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By Jerry Shank
Maryland / Virginia Scouting Director

After drilling down into our google analytics we have compiled a list of the five most visited Virginia news stories on the Prep Baseball Report website in 2016.  During the this last week of the year we will count down and revisit those stories.

No. 2: the va/dc scout blog

The VA/DC Scout Blog was a constant visit during the 2016 year, getting numerous looks at as we continued to scour the state and evaluate talent and bring to attention those players we came across with our boots on the ground approach to scouting.

Here is a quick insert from our 2016 Scout Blog:

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Scouting the VHSL 4A State Tournament (June 10 and 11, 2016)

Nolan Caler, OF, Hanover, 2017
Caler has an athletic frame and has done a good job with the conversion to outfield, where he gets good breaks and has a quick release with an accurate arm. At the plate he hits from the right side and has a gap to gap approach with a short, line drive stroke. He ran a 4.43 on an infield single and he can handle the bat well.

Wesley Clarke, C, Liberty Christian, 2018
Clarke has an athletic frame and hits from the right side. He has a short swing and good hips generating good bat speed. He primarily had a gap to gap approach with easy doubles power to either gap and home run power to his pull side. Behind the plate, short loose arm action and an above average arm with a positional velocity of 78. Threw a 1.97 and 2.03 game pop, and all between-inning pops were between 2.00 and 2.09. Athletic behind the plate and slides well.

Richard De La Cruz, OF, Liberty Christian, 2016 (Radford)
De La Cruz is a switch hitter with an athletic frame and similar swings from both sides and easy gap power. He uses the whole field well but works primarily gap to gap with easy doubles power. He is quick and gets a good first step in the outfield. He can handle the bat as well.

Jack Dragum, SS/RHP, Hanover, 2018 (Virginia)
Dragum has a lanky frame and hits from the right side. He has a quick bat and a line drive stroke. He primarily works gap to gap but turned on one ball on the weekend with some authority. On the mound, he throws from a high three-quarters arm slot and sat 86-87, touching 89. Showed a change-up at 76 and curveball that was 70-71.

Brenton Doyle, OF, Kettle Run, 2016 (VMI)
Doyle is tall and has a projectable frame. He covers a lot of ground in the outfield and has a good release and a strong arm. At the plate, he has a quick, short swing and showed a good approach, using the entire field. He is fast, running 4.06 from the right side on a grounder to short.

John Gregory, 1B/LHP, Hanover, 2016 (Longwood)
Gregory has a lanky frame. On the mound he throws from a high three-quarters arm slot with a lot of effort. His fastball was 84-86 in a short relief appearance and he threw a sharp 2/8 curveball that was 69-71. At the plate, he hits from the left side and showed a good approach in the first game, using the whole field. He had more of a pull approach in the second game. He has a short stroke and above average bat speed. Line drive swing with gap power.

Camden Grimes, 3B, Hanover, 2018
Grimes has an athletic frame with a strong lower half. At third base he has a strong arm and a good first step, arm action is short and loose. At the plate, he hits from the right side with good bat speed and a lot of power potential. Mostly a pull approach with gap power and potential for more. Ran a 4.29 on an infield single.

Zack Hess, RHP, Liberty Christian, 2016 (Louisiana State)
Hess’s fastball sat 89-91, touching 92. He showed a two-seamer that was 87. His hard 10/4 slider was 77-82. He didn’t have his best command and the strike zone was inconsistent, but he did a good job of not getting frustrated and competing.

Pearce Howard, 1B/RHP, Liberty Christian, 2017
Hits from the left side with above average batspeed and a smooth stroke. Consistently barreled the ball, primarily working to his pull side but showed the ability to go the other way as well.

Kent Klyman, LHP, Jamestown, 2016 (NC State)
Klyman has a lanky frame and throws from a low three-quarters arm slot with a drop and drive delivery. Long, loose arm action that is lightning quick. Shoulders are level and closed, square landing with an athletic finish. Fastball had late run, was 86-88, touching 89 early in the game, sat 88-89 touching 90 in the fifth inning. Slowed his arm a bit on a fading change-up that was 76-80. Sharp, late 2/8 slider that was 73-76.

Evan Lowery, OF, Jamestown, 2016 (Navy)
Lowery hits from the left side and has some batspeed and pop, turning around Hess for a triple off of the right-centerfield fence. He is fast and gets good breaks in the outfield as well.

Grey Lyttle, RHP, Hanover, 2016 (High Point)
Lyttle has an athletic frame and a strong lower half. Throws from a three-quarters arm slot with a drop and drive delivery. Shoulders are uphill and closed. Closed landing with fall off and recoil at finish. Fastball ran 84-87 touched 88. Good armspeed on change-up at 76. Slider had late, hard 10/4 break and ran 72-77.

Hayden Moore, RHP, Hanover, 2016 (VCU)
Moore has an athletic frame and throws from a three-quarters arm slot. Drop and drive delivery, short, quick arm action and some effort. Shoulders uphill and closed, very open landing. Fastball sat 86-87, touched 88 in a start on Saturday. In a short relief appearance on Friday it sat 87-89, touched 90. Change-up had run and was 73-74. Sharp 10/4 slider was 70-75.

Cayman Richardson, SS, Hanover, 2016 (Virginia)
Richardson has a lanky frame. He is very smooth at short, with clean actions and takes good angles on balls. He has soft hands and good quickness to go with a strong arm. At the plate, he hits from a slightly open stance with explosive hands and a fast bat. He worked gap to gap and has a line drive swing with doubles power. Ran a 4.34 on a groundout to short.

Austin Roach, RHP, Liberty Christian, 2018
Roach has tall, athletic frame. Throws from an over-the-top slot with a short arm action. Fastball has good plane and some run, sitting 80-83, touching 84. 11/5 slider that was 69-70 and a 12/6 curveball at 64.

2016 Recap