Alabama Scout Blog: Week 1 Games
February 21, 2023
The Alabama Scout Blog provides insider information and scouting notes from the PBR Scouting Staff during the season. This running blog will feature information on underclass prospects, unsigned seniors, draft prospects, and anything else that is notable. We will provide a wide range of information, including player evaluations, velocities, pop times, home to first times, and more.
Continue to check back over the course of the week, as the Alabama Scouting Staff will add scouting reports daily.
+ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH
+ SS/RHP Drey Barrett (Holtville, 2024) has really cemented himself as one of the top middle infielders across the state, regardless of graduation class, and showed why he’s ranked as a Top-15 prospect in the junior class in AL. Standing a strong and athletic 6-foot-3, 200-pound frame with proportional strength, the Southern Miss recruit produced in one of the bigger moments of a tightly-contested matchup between two ranked teams in their classification. After getting off some quality hacks in his first couple of at-bats but not having much to show for, the junior blasted a deep drive over the left field wall for a two-run home run that proved to be the difference in the contest after the opposing team rallied in the bottom half. For his age, the right-hander has premium bat speed and never seems to get cheated with each pass looking to drive the ball to the gaps and hit for power. Barrett does a solid job of getting into his lower-half in his swing and has good rhythm throughout. He also hopped on the mound and worked up to 89 mph while striking out 3/4 hitters he faced