Kobe
Popham

3/24/16

Developing right-handed pitcher who continues to improve as the matures. The arm works well and is clean out front. The ball comes out nicely. The fastball touched 80 mph and has arm-side run to it. The spin pitch is his best pitch, its slurvy with good action to it, touching 69 mph. The changeup has the correct spin to it and action, sitting at 70 mph. Needs to continue to develop the tracking of his shoulders and not pulling the glove side as much. Tweaking his delivery will lead to a velocity jump. Has a chance to be a very good pitcher.

12/13/15
Excellent looking right-handed pitcher who pitches from a ¾ slot. The ball comes out nicely and has action to it. Fastball was only up to 78 mph but you can tell he will be a low to mid-80s guy this spring. The fastball has run and boar to it. The spin pitch is close to a slider, as he touched 70 mph with it. If he can get a little more fastball to the slider, and keep it small, then he has a special pitch. The changeup has the right spin and fade to it, sitting at 70 mph as well. The delivery is clean, his feet are on-line and his front side direction is close to being on time. The glove gets tucked a bit too much as I would like to see his glove inside his body frame at release. The bottom half is simple and clean. Lot to like, we just wait and see how he matures. Physical strength will help his progress for sure.