Top Prospect Game - Quick Hitters
November 18, 2020
Nathan Hall (OF/1B, Lexington, 2022) - The large frame pairs current athleticism with remaining projection nicely. The RHH was a big winner of BP with consistent loud contact up the middle and to the pulls side running multiple balls out of the yard.
Parker Mergo (1B, Brookland Cayce, 2023) - LHH with a youthful medium build. Filled his rounds with barrels and showed a natural line drive path. Balanced approach with feel for the barrel and quick hands.
Zane Catoe (INF, Lugoff-Elgin, 2022) - Medium build has filled out nicely since the summer season. Big time bat speed on display during his rounds with gap to gap power. Wants to elevate through contact.
Nate Hoyt (OF, Bluffton, 2022) - Taller frame and long limbs, showed surprising athleticism across the board. Balanced approach in the box with quick hands and simple actions. Some juice present with more in the tank.
- Top Pitchers -
Ethan Belk (OF/RHP, Legion Collegiate, 2023) - Ran the FB up to 86 with feel for a sharp slider at 76 mph with a max spin rate of 2372. Belk showed off an up tempo delivery with moderate effort, he is athletic enough to repeat and attacks hitters early and often.
Chase McKelvey (INF/RHP, Beaufort, 2023) - Was a big time spin winner ripping off an 84 mph FB with 2514 spin. The FB showed heavy run to the arm side and enough life to stay off of the barrel. He also featured one of the top breaking balls at the event at 76 mph with late downer action.
Noah Chapman (LHP/1B, Summerville, 2023) - Projectable LHP was another spin winner from Sundays event. The southpaw pounded the lower half of the zone with an 84 mph FB that topped at 2306 rpms and mixed a 72 mph breaking ball for swing and miss that averaged 2231 rpms.
Peyton Starkey (INF/RHP, Gray Collegiate, 2022) - Showed off several nice sequences of well located FB mixed with offspeed for K's. FB topped out at 83 with life to the arm side and 2040 avg. spin. CB showed two tier break at 72. Also mixed a CH as a third pitch.
Nate Hoyt (OF, Bluffton, 2022) - Taller frame and long limbs, showed surprising athleticism across the board. Balanced approach in the box with quick hands and simple actions. Some juice present with more in the tank.
- Top Pitchers -
Ethan Belk (OF/RHP, Legion Collegiate, 2023) - Ran the FB up to 86 with feel for a sharp slider at 76 mph with a max spin rate of 2372. Belk showed off an up tempo delivery with moderate effort, he is athletic enough to repeat and attacks hitters early and often.
Chase McKelvey (INF/RHP, Beaufort, 2023) - Was a big time spin winner ripping off an 84 mph FB with 2514 spin. The FB showed heavy run to the arm side and enough life to stay off of the barrel. He also featured one of the top breaking balls at the event at 76 mph with late downer action.
Noah Chapman (LHP/1B, Summerville, 2023) - Projectable LHP was another spin winner from Sundays event. The southpaw pounded the lower half of the zone with an 84 mph FB that topped at 2306 rpms and mixed a 72 mph breaking ball for swing and miss that averaged 2231 rpms.
Peyton Starkey (INF/RHP, Gray Collegiate, 2022) - Showed off several nice sequences of well located FB mixed with offspeed for K's. FB topped out at 83 with life to the arm side and 2040 avg. spin. CB showed two tier break at 72. Also mixed a CH as a third pitch.
- Highlights -
* Ethan Belk tripled off the wall to deep RCF, showing off his short stroke and flashing his plus power potential.
* Michael Gibson turned in a solid day at 3B making several nice plays as well as finding multiple barrels.
* Ethan Darden, Ethan Belk, Bryson Graves, Ethan Wilson all ran the FB up to 86 mph.
* Greyson Selepes, Noah Chapman, Ethan Darden and Jake McCoy provided scouts with some young LHP names to know.
* Ethan Wilson ran an event best 6.62 sixty.
* Peyton Starkey topped the list of slick fielding infielders with an 80 mph INF velo (positional).
* Ethan Darden put up the top positional OF velo at 85 mph.
* Nate Hoyt put up the best static (tee) exit velo at 92 mph.