Zeke
Bishop

3B Zeke Bishop (2021, University of South Alabama) continues to impress with the bat and has some major juice in the barrel. Rest assured, he is not just a “hit for power” guy as shows a disciplined approach at the plate and can handle pitches to both sides of the plate. Bishop always seems to be on time and seems to never chase out of the zone. While there is a ton of power to the pull side, the senior 3B doesn’t try to do too much and simply stays through the hitting zone with the barrel throughout the swing. On Thursday, Bishop doubled to the backside gap and followed that up with a laser up the middle that had a ton of backspin off the barrel.  

(2021, South Alabama) didn’t disappoint as I was sitting next to a PBR LakePoint employee and said, “This guy can really hit” and the next pitch he saw he smashed down the left field line for a 2-run homer. No doubt that Bishop has major juice, but he also can handle pitches to all quadrants in the hitting zone. The home run was off of a breaking ball on the inner half that Bishop got the barrel to out in front. Bishop has a very physical lower half and doesn’t try to do too much as he simply lets the physicality take over in the swing. The HR came in his 2nd AB after just missing the barrel in the 1st with a deep fly to right field. In the AB after the HR, Bishop again got a ton of barrel as he lined a shot past the 3B.