Top Prospect Games - St. Louis: Quick Hits
June 9, 2017
The inaugural Top Prospect Games - St. Louis, took place Tuesday, June 6th. The event brought together some of the top uncommitted 2018’s from Missouri and Illinois to SIU-Edwardsville.
A number of the players in attendance helped elevate their stock heading into the summer months. Today we take a quick look at some notable performances from the event.
ILLINOIS 2018’s
+ Kyle Fasbinder (Vernon Hills) is a left-handed hitting first baseman who impressed in his round of batting practice. Fasbinder has a loose, level swing, makes consistent hard contact and flashed pull power.
+ 6-foot-3, 200-pound Jack Small (Lemont) flashed an easy right-handed bat with projection.
+ Jacob Marti (Normal West) is a switch-hitting first baseman with a 6-foot-3, 220-pound, athletic build. Marti creates bat speed, swings with intent and flashed pull power.
+ Jackson Kaplowitz (Niles Notre Dame) has a high-upside frame at 6-foot-3, 160-pound frame and athletic actions on the infield. At the plate, has an aggressive swing, bat speed and the ball jumps off his bat at times.
+ Left-handed hitting Danny Sperling (Wauconda) took one of the more impressive rounds of batting practice at the event. Sperling has a simple, smooth swing, a line-drive approach and routinely squared up baseballs to all fields. On the infield his throws carry across the diamond.
+ Left-handed hitting Daniel Reynolds (Evergreen Park) has moxie in the batter's box, a gap-to-gap approach and swings the bat aggressively.
+ Left-handed hitting outfielder, Dalton Crowder (Plainfield East), has a highly athletic 6-foot-2, 175-pound frame and a left-handed swing that is repeatable and stays flat through the zone. In the outfield Crowder has natural outfield actions and fluid feet.
+ OF Nick Boone (O’Fallon) is a solid overall prospect and showed off an impressive combination of tools. 4.19 down-the-line, 85 mph from the outfield and a 90 mph exit velocity.
+ 6-foot, 170-pound, Evan Warrington (Sacred Heart-Griffin) sat 83-85 mph, topped at 86 with his fastball and flashed a 12/6 curveball at 68-69 mph.
+ 6-foot-5, 210-pound left-handed pitcher Blake Struble (Carrollton) has a quick arm and fastball up to 86 mph. Also, flashed a slider at 71-75 mph.
+ Tyler Labedz (TF South) is a lean 6-foot-3, 175-pound, right-handed pitcher who ran his fastball into the mid 80’s with deception in his delivery.
+ Dalton Lambert (Harrisburg) is a solidly built 6-foot-3, 190-pound, right-handed pitcher who ran his fastball up to 85 mph and snapped off a curveball with bite.
+ McCade Brown (Normal West) has a projectable 6-foot-5, 185-pound frame and a loose, quick arm. Brown sat 83-84 mph, touching 86 and showed feel for his breaking ball.
MISSOURI 2018's
+ Matt Kesel (Francis Howell Central) posted the top velo of the day on the mound, working his fastball at 86-88 mph. At 6-foot-3 215-pounds, Kesel is a physical RHP that flashes a sharp 12-to-6 breaking ball at 66-64 mph.
+ AJ Spinello (Rockhurst) showed a quick exchange and accurate throws from behind the plate, posting the top pop time of the event at 1.97.
+ Cody Hacker, (Holt) a 5-foot-10 180-pound left-handed pitcher displayed a clean delivery and showed a fastball at 84-86 mph.
+ Jack Adams (Kirkwood) worked a quick inning in game action with a fastball at 82-85 mph. He showed an 11-to-5 breaiing ball at 63-65 mph and a sharper slider at 68-70 mph.
+ Will Gilmer (Sikeston) showed again that he is a strike thrower with command of three pitches. Gilmer’s fastball registered 83-85 mph while his breaking ball had sharp break down in the zone at 71-73 mph and a change up at 71 mph.
+ Colten Weber (Jackson) a recent decommit from Dallas Baptist, was 86 to 88 on the mound and showed a 2.06 pop time from behind the plate. Weber has a projectable frame with a loose arm action both on the mound and as a catcher. He tied for the highest velocity from the crouch at 82 mph.
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