Uncommitted Player Spotlight: Roland Ryan, 1B, Knoxville West, 2018

Adam Akin
Director of Scouting

Name: Roland Ryan
Height: 6-4
Weight: 215
High School: Knoxville West
Position: 1B
Class: 2018
State Rank: 68
Position Rank: 4



10/15/16 - Position Velocity:  IF - 79, Exit Velocity: 92
6-foot-4, 215-pound, RHH hits from a wider and slightly open stance, uses the same abbreviated leg kick and stride with a smoother movement back with his hands to get loaded as we saw from him at the Top Prospect Games,  hands do come up a little before beginning the swing, lower half gets moving and is initiated by that stride but doesn’t always get all the way through to clear his hips, bat path can begin a little steep but flattens out to get through the ball solidly, hit a lot of hard ground balls in BP, but has the ability to drive the ball into the left center gap.  Defensively, showed improved hands and footwork around the bag and uses a long arm action through a high ¾ slot, throws were pretty accurate with some carry.  Ryan had some good at bats in game play while drawing a walk and a HBP.