Arkansas Insider: 2018 Uncommitted Outfielders

October 6, 2016

By: Zac Bottoms
Arkansas Scouting Director

With each passing day a 2018 makes a commitment, this week was 2018 INF Nathan Lyons from Bentonville High School. Below you will find a list of the top outfielders available in the 2018 class.

Jakobi Jackson, OF, Watson Chapel HS
Jackson is a 6-foot 190-pound athlete with a large frame and an athletic build. He is an advanced offensive player with ability to hit for power to both fields. He starts from an athletic stance with a fluid load, he attacks the baseball with fast bat speed. He has slight uphill bat path. He does a sound job maintaining rhythm and balance through out his swing. Defensively he shows good instincts on balls in the air. He plays through the baseball with a fluid exchange and a strong arm with carry. As a pitcher Jackson pounds the strike zone with a fastball 79-82 mph. He compliments the fastball with a 1/7 curveball with sharp late break. Overall Jackson is an advanced hitter with above average athletic ability.

Parker Gavazzi, OF, Conway HS
Gavazzi is a 5-foot-9 150-pound outfielder with a medium frame and a thin build. He is an above average runner that runs a 6.71 in the 60. Defensively he shows good instincts with the ability run balls down in either gap from centerfield. He plays through the baseball and throws the ball 79 mph from the outfield. Offensively he starts from a tall stance with a minimum load. He drops his hands and pushes the bat through the zone on a line drive swing plane with average bat speed. He produced exit velocities up to 75 mph. Overall Gavazzi is a solid defender with good athleticism.

Ollie Reddick, OF, White Hall HS
Reddick is a 5-foot-10 160-pound outfielder with an athletic frame and build. Defensively he plays through the baseball with fluid footwork, and a normal exchange. He throws from a H ¾ arm slot with a quick arm throwing accurately 82 mph from the outfield. Offensively he starts from a slightly open stance with a slight stride in and load. He uses a line drive swing with some rotation to put up exit velocities up 77 mph. Overall Reddick is an advanced athlete with raw tools, as he matures as a baseball he may be a player on the move in the 2018 class.

Bryson George, OF, Russellville HS
George is a 6-foot 170-pound outfielder with an athletic frame and build. He runs a 4.03 home to first or a 6.72 in the 60. He plays through the baseball with fluid footwork and a normal exchange. He throws the baseball accurately with carry 79 mph from the outfield. Offensively he starts from a tall stance with minimum load and stride. He uses a compact line drive swing which consistently finds barrel. He finds very little use in his lower half leaving it behind. Overall George is an advanced athlete with a feel for the barrel.

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