2014 Caribbean Top Prospect Showcase

11/14/2014 9:38:26 PM

Andres Castro (2015 RHP, Catano, PR) had his fastball sitting at 80-84mph with his curveball at 67mph. Castro displayed sinking action to his fastball with an 11-5 curveball. 

Abner Vincenty (2015 OF, Cabo Rojo, PR) had 2 hits in the game for the Navy team tonight. Vincenty has a level swing plane with good bat speed and consistently squares up the ball. 

Jashua Moreno (2015 RHP, Trujillo Alto, PR) had his fastball sitting at 82-85mph tonight with his curveball at 73mph. Moreno has clean arm action with a 10-4 curveball that has late life to it. 

Ediberto III Rodriguez (2015 OF, Toa Alta, PR) had 2 hits in the game for the Columbia Blue team today, Rodriguez has a sound approach at the plate with a nice easy swing and makes solid consistent contact. 

Miguel Caceres (2015 C, Punta Santiago, PR) had a good day at the plate this tonight for the Columbia Blue team. Caceres has a quick short swing at the plate making consistent hard contact. 

11/14/2014 5:12:19 PM

Marcos Santa (2015 IF, Yabucoa, PR) had his fastball sitting at 82-86mph with his curveball at 71mph and his changeup at 71mph. Santa has a deliberate delivery on the mound with a tight 3/4 arm slot and a compact delivery. He has run on his fastball with depth to his curveball and did a good job of hitting spots. 

Justin Cintron (2015 RHP, Humacao, PR) pitches from a 3/4 arm slot, does a good job of getting downhill with a 12-6 curveball with depth and maintains velocity well. Cintron had his fastball topping out at 85mph with it sitting at 81-84mph and his curveball at 65mph. 

Francisco Urbaez (2015 SS, Santo Domingo, DOM) had a couple of hits in the game for the Col. Blue team this afternoon. Urbaez had a triple in the game showing off a level swing making line drive contact. 

Christian Sanjurjo (2015 SS, Caguas, PR) also had a couple of hits in the game for the Col. Blue team today. Sanjurjo does a good job of going with the pitch and has a contact approach. 

Kevin Davila (2015 OF, Dorado, PR) made hard contact at the plate for the Col. Blue team. Davila lined a hard double to left field in the game and has a compact swing. 

Brian Torres (2015 OF, Caguas, PR) had 2 hits in the game for the Black team. Torres showed a line drive swing with bat speed. 

Edwin Santiago (2015 3B, New York, NY) had a double in the game for the Black team. Santiago displayed power at the plate and shows the ability to square up the ball. 
 

11/14/2014 1:39:10 PM

Raymond Ramos (2015 RHP, Vega Alta, PR) pitches from a low 3/4 arm slot with lots of life to his fastball, flashing a sharp late breaking slider. Ramos had his fastball topping sitting at 86-89mph with his curveball at 72mph, his slider at 75mph and his changeup at 69mph. 

Abner Vincenty (2015 OF, Cabo Rojo, PR) had 3 hits in the game for the Navy team. Vincenty makes solid line drive contact at the plate with a level swing. 

Enrique Puig (2015 2B, Adjuntas, PR) had 2 hits in the game for the Navy team. Puig has a contact approach at the plate and makes consistent contact. 

Juan Perez (2015 SS, Arecibo, PR) also had 2 hits in the game for the Navy team. Perez has a nice projectable build with a sound approach at the plate and displayed the ability to square the ball up. 

Luis Quinones (2015 RHP, Arecibo, PR) had his fastball sitting at 82-86mph with it topping out at 87mph to go along with his curveball at 70mph. Quinones does a good job of working both sides of the plate while keeping the ball down in the zone and has sharp break on his 11-5 curveball. 

Kenneth Cruz Fontanez (2015 SS, Las Piedras, PR) had a couple of hits for the Kelly Green team including a double today. Fontanez has a nice easy swing with a sound approach and makes consistent contact. 

Reynaldo Rivera (2015 OF/RHP, Toa Alta, PR) had 2 hits in the game for the Navy team. Rivera has a strong build with lots of pop in his bat with one of hits coming off the bat at 92mph. On the mound Rivera had his fastball sitting at 85-89mph to go along with his curveball at 72mph. Rivera has a compact arm action does a good job of hiding the ball throwing from an over the top arm angle doing a good job of throwing downhill. 

11/14/2014 11:24:24 AM

Michael Rivera (2015 RHP, Trujillo Alto, PR) had his fastball top out at 90mph with it sitting at 87-89mph to go with his curveball at 76mph. Rivera has a quick arm action working down in the zone with sink to his fastball and has tight spin with good bite to his curveball. 

Angel Velez (2015 C, Barranquitas, PR) had 2 hits in the game for the Kelly Green team. Velez has a good swing the bat speed with one of his hits coming off the bat at 89mph. 

