Alex
Ritzer

Athletic 5-foot-11, 185-pound middle infielder. North Carolina commit. The left-handed hitter sets up in a narrow stance with a hand load and short stride into a strong, repeatable line-drive swing. Uses his lower half well showing some ability to drive the ball to the opposite field. 88 mph exit velocity off the tee. In the infield, athletic actions with sure hands and clean transfers, showing the ability to throw on the run from multiple arm angles with lateral range. 6.79 runner in the 60.

Ranked as the No. 1 prospect in Minnesota, Ritzer is a strong all-around infield prospect. He’s a North Carolina recruit who possesses above average tools in his defense and run abilities. There’s some effort to his run with too much east/west movement in his arm swing, yet he gets down the track for a 6.75 sixty. On the dirt his sure hands, athletic actions and solid range to both sides offer dependability without the flash. With a clean transfer his near average raw arm strength plays up and bolsters his already strong defensive package. In the batter’s box the left-handed hitter shows good bat strength with a repeatable swing using his lower half well. These traits produce near average raw power to all fields and a 93 mph exit velocity off the tee. With a strong on-plane efficiency score of 77%, Ritzer’s bat is long through the zone, but he must improve his marks of 66.4 mph of bat speed, 20.5 mph peak hand speed and just 7.9 g rotational acceleration to have an impact at the collegiate level.

Strong, well-proportioned build. 5-foot-11, 180-pound left-handed hitting shortstop. Balanced setup, smooth load, short stride with a leg lift, stays balanced through contact. Quick hands, short, level path through the zone, sneaky juice in swing. Hit lead off and hit a no-doubter to right-field for a lead off home run. Plays the game with moxy and confidence. Defensively, feel for himself at shortstop, quick and clean exchange, showed range to both up the middle and his glove side, plays athletically in the field. Quick hands and transfer, advanced hands turning the baseball at second base, arm showed carry and accuracy. Above-average runner. 

5-foot-11, 180-pound left-handed hitting shortstop.  6.75 runner.  Squared stance with relaxed hands.  Small body and hand load.  Comfortable in box.  Flashes bat speed.  Gap to gap approach with line drive contact.  Consistent barrel contact and flashes pull pop.  89 mph exit velocity.  IF- Solid actions.  Moves athletically to field.  Sure hands and makes routine plays.  Lower release on throws.  79 mph arm strength with good carry and accuracy. 

5-foot-11, 175-pound left-handed hitting shortstop. 7.06 runner. Present strength in athletic frame, slight body load, coils into hitting position, above avg. bat speed, consistently squares baseball, has extension through contact with projectable pop in bat, one of better rounds of bp at event, 85 mph exit velocity. Active feet and works through ball, soft hands, has solid range, shows solid overall actions in field, 78 mph arm across infield.

10/22/17- 5-foot-11, 165-pound left-handed hitting shortstop. 7.25 runner. Follow in MN 2021 class. Athletic stance, knee to knee trigger, pre-set hand load, gap to gap hitter, solid barrel to baseball, inside/out occasionally, 79 mph exit velocity. Works down to up, sure hands, fields deep in stance occasionally, solid actions for age, accurate to bag with solid carry, 73 mph arm strength across infield.