Devin
Lauts

5/31/16 - Lauts is a 6-foot-1 200-pound right-handed hitting first-baseman in Kansas’ 2018 class.  He ran a 7.56 60 and has a home-to-first time of 4.84.  His exit velo is 94 mph, top RHH velo for the event.  At the plate, athletic stance, toe tap to inline stride, aggressive swing, fast bat speed, hard consistent contact during batting practice, showed power to the middle of the field, hard single up the middle during game action.  On the infield, 76 mph positional velo, athletic footwork, moves well to ball, accurate throws, quick catch and throw.

Devin is a 6'1' 195-pound right hand hitting corner infielder and a right handed pitcher from Lawrence. Athletic and fields his position well with fluid movements and 3/4 arm slot, moves to his glove side quickly and had a clean round of infield with a top infield velo of 72. Tall on the mound, with a short arm action and high 3/4 slot and is smooth in his delivery, landing square and is able to field his position. In game action had a fastball range of 71-75 mph and max fastball of 75 mph while mixing in his breaking ball from 58-59 mph. Is balanced in the box, with a toe tap trigger and short stride, good strong swing with some loft and makes aggressive contact with the ball with a 88 mph exit velo.