Alexis Omar Diaz (2015 RHP, Naguabo, PR) has a projectable build on the mound while throwing from 3/4 arm slot with a loose arm action and a deliberate pace on the mound. Omar Diaz's fastball topped out at 90mph while sitting at 85-88mph with his a slider at 78mph and his changeup at 79mph. 

Orley Arellano (2015 OF, Manati, PR) was sitting 82-85mph with his fastball topping out at 86mph to go along with his curveball at 72mph. Arellano pitches with good tempo on the mound with an extended 3/4 arm slot and good depth to his curveball. 

Brian Torres (2015 OF, Caguas, PR) had two hits in the game for the Black team. Torres has a line drive swing plane and makes consistent contact at the plate. 

Gabriel Cancel (2015 SS, Arecibo, PR) displayed good bat speed at the plate with lots of pop in his bat. 

11/13/2014 10:19:11 PM

Name	Pop	Grad	School	City	St
Angel Velez	1.86	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Barranquitas	PR
Jorge Luis Martinez	1.87	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Barranquitas	PR
Jonathan Rivera	1.88	2014		Carolina	PR
Miguel Caceres	1.91	2015	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy/HS	Punta Santiago	PR
Adbiel J. Morales	1.93	2015	Ladislao Martinez Otero	Vega Baja	PR
Edwin Muniz	1.93	2015	Melbourne Senior	Palm Bay	FL
Joshua Santiago	1.93	2015	Caguas Military Academy	Humacao	PR
Milton H. Perez	1.97	2015	Liceo Aguadillano	Aguadilla	PR
Justin Velazquez	1.97	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Barceloneta	PR

11/13/2014 10:16:08 PM

Name	C	Grad	School	City	St
Jonathan Rivera	83	2014		Carolina	PR
Jorge Luis Martinez	78	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Barranquitas	PR
Adbiel J. Morales	77	2015	Ladislao Martinez Otero	Vega Baja	PR
Angel Velez	76	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Barranquitas	PR
Miguel Caceres	75	2015	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy/HS	Punta Santiago	PR
Edwin Muniz	75	2015	Melbourne Senior	Palm Bay	FL
Joshua Santiago	75	2015	Caguas Military Academy	Humacao	PR
Justin Velazquez	74	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Barceloneta	PR

11/13/2014 10:12:39 PM

Kevin Santiago (2015 SS, Patillas, PR) showed off a smooth, easy stroke from both sides of the plate, particularly from the right side where he also showed low effort power potential.

Joshua Santiago (2015 C, Humacao, PR) opened some eyes on Thursday night, launching a ball high off the left center field fence and showing above average bat speed and lift from the right side. 

Kevin Edgardo Rivera Rodríguez (2015 1B, Cayey, PR) worked from an upright stance and showed off some of the night's best bat speed. He launched a home run high over the left field fence and did it with a low effort stroke.

Nestor Muriel Allende (2015 OF, Carolina, PR) flashed impressive pull side power and has a wiry, projectable frame that will intrigue scouts. He drove one particular shot on a hard line off the left field fence.

Edwin Muniz (2015 C, Palm Bay, FL) hit a towering home run in his batting practice round and showed some of the workout's most impressive bat speed in the process.

Joshua Crispin (2015 MIF, Bayamon, PR) hit a hard shot off the left field fence in his batting practice round, showing good bat speed and consistently producing hard shots into the gap.

Carlos JJ Viera (2015 MIF, Sábana Hoyos, PR) worked from a narrow setup in his BP round, showing off above average bat speed and a compact, line drive stroke. He drove hard line drives with carry to his pull side.

Jean Carlos Rosario (2015 3B, Manati, PR) got to his back leg very well in his Thursday night batting practice round, driving the ball consistently to the middle of the field and flashing hard pull side power.

Reynaldo Rivera (2015 OF, Toa Alta, PR) closed out the evening with arguably the loudest BP round of the night. An extra tall, powerfully built lefty hitters, Rivera showed off booming power to straight away center field and power that will translate to the big parts of the field. 

11/13/2014 10:12:20 PM

Name	1B	Grad	School	City	St
Michael Bennett Cruz Herrera	81	2015	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy/HS	Humacao	PR
Kevin Edgardo Rivera Rodríguez	80	2015	Academia La Milagros	Cayey	PR
Brian Villalobos	78	2015	Segundo Ruiz Belvis	Hormigueros	PR

