Prep Baseball Report

Top Prospect Games: Team Navy Pitcher Analysis



By Chris Fuller and PBR Kentucky Staff

The 2014 Kentucky Top Prospect Games featured more than 120 players over the two-day event.  Today we take a look at the pitchers from Team Navy.  Position and two-way players on Team Navy had their position player write-up yesterday.  You can CLICK HERE to view that article. 

CLICK HERE to view the top statistical performers and complete stats from the event.

Stewart Currie, RHP, Daviess Co HS, 2016
6-foot-7, 190-pound prospect long and lanky frame and room to fill in, uses long arm action through a ¾ to high ¾ arm slot, delivery is easy and ball jumps out of hand, fastball sat 84-86 touching 88 once, fastball has good arm-side run with late sink, struggled to command 62 mph curveball with soft 11/5 action, throws a 71-73 mph slider with late break, showed a 70 mph changeup , allowed two singles and struck out two of the 10 batters he faced, very high ceiling for Currie who still shows quite a bit of rawness in delivery, but there is undoubtedly potential for more velocity when he gets more consistent use from his lower half, high-level 2016 prospect with big upside.  Currie committed to Louisville on 7/1/14 following the Top Prospect Games Event.

Tyler Horsley, RHP/OF, Ballard HS, 2015
6-foot-1, 175-pound prospect with lean and athletic frame with room to fill in, uses long arm action through a high ¾ arm slot, has shown significant recent velocity gains, fastball was mainly straight at 84-85 mph, curveball was better at previous event as he tended to get under it on this occasion at 64 mph, changeup showed some sink and fade at 72-73 mph, allowed no hits and struck out two of the five batters he faced, potential to be high-level prospect on the mound with additional velocity gains likely.

Blake Frost, RHP/3B, Ballard HS, 2016
6-foot-2, 185-pound prospect with strong and athletic frame, uses long arm action through a high ¾ arm slot, good rhythm in deliver with easy effort, mechanics stay online, fastball sat 82-85, with some arm-side run and late sink, curveball showed short 11/5 break at 71-72 mph, showed good confidence in 69-71mph changeup with some arm-side run and sink, allowed one hit and struck out one in the five batters he faced, definite 2016 prospect to watch for velocity gains.

Jake Ziegelmeyer, RHP/1B, Ryle HS, 2016
6-foot-3, 180-pound prospect with athletic frame and room to add, arm is loose and works well, uses long arm action through a ¾ arm slot that produces some arm-side run and good sink to his fastball, fastball sat 82-83 mph, showed a 76-77 mph slider with short and late break, good command of both pitches and works both sides of the plate, allowed one hit and recorded four ground ball outs in the five hitters he faced in game action, more velocity likely to come, potential high-level prospect on the mound.

Blake Carpenter, LHP/OF, Warren East HS, 2015
5-foot-11, 185-pound prospect with athletic frame, uses long arm action through a high ¾ arm slot, online delivery with regular effort, showed the ability to consistently pound the strike zone with all pitches, fastball sat 80-82 mph touching 83 with some arm-side run on his two-seamer, showed a 12/6 curveball with tight spin that was 72-73 mph and a harder 76 mph slider/cutter with late action, changeup showed good sink and fade at 71-75 mph, solid 2015 pitching prospect.

Mitchell Jones, RHP, Highlands HS, 2015
6-foot, 165-pound prospect with lanky build and room to fill in on frame, uses long arm action through a ¾ arm slot which produces good arm-side run to his fastball, did not show as much velocity as we have seen in the past as fastball sat 80-81 mph, shows good command of 69-71 mph curveball with sharp 10/4 action, changeup shows some arm-side run at 72-74 mph, threw a 72 mph splitter with good arm action that showed late sinking action, gave up 3 hits and struck out 2 of the 10 batters he faced in game action.

Austin Shaw, RHP, St. Mary HS, 2015
6-foot-1, 140-pound prospect with lanky build and a lot of room to fill in on projectable frame, uses long arm action through a high ¾ arm slot, arm is loose and works well, delivery stays online, fastball sat 78-81 mph with some late arm-side run and sink, curveball showed 12/6 action and varied between 65-70 mph, showed good command of the curveball, throws a 77-78 mph slider with short/late break, gets a lot of ground balls with the sink on his fastball, allowed 3 hits and struck out 1 in to the 10 batters he faced, projects for more velocity, good pitchability.

Mark Leonard, RHP, West Jessamine HS, 2016
6-foot-2, 180-pound prospect with athletic frame and room to fill in, uses long arm action through a high ¾ arm slot, showed the ability to consistently throw strikes with a three-pitch mix, fastball sat 76-78 touching 79 and is mainly straight, throws a 62-65 mph curveball with gradual 11/5 action, changeup is thrown with good arm action and fastball arm speed at 71 mph, allowed 3 hits with 1 strikeout in the 10 batters he faced, potential for additional velocity gains.

Chris Brown, RHP/OF, Allen County-Scottsville, 2016
5-foot-10, 175-pound prospect with average build, uses short arm action through a high ¾ arm slot, fastball is straight at 79-81 mph, shows good command of curveball with 11/5 action at 68-69 mph, throws a changeup with some fade at 68 mph, gave up two singles to the five batters he faced in game play, showed the ability to throw strikes with all pitches.

Drew Cheatham, RHP/1B, Holy Cross (Louisville) HS, 2015
6-foot-2, 230-pound prospect with strong lower half, uses shorter arm action through a high ¾ arm slot, fastball shows occasional sink at 78-80 mph, shows good command of 66-69 mph curveball with 11/5 action and some depth, consistently throws strikes with both pitches, allowed one hit and struck out one of the five hitters he faced in game play.