are very quick hands with the ability to get the barrel head extended and out in front of the plate well which allowed his bat speed to flourish.
Daniel Cordero (2018 3B, East Elmhurst, NY) worked with a very consistent and repeatable swing on a line drive oriented swing plane. There was tremendous balance throughout the low effort swing and showed smoothness with a good ability to find the barrel.
Kellen Ward (2018 1B, Montgomery, AL) has a very strong swing and strength is the primary factor to the approach. Ward impacts the ball very hard through the point of extension with good bat speed and the ball flies off the barrel.
Eric Ruiz (2018 2B, Cayey, PR) has a compact swing with a line drive swing plane. Ruiz has a clean path to the baseball with consistent hard hit contact and line drives to all fields.