Casey
Willenbrink

Columbia Top Prospect: On the mound, the 6-foot-1, 190-pound Willenbrink pounded the strike zone with his 75-77 mph fastball, while also consistently locating a 65-67 mph curve and 71 mph change up with good arm speed and fade. In the field, he showcased an accurate arm (73 mph) with decent carry. At the plate, Willenbrink demonstrated good bat speed when he kept his weight back, and his level extension generated gap-to-gap contact.

St. Louis Top Prospect: The 6-foot-1, 185-pound Willenbrink has a well built athletic frame, and showed ability as a two way player. On the mound, his best pitch is a late moving 11-to-5 breaking ball (76-71 mph), which has the potential to be a legitimate out pitch. He also showed a 72-74 mph change up with late movement. Willenbrink’s fastball sat 76-78. At the plate, Willenbrink has power potential, and with some fine tuning could be a consistent power hitter. He showed some barrel whip, driving the ball gap-to-gap.