11/13/2014 10:10:01 PM

Name	IF	Grad	School	City	St
Andres J Negron Feliciano	91	2015	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy	Juncos	PR
Gabriel Cancel	88	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Arecibo	PR
Joshua Crispin	88	2015	Santa Rosa	Bayamon	PR
Angel David Miranda Lopez	88	2015	Fernando Suria Chaves	Barceloneta	PR
Juan Perez	88	2015	Colegio San Felipe	Arecibo	PR
Christian Sanjurjo	88	2015	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy/HS	Caguas	PR
Kevin Santiago	88	2015	Rafaelina E. Lebrón Flores	Patillas	PR
Marcos Santa	87	2015	Ramon Quinones Medina	Yabucoa	PR
Francisco Urbaez	86	2015	San Juan	Santo Domingo	DOM
Jose Miguel Rivera Rivera	85	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Barranquitas	PR
Ulises Calderon	83	2015	Coral Springs	Coral Springs	FL
Branden Sanchez Moctezuma	83	2015	International Baseball Academy	Naguabo	PR
Joshua Santiago	82	2015	Caguas Military Academy	Humacao	PR
Justin Velazquez	82	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Barceloneta	PR

11/13/2014 10:06:25 PM

Name	OF	Grad	School	City	St
Nestor Muriel Allende	92	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Carolina	PR
Joshua Crispin	91	2015	Santa Rosa	Bayamon	PR
Kedrick Martinez	91	2015	Fernando Suria Chaves	Barceloneta	PR
Reynaldo Rivera	91	2015		Toa Alta	PR
Edwin Betancourt	90	2015	American School	Toa Alta	PR
Brian Torres	90	2015	Academia Cristo Low Milagros	Caguas	PR
Orley Arellano	89	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Manati	PR
Ulises Calderon	89	2015	Coral Springs	Coral Springs	FL
Kevin Ramos	88	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Barranquitas	PR
Kenneth Bautista	86	2015	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy And High School	Carolina	PR
Bryan O'Neill Rodriguez	86	2015	International Baseball Academy & Highschool	Canovanas	PR

11/13/2014 10:03:01 PM

Name	60	Grad	School	City	St
Kenneth Cruz Fontanez	6.74	2015	Ramon Power Giralt	Las Piedras	PR
Nestor Muriel Allende	6.74	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Carolina	PR
Branden Sanchez Moctezuma	6.77	2015	International Baseball Academy	Naguabo	PR
Carlos JJ Viera	6.77	2015	Esc.Vocacional Antonio Luchetti	Sábana Hoyos	PR
Edwin Muniz	6.78	2015	Melbourne Senior	Palm Bay	FL
Kedrick Martinez	6.80	2015	Fernando Suria Chaves	Barceloneta	PR
Edwin Betancourt	6.82	2015	American School	Toa Alta	PR
Gabriel Cancel	6.83	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Arecibo	PR
Brian Torres	6.83	2015	Academia Cristo Low Milagros	Caguas	PR
Jose Rodriguez	6.84	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Barceloneta	PR
Christian Sanjurjo	6.85	2015	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy/HS	Caguas	PR
Enrique Puig	6.90	2015	Escuela Juan J Maunez	Adjuntas	PR
Kevin Ramos	6.90	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Barranquitas	PR
Ediberto III Rodriguez	6.90	2015	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy/HS	Toa Alta	PR
Angel David Miranda Lopez	6.91	2015	Fernando Suria Chaves	Barceloneta	PR
Orley Arellano	6.92	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Manati	PR
Bryan Miranda	6.92	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Aguadilla	PR
Jonathan Rivera	6.93	2014		Carolina	PR
Angel Velez	6.96	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Barranquitas	PR
Justin Velazquez	6.97	2015	Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy	Barceloneta	PR
Ricardo A Ortiz Castro	6.98	2015	Colegio Nuestra Senora del Perpetuo Socorro	Humacao	PR

11/13/2014 8:05:25 PM

 Gabriel Cancel (2015 SS, Arecibo, PR) has a big hand drop load to start his swing but works through it well to create very good raw bat speed with nice loose extension out front.

Brian Torres (2015 OF, Caguas, PR) has very quick hands at the plate, which enables him to take a calm and under control approach and still generate lots of bat speed and square the ball up consistently.  His best contact was up the RCF gap.

Orley Arellano (2015 OF, Manati, PR) isn't a big right handed hitter at 5-foot-9, 165-pounds but swings hard and has some real power.  He consistently pulled the ball hard and finished his round with a big home run to left field.

Edwin Betancourt (2015 OF, Toa Alta, PR) is another young and slender outfielder who is very projectable.  He squared up just about everything in his round and shot the ball up both gaps.

Kenneth Bautista (2015 OF, Carolina, PR) looks like top 2015 prospects Demi Oromolye or Tyler Willaims at 6-foot-3, 215-pounds and has a similar loose and powerful swing. 

Francisco Urbaez (2015 SS, Santo Domingo, DOM) is the only player to come over from the Dominican Republic and showed lots of bat speed and projection.  A bit more lower half in his swing and he'd really be driving the ball.

Christian Sanjurjo (2015 SS, Caguas, PR) has a front side approach with a loose, extended swing coming through the zone.  He showed some nice gap power with more to come with added strength.