Fall Prospect Program: Game One

October 5, 2015

By: Zac Bottoms
Arkansas Scouting Director

Yesterday the Fall Prospect Program went to University of Arkansas Monticello. Teams competed in a 9 inning contest and went through a full offensive evaluation prior to their game, including exit velocity. Here is a look at some of the highlights and exit velocity from the first session which featured Team Maroon and Team Black

Team Black won 11-5, early on the game was dominated by Team Blacks pitching staff who combined for 16 strike outs in the first 6 innings of the contest. Offensively they took advantage of errors and walks to jump out to an early lead. Offensively they received a big day from 2016 MIF Harrison Rutledge who had 3 hits including two triples.

Here is a short breakdown on some of the pitchers who stood out.

2018 Cameron Johnson, RHP, Maumelle Charter HS
Johnson is a 5-foot-11 160-pound right hander with an athletic frame and a thin build. He worked from a H ¾ arm slot with a loose arm. He pounded the strike zone with a fatsball of 78-80 mph with late arm side run. He used his 11/5 curveball thrown at 67-69 mph as he strike out pitch. It was ver effective as he struck out 5 in 2 innings of work.

2019 Hayden Vines, RHP, Cabot HS
Vines is a 6-foot 160-pound right hander with an athletic frame and a lanky build. He showed an advanced feel to pitch pounding the strike zone in his two innings of work while striking out three. He pitches from a ¾ arm slot with a loose quick arm. He pitched 78-80 mph with late sink. He threw his curveball 67-69 mph with late break. Overall Vines projects to throw harder and has a feel for his breaking ball. He is a definite follow in the 2019 class.

Black	Exit Velocity	Maroon	Exit Velocity
Shelby Quiggins R	86	Devin James	82
Harrison Rutledge	85	Noah Jolly	81
Shelby Quiggins L	84	Trey McNespey	79
Andrew Howard	81	John Austin Hoskyns	79
Tyler Jordan Graham	80	TJ Bale	78
Cameron Johnson	78	Hayden Vines	78
Ty Anderson	77	Cody Bonds	77
Nick Grimsley	76	Brayden Sites	75
Zach Burrough	76	Landry Wilkerson	74
Karson Pawelzcuk	73	Caleb Easterling	72
Brody Ammons	68	Alex Cauley	72
		Gabe Helsley	72
		Logan Easterling	71
		Hunter Allen	67