Unsigned Senior Spotlight: Loretto LHP Jacob Laws

Adam Akin
Director of Scouting

Name: Jacob Laws
Height: 6-8
Weight: 260
High School: Loretto
Position: LHP
Class: 2017
State Rank: 54
Position Rank: 10



7/26/16 - Max FB: 84, FB: 82-84, CB: 74-76, CH: 75-76, 
6-foot-8, 260-pound, LHP is a very big and somewhat intimidating presence on the mound, one of the taller pitchers you will see, Laws is athletic enough to make it all work, slow motion and some build up leads to a good shoulder tilt and some aggressiveness toward the plate.  Laws stays very tall throughout his motion and uses his height to his advantage, doesn’t quite get out over his front side like most would prefer to see, but remains in line and under control. Fastball showed some slight and late run that has the potential to get in on the hands of lefties and inch toward the cap on righties, curveball had 1/7 to 2/8 shape and showed gradual but steady movement through the zone, changeup was a solid change of pace.  Laws struck out 2 in his 2 innings of work.