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Preseason All-State Central: Pitcher Breakdown 2


John Nolan
Virginia Scouting Director & Managing Editor

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In mid March, over 120 players from all corners of Virginia descended on RockIt Sports in Richmond, Virginia for the PreSeason All-State Showcase Central. We continue our detailed breakdown of the event with the second part of the pitchers:

 

 

 

 

Andrew Jones RHP / C / Midlothian, VA / 2022

Jones is 6-1 with an athletic 170 pound frame that has some strength present and projection left to it. He throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, long free arm action and some effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are downhill and closed, lands closed with a fall off finish and some recoil. Fastball was 78-80, touching 81, with some downward angle and a bit of late armside run. Curveball was 66-69 with good armspeed and sharp 11/5 break to it. Change-up was 73-75 with some armspeed and a bit of late fade.

 

 

Jaden Kinsler LHP / 1B / Glen Allen, VA / 2022

Kinsler is 6-2 with an athletic 191 pound frame that has some strength present and plenty of projection left to it. He throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, very short free quick arm action and higher effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are uphill and closed, lands open with a fall off finish and hard recoil. Fastball was 86-87, with some downward angle and hard armside run. Curveball was 65-70 with some armspeed and big gradual 1/7 break to it. Shows a slider in the same velocity range with good armspeed and sharp 2/8 break. Change-up was 69-73 with some armspeed and a bit of late fade.

 

 

AJ Labrusciano SS / RHP / North Stafford, VA / 2022

Labrusciano is 6-3 with a lanky athletic 165 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, long free quick arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are slightly uphill and closed, lands open with a slight fall off finish. Fastball was 79-81, with some downward angle and a bit of late armside run to it. Curveball was 69-70 with good armspeed and sharp 10/4 break to it. Change-up was 74-75 with good armspeed and hard late fade.

 

 

Seth Lahocki C / RHP / Deep Run, VA / 2022

Lahocki is 6-2 with a lankier athletic 187 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He throws from a three-quarters arm slot, very short arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are uphill and closed, lands open with an athletic finish with some recoil. Fastball was 74-77, touching 78, with some downward angle and some late armside run to it. Splitter was 62-64 with some armspeed and sharp dive to it. Change-up was 62-69 with some armspeed and late sink to it.

 

 

Michael Lewis RHP / OF / Steward School, VA / 2023

Lewis is 6-0 with a lanky athletic 175 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, long free arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Varies timing to his drop and drive delivery, shoulders are uphill and closed, lands on line with an athletic finish. Fastball was 77-80, touching 81, with some downward angle and a bit of late armside run to it with some sink as well. Curveball was 63-65 with good armspeed and sharp 11/5 break to it. Change-up was 68-71 with good armspeed and heavy sink.

 

 

Noah Lewis LHP / 1B / Nottoway, VA / 2022

Lewis is 5-11 with a strong athletic 205 pound frame that has some projection left to it. He throws from a very high three-quarters arm slot, long free arm action and some effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are level and closed, lands on line with a fall off finish. Fastball was 75-78, touching 79, with downward angle and a bit of late armside run to it with some sink as well. Curveball was 65-68 with good armspeed and big gradual 12/6 break to it. Change-up was 68-69 with some armspeed and late sink.

 

 

Luke Lyman RHP / OF / Clarke County, VA / 2022

Lyman is 6-3 with a lankier athletic 200 pound frame that has some strength present and plenty of projection left to it. He throws from a three-quarters arm slot, long loose quick arm action and some effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are slightly uphill and closed, lands open with an athletic finish and some recoil. Fastball was 87-90, with some downward angle and a bit of late armside run to it that also has some depth. Curveball was 73-75 with good armspeed and late hard 10/4 break to it. Change-up was 77-79 with good armspeed and heavy fade.

 

 

Will Maloney SS / RHP / Clover Hill, VA / 2022

Maloney is 6-1 with a lanky athletic 165 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, long free quick arm action and higher effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are slightly downhill and closed, lands open with an fall off finish and some recoil. Fastball was 83-85, touching 86, with downward angle and a bit of late hard armside run to it. Curveball was 70-75 with good armspeed and hard 11/5 break to it. Change-up was 75-77 with good armspeed and heavy fade. Slider was 76-77 with good armspeed and late hard 11/5 break.

