Michael
Perazzo

Event: California State Games
Positional Profile: 2B/SS
Physical: 5-9, 155-pounds; 7.51 runner in the 60, 4.14 30-yard split, 1.82 10-yard split, 25.5” vertical jump. Average size body, some length in arms, lean and somewhat compact in lower body.
Offensively: LHH. EV max – 87.1 mph, sweet spot% - 50%, line drive% - 25%, hand speed max – 19.3 mph, bat speed max – 62.7 mph, on-plane efficiency avg – 64.5%; rotational acceleration avg – 9.9; high back elbow in set-up, slightly closed with feet just outside shoulders, up down into stride w/very slight reverse starting move, smooth stroke, line drive stroke with ability to spray the ball, two handed finish around the back, puts nose on it consistently, presents as a consistent contact hitter.
Defensively: INF mph – 72 (has shown up to 76); Funnels ball to waist, has some rhythm in his feet, solid body control, range and arm project best to 2B, reads ball cleanly and sets up with balance.

Positional Profile: SS/OF
Physical: 5-8, 145-pounds; Average, average build. 7.55 runner in the 60.
Offensively: RHH. Even setup, with feet just outside his shoulders; flat bat moving to upright position. Short take back with the hands with a moderate leg kick for timing. Drifts into contact while showing an average effort from the legs. Showed a flat swing path with a finish around the back. More line drives than fly balls and ground balls with a peak exit velocity of 84 MPH via Trackman. Smooth stroke, lots of sweet spot contact (87.5%), has feel for serving the ball around the field, contact oriented stroke.
Defensively: Starts with a balanced setup; uses prep hop while showing active feet. Hands are underneath the body while funneling to the hip before transfer. Moderate arm circle from a high-3/4 arm slot. SS - 76 MPH. OF - 76 MPH. INF - Light feet, flows to ball well, creates outstanding angles to get off accurate throws in INF; OF - gets directly in-line to his target, quick release, utilizes one hop throws, calm and efficient, easy arm.

Bay Area World Series Underclass (6/4/21-6/6/21)

Offensive notes: Narrowed stance, even hands using a bigger hand load. Easy swing, compact barrel allows him to stay balanced and inside the baseball. Worked backside gap well with liners. 60-yard - 7.12 / EV mph - 81

Defensive notes: Rounds and utilizes his feet to get in position, fair range and moves through the ball on time. Compact arm was accurate. INF mph - 74

Pitching notes: Simple delivery with lots of movements having hands moving and breaking on the slight knee tuck. Sits into the back hip as he works down hill with front leg landing bent. Compact arm works to high 3/4 release controlling it more consistently as he kept working. FB able to work north/south or east/west with flashes of better plane to the gloveside. CB was long with loose spin and ability to drop in for a strike or sweep it more off the plate to try for swing. CHG showed bottom with lower release from FB slot. FB 72-76 / CB 58-62 / CHG 65

Positional Profile: SS/OF
Body: 5-8, 150-pounds. Long and lean, athletic proportions, lanky with frame to fill out.
Hit: LHH. Tall set up, medium width feet, open, relaxed elbows, smooth controlled lift to transfer over backside, small hand load, medium in line stride. Stays above ball with top hand, sees ball well, willing to use whole field, displayed barrel control and line drive stroke; 73% on plane efficiency, 72.7% LDs.
Power: 77 mph exit velocity in live BP via TrackMan. 20 max hand speed.
Arm: RH. INF - 68 mph. OF - 77 mph. at SS showed compact easy arm action from 3/4 release, loose flick while getting it underway quickly, lower slot moving to left sailed a bit. in OF, longer more full and aggressive arm stroke showed that INF arm has more than he showed, accurate from OF.
Defense: Smooth feet, confident actions, reads well while setting up in position to throw quickly, soft hands, has feel for playing INF. Aggressive direct approach in OF, sets up to get off his best throws, moves easily.
Run: 7.49 runner in the 60.

Positional Profile: SS/RHP
Body: 5-7, 150-pounds. Smaller lean athletic build.
Defense: Smooth to ball, not in a hurry, clean first step, good body control, soft hands.
Arm: RH. INF - 70 mph. Loose compact arm action, can adjust arm angles, confident thrower, gets it underway.
Hit: RHH. Balanced setup, hands held high behind head, loads over back foot, small lift, quiet in box. Serves ball around the yard, easy swing, has timing, can hit where pitched, contact oriented approach.
Power: 78 mph exit velocity.
Run: 7.69 runner in the 60. 

Delivery: Rhythmic delivery, drops over rubber as leans back to 1B, loose easy high lift, down out glide down slope, on-line, drifts a bit through finish.
Arm Action: RH. Clean arm action, smooth easy arm, arm action built to locate strikes.
FB: T73, 69-71 mph. Fairly straight, strike throwing ability, hints of future spin rate climb.
CB: 56-57 mph. Soft big rolling action, displayed quality feel for zone and bottom of zone.
CH: 61-65 mph. Straight change, nice change of pace off the FB look, movement went out of the zone.