6/18/2017 7:04:29 AM
Will Banfield (2018 C, Lawrenceville, GA) has shown his raw strength and quick hands many times in BP sessions in the past and did so convincingly again on Saturday evening. He's a rare catcher who has both top level defensive skills and offensive tools.
Jack Herman (2018 OF, Berlin, NJ) was timed up immediately with a loose and extended right handed swing that was very consistent with hard line drives to left centerfield. He is on the Navy team but hit with the Black team.
Bryce Bush (2018 3B, Birmingham, MI) hits from a somewhat still low hand start but creates serious barrel whip once he gets his hands moving and showed big pull power when he was timed up.
Isaiah Byars (2018 SS, Stone Mountain, GA) fit the profile of the professional hitter after showing a very short and direct right handed swing that was extremely repeatable and equally effective, along with the ability to work the ball around the field with authority.
Tanner Green (2018 OF, Bishop, GA) has a simple left handed swing approach with few variables and at 6-3/205, plenty of strength to drive the ball hard, especially to the middle of the field.
Anthony Herron (2018 1B, Chicago, IL) is a big young man at 6-2/235 and has learned early the power that is in his big and quick hips. He launched some absolute monster blasts out of the stadium, driven by the torque from his lower half turn.
Jarred Kelenic (2018 OF, Waukesha, WI) makes many aspects of the game look deceptively easy and one of them is hitting the ball hard. He took an under control round with hard contact around the field while still showing his big plus power at times.
Parker Meadows (2018 OF, Grayson, GA) is still growing into his very athletic 6-4/195 build but he already features very fast hands and lots of quick twitch ability that is just going to get better as he gets stronger.
Zach Goberville (2018 3B, Lighthouse Point, FL) has a deceptively easy left handed swing that didn't look like it had the lift to drive it out of the spacious right field at Fenway South but he did it easily and has plenty of room to get stronger.
Cory Acton (2018 3B, Fort Lauderdale, FL) has some of the quickest hands in the 2018 class and has a balanced and short swing that will enable him to hit for a very high average with present gap power and more to come.
Blaze Alexander (2018 SS, Cape Coral, FL) has surprising bat speed for a 6-0/160 middle infielder and squared up the ball consistently hard to left centerfield during a very good round.
Kendrick Calilao (2018 OF, Kissimmee, FL) has a simple and very direct right handed swing with very quick hands to the ball. He hits under control and makes very consistent hard line drive contact.
Triston Casas (2018 3B, Pembroke Pines, FL) has started to use some shift into his approach that wasn't evident this spring and it's going to help him boost his already very impressive left handed power.
Nander De Sedas (2018 SS, Montverde, FL) is a switch-hitter but he really stood out from the left side, with easy bat speed and plenty of strength at contact.
Raynel Delgado (2018 SS, Miami Lakes, FL) is a switch-hitter as well but his bat speed, while not up to De Sedas left handed bat speed, has equal and very good bat speed from both sides of the plate.