Jake
Coppen

5-foot-9, 145-pound, thin, average athletic frame, has plenty of room to fill out, neck is long, shoulders are sloped. The actions and movements are loose and work freely. A right-handed hitter, the approach is simple, balanced throughout. The feet are even, hands are loose at shoulder height, with the bat starting in a relaxed flat position. The swing is level across his chest, the lower half is under control, could get more juice from the backside. The hands stay inside the baseball, looks to drive the baseball with a middle to opposite approach. Finishes the swing off with two hands, tee exit was clocked at 80 mph. During game play had good swings, made hard contact, all day, clocked at 4.61 down the line. Defensively, arm works out of a lower slot, clocked at 68 mph, had good touch on the throws. The hands are soft, works from the ground up, showed an easy transfer, with no wasted movement, needs to continue to keep feet moving after throw. Showed a clean pro move to finish off his defensive workout. Off the mound, has a simple, balanced delivery, hands start and stay in the midsection, leg lift is easy, stays over the rubber, separation is on time, gets squared up to the plate and pounded the zone with strikes. The arm action is a tick longer on the back side, works out of a natural ¾ slot. The fastball was clocked at 70-71 mph. The breaking ball showed, bigger top to bottom break to it, clocked at 63-65. Strength and a regimented throwing program, will aid in his development.