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2003 Southeast Top Prospect Showcase
Hontz is a big barrel chested, broad backed pitcher with some good arm strength. He has a short arm action in back, like many similarly built power pitchers, and is a bit of a wrapper. Hontz’s fastball was in the 85-88 mph range and we wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t throw harder sometimes. His fastball was pretty straight but Hontz did a good job of spotting it for strikes. Hontz also throws a full variety of secondary pitches. His curveball was 69-72 mph, his slider 77-78 mph and he also threw a 78 mph change up. With his pitching style and arm action, we can see the slider ending up being his top secondary pitch in the future. He also shows athletic ability and ran close to MLB average in the 60. Interesting prospect! Brett is a very good student too.