Parker
Grothaus

8/7/16
6-foot-2, 195-pound athletic, muscular looking body frame. At the plate he uses a small leg lift with his lower half while taking his hands back. A strong kid with definite batspeed through the zone. His uphill path puts natural loft on the ball. Works well to his pull side. Reached a top exit velocity of 93 mph. In the outfield he gets to the ball in a timely fashion and uses a big crow hop. Throws from a low-3/4 slot with 82 mph arm strength to home plate. In the infield he has quickness to his feet with some lateral quickness. Hands work well. Could play lower. Used the same low-3/4 slot to throw across the infield with 68 mph arm strength. 

6/15/16
6-foot-2, 195-pound athletic, muscular looking body frame. In the outfield he uses good footwork to approach the baseball. He fields ground balls on his glove side and throws with a clean arm action, through an upper ¾ slot. Reached a top velocity of 81 mph from the outfield. In the infield he showed the ability to move well laterally to cover ground. He uses good footwork to approach ground balls, fielding with his hands out in front of his body. He throws with a clean, shorter arm action through a low ¾ slot, while reaching a top velocity of 76 mph across the infield. Right-handed hitter starts from a balanced stance. There is a slight pause in his hands when they move back to load, just before he swings. He has some quickness in his hands, while showing the ability to use both sides of the field during his round of batting practice. Produced a top exit velocity of 81 mph and ran a 7.36 60-yard dash.   

7/28/15

6-foot-1, 190-pound strong build. Right-handed hitter with a good leg kick to load, but needs to be on time when foot lands. Has quick hands and barrel gets in and out of the hitting zone. Registered top exit velocity of 81 mph and was 4.65 home to first. From the outfield he shows a good run thru with crow hop. Throws from a high-3/4 slot with 81 mph arm strength. At third base he shows clean actions and good transfer with 80 mph arm strength across the infield.