 

 

Colin McGuire 3B / RHP / James Wood, VA / 2023

McGuire is 6-0 with an athletic 195 pound frame that has some strength in the lower half and some projection left to it. He throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, short free quick arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are uphill and slightly closed, lands closed with an athletic finish. Fastball was 81-83, with downward angle and some late hard armside run that also has depth to it. Curveball was 65-69 with good armspeed and sharp 11/5 break to it. Change-up was 72-75 with some armspeed and late fade. Slider was 68-72 with good armspeed and late sharp 10/4 break. Splitter was 76-77 with good armspeed and some late dive that also moves to armside.

 

 

Jacob Miller Bopp SS / RHP / Walsingham Academy, VA / 2022

Miller-Bopp is 5-9 with an athletic 176 pound frame that has some strength present and some projection left to it. He throws from a three-quarters arm slot, long loose quick arm action and higher effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are uphill and closed, lands on line with an athletic finish and some recoil. Fastball was 81-83, with some downward angle and late hard armside run that also has some depth to it. Curveball was 65-69 with good armspeed and sharp 11/5 break to it. Change-up was 76-78 with good armspeed and late fade to it. Slider was 67-69 with good armspeed and sharp 10/4 break.

 

 

Christopher Morabito SS / 2B / Mclean, VA / 2023

Morabito is 5-10 with a lanky athletic 155 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He throws from a three-quarters arm slot, long loose arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are slightly uphill and slightly closed, lands closed with an athletic finish and some recoil. Fastball was 77-78, touching 79, with some downward angle and heavy armside run to it. Curveball was 65-66 with good armspeed and sharp 11/5 break to it. Change-up was 71-74 with good armspeed and late hard fade to it.

 

 

Davis Neighbor 1B / C / Walsingham , VA / 2024

Neighbor is 6-1 with an athletic 190 pound frame that has some strength present in the lower half and some projection left to it. He throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, short loose quick arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are uphill and closed, lands closed with a slight fall off finish and recoil. Fastball was 79-80, with some downward angle and late hard armside run to it. Curveball was 69-72 with good armspeed and gradual 10/4 break with some shape to it. Change-up was 73-75 with good armspeed and heavy fade to it.

 

 

Braedy Peck RHP / 1B / Fauquier, VA / 2023

Peck is 6-0 with a lanky athletic 160 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, breaks long before tightening up to a short loose quick arm action and some effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are uphill and closed, lands open with a hard fall off finish and recoil. Fastball was 79-81, touching 82, with downward angle and a bit of late armside run to it. Curveball was 65-69 with good armspeed and sharp 11/5 break to it. Change-up was 74-75 with good armspeed and late hard armside run to it.

 

 

AJ Poole OF / RHP / McLean, VA / 2023

Poole is 6-2 with an athletic 215 pound frame that has strength present and plenty of projection left to it. He throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, very short free quick arm action and high effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are level and closed, lands closed with a fall off finish and recoil. Fastball was 81-84, touching 85, with some downward angle and some late armside run to it. Curveball was 68-71 with some armspeed and sharp 11/5 break to it. Change-up was 73-74 with good armspeed and some late fade to it.

 

 

Eli Ranson LHP / 1B / Douglas Freeman, VA / 2024

Ranson is 6-0 with a very lanky athletic 160 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He throws from a very high three-quarters arm slot, long free arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are uphill and closed, lands on line with an athletic finish. Fastball was 72-73, with downward angle and some late armside run to it. Slider was 61-62 with good armspeed and big gradual 1/7 break to it. Change-up was 62-67 with good armspeed and late fade to it.

 

 

Joshua Rivera RHP / OF / Heritage , VA / 2022

Rivera is 5-11 with an athletic 170 pound frame that has some strength present and some projection left to it. He throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short loose very quick arm action and some effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are uphill and closed, lands closed with an athletic finish and some recoil. Fastball was 86-88, with downward angle and late hard armside run to it. Slider was 72-75 with good armspeed and sharp hard 10/4 break to it, has shape. Change-up was 83-84 with good armspeed and some late fade to it.

 

 

Carson Seely OF / RHP / New Kent , VA / 2024

Seely is 5-10 with an athletic 160 pound frame that has some strength present and some projection left to it. He throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, very short free arm action and higher effort to his delivery. Drop and drive crossfire delivery, shoulders are uphill and closed, lands closed with a slight fall off finish and some recoil. Fastball was 71-72, touching 73, with some armside run to it and a bit of depth. Curveball was 59-63 with good armspeed and sharp 10/4 break to it. Slider was 62-65 with good armspeed and hard 10/4 break to it.

