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Uncommitted Spotlight: '25 SS/2B Diego Gonzalez

March 6, 2024
Steven Hardesty
Central Coast/North LA Area Scout

  

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The Uncommitted Spotlight Series continues as we have started the '24 CIF High School baseball season Prep Baseball California is now highlighting some of the top uncommitted class of '25 athletes. The players featured are pulled directly from our '25 Class Rankings. These JR year players are ones that college coaches and fans should be keeping their eyes on over the coming months.

We invite you to get to know them through the eyes of our Prep Baseball California staff of scouts and the data-backed numbers collected at our events with our partnered companies. TrackMan, Blast Motion, Swift Performance, and Visual Edge provide comparable data to project and evaluate players. All of these systems come together to give a clear picture at what colleges will get when a players steps onto their campus.

Today, we put the spotlight on a SoCal '25 SS/2B Diego Gonzalez from El Dorado High School in Orange County. Gonzalez has a present lean wiry frame a 6' 150 lbs. but shows room to add strength to his lower 1/2 and upper body as he matures. His tool set is solid across the board where he is swing metrics jump out from the LH side with 78.7 MPH max bat speed, 24.4 MPH hand speed and 26.4 G's of rotational acceleration. The quickness to his swing and ability to sequence his body in the turn allows Gonzalez to consistently impact the baseball with a gap to gap line drive approach while showing good batted ball data with 92.5 MPH max exit velocity while averaging 86.9 MPH and a max distance of 358'. Gonzalez profiles as a high contact gaps power hitter who will collect extra base hits through the middle of the field. He plays with good rhythm in his feet showing sure hands with a clean transfer and arm strength that could project a future at SS at the next level with continued increases in his athleticism. If he has to make a move the actions, arm strength and LH bat will profile well at 2B. Overall, the collection of solid tools, LH swing, up the middle defensive profile should have Gonzalez as one that college coaches are paying attention to for the '25 class.

College coaches and fans be sure to click on Gonzalez's profile to see full video and statistics.

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Diego Gonzalez

Class of 2025 / SS

Player Information

  • Graduating Class: 2025
  • Primary Position: SS
    Secondary Position: RHP
  • High School: El Dorado
    State: CA
  • Summer Team: ZT Renegades
  • Height: 6-0
    Weight: 150.4lbs
  • Bat/Throw: L/R

Scouting Report

1/07/24

Diego Gonzalez, El Dorado (CA), 2025
Positional Profile: SS/RHP Gonzalez exhibits consistent and coordinated movements on the diamond. His bat projects with + bat and hand speed.
Body: 6-0, 150-pounds. Slim build, long limbs. Tons of room to add at 150 lbs.
Hit: LHH. Upright, slightly open. Bat is above the shoulders, pushed back toward the catcher. Small load, closes off stride with front foot, generates momentum and torque as a result. Able to go to all fields. 75 mph bat speed with 21 G's of rotational acceleration.
Power: 92 max exit velocity, averaged 83.4 mph. 353' max distance.
Arm: RH. INF-86 mph. Clean and whippy arm action, able to throw off platform.
Defense: Balanced and aware in the field.
ATH: 7.44 runner in the 60. 27.00 max vertical.

8/11/23

Diego Gonzalez, El Dorado (CA), 2025
Positional Profile: SS/RHP Gonzalez has some strong pop as well as some projectable tools on the mound.
Body: 6-0, 150-pounds. Lean and athletic build, plenty of room to add mass.
Delivery: Tall throughout the delivery, leans forward off the back leg.
Arm Action: RH. Short arm action, releases over the top.
FB: T84, 82-84 mph. Release angle allows ball to tail or cut depending on location. T2433, 2318 average rpm.
CB: 70-72 mph. Moves a lot like a slider, equal horizontal and vertical break. Works well off the cutting fastball away to RHH. T1970, 1913 average rpm.
CH: 76-76 mph. Good dive to the CH. T2101, 2101 average rpm.
ATH: 7.29 runner in the 60. 1.76 and 4.05 in the 10 and 30 yard splits.

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