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2006 Midwest Top Prospect Showcase
Jared Norris is a 2007 1B/P/OF with a 6'2'', 185 lb. frame from Urbandale IA, who attends Urbandale HS. He has an athletic frame with good projection to get stronger. Norris is a smooth fielding first baseman with quick feet and good range on batted balls and soft hands on thrown balls. He has good athletic balance and actions. He moves well enough to play the outfield but needs some work on his throwing fundamentals at that position. Offensively, Norris showed a balanced, relaxed approach at the plate with a short, contacted oriented swing that sprayed line drives to all fields. We've seen Norris in the past with more raw bat speed and power and it looked like he was working on more of a contact, high average approach. Norris also pitched some, showing a fastball that was 75-77 mph and touched 79. He's a finesse pitcher who throws strikes and throws lots of big breaking 65 mph curveballs to keep hitters off balance. Norris is a good student who has committed to Yavapai CC.