Players to Watch: 2020s

By: Zac Bottoms
Arkansas Scouting Director

The 2020 class rankings were updated a week ago. I want to continue an in depth look at this class and some of its top uncommitted players. This class is appears to be very deep with solid athletic position players, here is a look at a few of those guys.

G Allen SS / 3B / Little Rock Christian, AR / 2020 Rankings  State Rank:5 POS:1 Allen is a 6-foot-1 190-pound infielder with a large frame and physical build. Offensively he starts from an athletic stance, he uses a leg lift as his load stride timing mechanism. He attacks the baseball with fast bat speed with a slight uphill swing. He shows a feel for the barrel and raw power to the pull side. He produces exit velocity up to 92 mph. Defensively he plays through the baseball with some stiffness to his actions. He uses a short arm action from a low ¾ arm slot to throw the baseball accurately across the infield. Overall Allen is a physical player with advanced offensive tools, he is a name to follow in the 2020 class.

Beau Stuckey SS / OF / Fayetteville, AR / 2020 Rankings  State Rank:10 POS:2 Stuckey is a 5-foot-8 150-pound middle infielder with an athletic frame and build. He runs a 6.84 in the 60. Offensively he starts from an athletic stance, he loads his hand back, he has a small stride. He attacks the baseball with a line drive swing, with advanced bat speed and feel for the barrel. Defensively he plays through the baseball with fluid footwork, a smooth exchange and a short arm action. He throws the baseball 77 mph across the infield. Overall Stuckey is an advanced athlete with a feel to hit.

Luke Pectol 1B / OF / Robinson, AR / 2020 Rankings  State Rank:12 POS:1 Pectol is a 6-foot-1 170-pound corner infielder with a large frame and an athletic build. He played through the baseball with fluid footwork, a normal exchange and loose arm action from a H ¾ arm slot. He throws the baseball 80 mph across the infield. Offensively he hits from the left-side, he starts from a tall stance, he uses a simply load stride combination, he attacks the baseball with fast bat speed and an uphill swing. He produces exit velocity up to 96 mph. He maintains leverage through out his swing and shows and advanced feel for the barrel. Overall Pectol is a projectable athlete with advanced feel to hit.

MARCUS BROWNSS / 2B / SHILOH CHRISTIAN , AR / 2020 Rankings  State Rank:13 POS:3 Brown is a 5-foot-11 175-pound infielder with an athletic frame and build. He showed to be an advanced player as a defender and as a left-handed hitter. Offensively he starts from an athletic stance, he uses a slight load stride combination. He attacks the baseball with intent on a slight uphill swing. He produced exit velocity up to 88 mph. Defensively he works through the baseball with fluid action, soft hands, a quick exchange and an accurate arm from a ¾ arm slot. He threw the baseball 80 mph across the infield. He ran a 6.88 in the 60. Overall Brown is an advanced player, his athleticism will determine if he stays in the middle of the infielder or moves to a corner but he is offensive and had good defensive actions.

Brayden Sites OF / 2B / Sheridan , AR / 2020 Rankings  State Rank:16 POS:4 Sites is a 5-foot-10 175-pound middle infielder with wide shoulders and an athletic build. Defensively he plays through the baseball with fluid footwork and soft hands. He uses a quick exchange from a H 3/4 arm slot . he throws the baseball accurately at 79 mph across the infield. Offensively he uses a balanced stance. He uses a leg lift as his load, he has a slight arm bar on his hand load. He attacks the baseball with line drive swing. He stays balance through contact and shows a feel for the barrel. He produces exit velocities up to 86 mph. Overall a solid young player with advanced defensive skills.  {{Players code=playervideo id=58267 asset=157970 player=Brayden%20Sites}