Hayden
Ford

Fall Prospect Program 2013 - The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Ford has a good combination of power and speed in his game.  He ran a 6.85 60-yard dash in June and shows good defensive skills at first base, while also being athletic enough to play a corner outfield spot with 81 mph arm strength.  He participated during Week 2 at Morehead State and had an offensive day to remember.  Ford put his power on display by going 5-for-5 with 2 doubles, a triple, a home run, and 4 RBI’s.  He generates good bat speed, as evidenced by his 90 mph exit velocity off the tee.

8/11/13 - 6-foot-3, 200 pound prospect, athletic build with good athleticism around the 1^st base bag, soft hands, accurate arm at 75 mph, also plays outfield, plays through the ball well, online throws at 81 mph.  At the plate, hits from an open stance, squares front side with a short stride, has slight uphill path to the ball, uses lower half well, shows some gap to gap power, showed bat speed with 90 mph tee exit velocity (+2 from previous event), ran 4.48 down the line, went 2-for-3 in game play with single to left field and an infield single to the right side that he beat out.  Primary first baseman but athletic enough to play outfield as well.

6/11/13 - 6-foot-3, 200-pound prospect with strong/athletic build, shows good actions and feet around the bag, soft hands, athletic first baseman.  At the plate, slightly open setup, slight arm bar in load, short stride, good use of strong lower half creates bat speed through the zone, slight uphill path to the ball, shows power potential, solid round of BP squaring the ball up consistently, made consistent hard contact in game play, ran 6.87 60 yard dash, 88 mph tee exit velocity.