Joshua
Mitchell

6/27/17 - Mitchell is an athletic 6-foot 175-pound infielder and RHP in Kansas’ 2018 class. He ran a 7.41 laser timed 60 and 4.34 home-to-first. Exit velo was recorded at 97 mph, which was the top for the event. At the plate, Mitchell showed a simple and repeatable swing during batting practice with bat speed/pop and a well struck line out to CF during game action. On the infield, Mitchell displayed his athleticism with good actions, topping at 83 mph and with accurate throws. In the outfield, he was aggressive to the ball, show off a strong off topping at 86 mph with fairly accurate throws. On the mound, Mitchell repeats his delivery with a quicker tempo and loose arm. He is consistently around the strike zone with a fastball that runs to his arm side, tops at 86 mph and works between 82-85 mph. He also had good feel for his curveball between 70-74 with 11-to-5 action with late bite.

1/18/16 - Mitchell is a 6-foot 160-pound right-handed outfielder and shortstop in Kansas 2018 class.  He ran a 4.14 home-to-first, one of the best for the event, and has an exit velo of 82 mph. Mitchell has a simple and repeatable swing, consistent line drives to middle/pull side of cage, short stride, level path, hits with leverage in back leg.  In the outfield, athletic and aggressive, plays though the ball, quick over the top arm action, plays through the ball with momentum towards target, accurate throws, one of the top velos of the day from the outfield at 85 mph. On the infield, 82 mph positional velo, one of the top infield velos for the event, high three quarters release, arm works, quick catch and release, athletic footwork, moves to the ball with a purpose, athletic actions. On the mound, topped at 81 mph with fastball, worked 77-80 mph, one of the top RHP fastball velos of the event, fastball has late life with arm side run, down in zone with down angle tilt, curveball has sharp 11-to-5 shape, 68-71 mph, Repeatable release point with clean arm action, change up at 70-71 mph, some arm side run, near fastball arm speed, arm works, stays on top of ball, works down in zone, repeats delivery with accelerated tempo.