 

 

Cole Simmons RHP / 2B / Patrick Henry, VA / 2023

Simmons is 5-9 with a lanky athletic 142 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, longer free quick arm action and some effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are slightly uphill and closed, lands closed with an athletic finish and some recoil. Fastball was 77-80, touching 81, with late heavy armside run to it that has a bit of depth. Curveball was 65-69 with good armspeed and sharp 11/5 break to it. Change-up was 75-76 with good armspeed and some late fade to it.

 

 

Chase Swift LHP / OF / Thomas Dale, VA / 2024

Swift is 5-10 with an athletic 157 pound frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, short free quick arm action and some effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are uphill and closed, lands closed with an athletic finish. Fastball was 81-82, touching 83, with downward angle and a bit of late armside run to it. Slider was 67-69 with good armspeed and sharp 1/7 break to it. Change-up was 71-72 with good armspeed and some late fade to it.

 

 

Seth Truesdale C / OF / Cosby, VA / 2024

Truesdale is 5-10 with an athletic 175 pound frame that has strength present in the lower half and some projection left to it. He throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, shorter free arm action and some effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are slightly uphill and closed, lands closed with a slight fall off finish. Fastball was 75-77, with some downward angle and a bit of late armside run to it with late depth to the ball. Slider was 69-72 with good armspeed and sharp 11/5 break to it.

 

 

Marcus Van Alstine RHP / OF / Hanover , VA / 2022

Van Alstine is 6-0 with an athletic 193 pound frame that has strength present and some projection left to it. He throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short loose quick arm action and some effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are level and closed, lands closed with a slight fall off finish. Fastball was 82-83, touching 84, with some downward angle and a bit of late armside run to it. Slider was 71-74 with good armspeed and sharp hard 10/4 break to it. Change-up was 73-77 with good armspeed and heavy late fade to it.

 

 

Bryce Vick LHP / OF / James River (Midlothian), VA / 2022

Vick is 5-10 with an athletic 170 pound frame that has some strength present and projection left to it. He throws from multiple arm slots, high three-quarters and a hinged sidearm slot, very short loose arm action and some effort to his delivery. Drop and drive crossfire delivery, shoulders are level and closed, lands closed with a slight fall off finish and some recoil. Fastball was 79-80, touching 81, with some downward angle and a bit of late armside run to it from the higher slot, heavier armside run with depth from the lower slot. Slider was 63-68 with good armspeed and sharp 1/7 break to it from the higher slot, break runs more 2/8 from the lower slot.

 

 

Tanner Vislay LHP / OF / Oakton , VA / 2023

Vislay is 5-8 with an athletic 170 pound frame that has some strength present and some projection left to it. He throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, very short free quick arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are uphill and closed, lands on line with an athletic finish. Fastball was 76-78, touching 79, with some downward angle and a bit of late armside run to it. Curveball was 64-66 with good armspeed and sharp 1/7 break to it. Change-up was 72-74 with good armspeed and heavy fade to it.

 

 

Jackson Whaley 2B / RHP / Fuqua , VA / 2024

Whaley is 6-0 with an athletic 181 pound frame that has some strength present and plenty of projection left to it. He throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, longer free quick arm action and some effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are uphill and closed, lands closed  with a slight fall off finish and some recoil. Fastball was 79-81, with some downward angle and hard late armside run to it that gets some depth. Slider was 70-75 with good armspeed and sharp 10/4 break to it. Change-up was 74-75 with good armspeed and heavy fade to it.

 

 

Ben Winslow OF / RHP / Western Albemarle, VA / 2023

Winslow is 6-3 with a lankier athletic 193 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, longer loose very quick arm action and some effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are slightly downhill and closed, lands open with a slight fall off finish and some recoil. Fastball was 84-85, touching 86, with some downward angle and late hard armside run to it. Curveball was 65-66 with good armspeed and sharp 11/5 break to it. Slider was 74-75 with good armspeed and late hard 10/4 break to it.

 

 

Kyle Zambrana RHP / 3B / Battlefield, VA / 2022

Zambrana is 6-0 with an athletic 190 pound frame that has strength present and some projection left to it. He throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, breaks long before shortening to a short loose very quick arm action and some effort to his delivery. Drop and drive crossfire delivery, shoulders are slightly uphill and closed, lands closed with a slight fall off finish and some recoil. Fastball was 86-88, with some downward angle and heavy late armside run to it. Curveball was 73-74 with good armspeed and sharp hard 10/4 break to it. Change-up was 81-82 with good armspeed and some late armside run with depth. Slider was 67-72 with good armspeed and late hard cut to it.