Batting Practice Highlights
Jonny Deets (2027, Lacrosse, Wisc.) took some good swings, using a toe-tap trigger to get on time. He had quick hands and good turns to drive the ball out in front. He worked pull-side during his round of BP swings for the best results. Had some strength off it.
Owen Jenkins (2024, Appleton, Wisc.) showed off the strength and physicality. He took some really quality BP swings, showing strength to impact and the ability to lift the ball back up the middle. A solid right-handed stroke with a line-drive approach and physicality to uncoil and do damage well.
Jimmy Downs (2025, Chicago, Ill.) is a right-handed hitter with tons of bat speed that was on display during BP. He was quick to the ball with strong swings, working back up the middle. He worked to the middle of the field and pull-side during the round, yielding loud results.
Joseph Dusell (2025, Elgin, Ill.) is a left-handed hitter with an inward move to contact. He was able to show a good feel for the barrel during BP with strength and bat speed to impact the ball, working back up the middle of the cage – a pretty solid round of swings overall.
Tyler Flemming (2027, Waukesha, Wisc.) is a left-handed stroke with good impacts working to the back of the cage with some lift in the swing. He had some feel to work in the air, driving the ball well. He had some strength from the left side, with a loose stroke showing during his round of BP swings.
Clayton Kroschel (2025, Beaver Dam, Wisc.) is a right-handed hitter with quick hands. He impacted the ball well with quick turns, getting synced up through contact. Some of his best swings came working pull-side, with good rotation through it.
Luke Chynoweth (2027, Cottage Grove, Wisc.) has a simple stroke through the zone. He uncoils through contact with a fluid stroke and the ability to work pull-side in the air. The ball jumped off the barrel at times, with some great swings shown during his round of BP. It was a fluid operation top-to-bottom.
Haaken Hovestol (2027, Elkhorn, Wisc.) handled the barrel well, swinging it from the left side. He rotates through it with quality swings back up the middle of the cage. He gathers over the backside and explodes through contact. There was plenty to like during his round of BP swings, working back up the middle with a simple operation.
Michael Langan (2025, Naperville, Ill.) showed bat speed and strength to impact during his round of BP swings. He worked back up the middle and had a great feel for the barrel with a pretty direct stroke through the zone. Pieced together a solid round of swings during BP.
Levi Watts (2025, Appleton, Wisc.) has some jump off the barrel with quick hands and the ability to work back up the middle. He was shorter and direct to the ball, lifting back up the middle. Took a good round of BP using his frame well to drive it well back through the middle of the cage.
Seth Myers (2025, Verona, Wisc.) showed off a physical swing with tons to like in the left-handed batters’ box. He uncoiled well through the swing with a physical stroke to impact the ball with a jump off the barrel. He impacts it well, and he worked up the middle & pull-side during his round of BP swings.
Foti Rigopoulos (2025, Dubuque, Iowa) had a ton of bat speed on display during his round of BP swings. He was turning hard to work pull-side with quick hands and speed through the zone. He worked more gap-to-gap and pull-side for his best results during his round of BP — short and compact stroke with projection that showed.
Dylan Schreiber (2027, Waukesha, Wisc.) swung it from the left side during BP. He used a fluid and loose stroke, being able to whip the barrel through the zone. He impacted it well, working gap-to-gap. Strong lefty swing with thump off the barrel and some lift that showed.
Yamato Takahashi (2025, Hartland, Wisc.) was able to work pull-side and back up the middle on a line. Showed good bat speed on a direct path, impacting it with the hands out front. Compact swing that produced good results with strength off the barrel.
Tyler Vogt (2026, Middleton, Wisc.) has a bigger and physical frame. He used it well during BP, being able to stay compact to it, with impact strength that produced some quality contact gap-to-gap. He impacted well on a line-drive approach during his round of BP swings. Projectable right-handed stroke with strength to produce some lift/juice.
Macay Wagner (2025, Richfield, Wisc.) is a right-handed bat who had hard turns through contact with the ability to lift the ball out in front. He had deeper hands in his stance, but the bat speed to impact and drive it well during his round of BP swings.
Isaac Poehlman (2025, Green Bay, Wisc.) swung the bat well from the left side. He used an inward leg lift trigger with tons of strength off the barrel, extending through the zone. There was a fluid shift of the weight, being able to channel the weight transfer into the swing to help produce strong contact. Had some loft in the swing as well.
Seth Thompson (2025, Northfield, Minn.) capped off BP with another loud round of swings from the left side. He was able to stay loose and fluid through the swing, with good balance. He lifted the ball back up the middle and took some really solid swings during BP. Tons of feel for the barrel allowed him to do damage.