LATEST PG SHOWCASE REPORT
2004 National PreDraft Showcase
RHP William Jackel: Jackel is a big, strong high school senior who has signed with Florida State. He has a long, flat arm stroke and generates good arm speed with some effort in his delivery. Jackel’s best pitch is his hard sinker that he threw around 86-87 mph at the Showcase and that we’ve heard can be much faster than that. Jackel’s curveball was kind of soft at 68-69 mph and he might be the type of pitcher who might learn a slider and become a classic sinker/slider pitcher in the future. He also mixed in a 74 mph change up. He has a chance to be very very good.