Brenden
Cooper

2/20/17 - Cooper is a 6-foot-4 195-pound right-handed hitting first baseman and left-handed pitcher in Missouri’s 2019 class.  He ran a 4.57 home to first and has an 85 mph exit velo. At the plate, open stance, quick leg kick, in line stride, swing produced middle to pull side contact, flashing pull side power.  At first base, 73 mph positional velo, high three quarters release, throws with effort, quick feet to the ball, clean glove to hand transfer. On the mound, Cooper has an over the top release point, throws with some effort with smooth tempo, coil at balance point adding deception to delivery, showed command of three pitches, throws fastball for strike at 73-75 mph, breaking ball has 1-to-7 action, sharp and late break, controls change up at 65-68 mph, flashing arm side sink, repeats delivery on all pitches.

2/15/16 - Cooper is a 6-foot-3 165-pound right-handed hitting first baseman and pitcher in Missouri’s 2019 class. He ran a 4.33 home-to-first and has an exit velo of 77 mph. At the plate, balanced set up, in-line stride, hands drop with stride, gap-to-gap approach, contact to middle of field.  On the infield, 69 mph positional velo at 1B, high three quarters release, quick catch and throw, fluid footwork, mostly accurate throws. On the mound, high three quarters release, long arm circle, tuck at balance point, controlled delivery, throws with regular effort, slight run to fastball 68-71 mph, curveball at 54-58 mph,12-to-6 action,  change up at 61-63 mph, arm side release,