Matthew
Landau

Physical: 5-foot-10, 165 pounds; Athletic, lean build. 7.57 runner in the 60.

Offensively: RHH. Even setup, with feet shoulder width apart; upright bat position. Loads straight back with an up and down stride for timing. Stays behind the ball while showing a strong lower half. Showed a slight lift to the ball with a two handed finish.  More flyballs than line drives and groundballs with a peak exit velocity of 84 MPH via Trackman

Defensively: Starts with a low to the ground setup; uses prep hop while fluid actions to the baseball. Hands are soft with a clean transfer. Short take back  from a standard 3/4 arm slot.   INF - 66 MPH. 

Physical: Athletic and compact 5-foot-10, 165-pound frame with a solid feel for his body. 7.69 runner in the 60-yard dash. 

Offensively: RHH - The righty started from a wide, even stance with the hands starting high and torso positioned over the toes; utilized a leg lift stride in order to initiate the bat head through a slightly vertical attack and into the hitting zone, really got down into the legs holding low posture throughout the swing, recorded a peak bat-exit velocity of 85 mph giving way to a mostly pull-side approach during batting practice. Could drift into the front side at times creating timing inefficiencies, but showed quality feel for staying back and punching it through the middle when he had his best grouping of swings. 

Defensively: The primary outfielder approached the ball with consistency, staying behind until he got a read on it, medium posture while fielding off the left side of his body with a soft glove hand, funnel into the belt and transfer to a high ¾ throwing slot, accurate 79 mph arm strength from his position.

Physical: 5-foot-10, 160 pounds; compact, athletic build with quick twitch present . 7.63 runner in the 60.
Offensively: RHH. Very wide feet with some bend at the waist with high hands and a 45 degree bat angle off his shoulder; big lift and replace with a good transfer of weight on his back leg, fires off the back leg load into the pitch. Slightly lunges to the ball but does a good job of clearing the hips violently with a short swing using quick hands that work tight to his body throughout. Shot line drives and fly balls all over the pull side, clean bat to ball skills; peak Trackman exit velocity of 82 MPH.
Defensively: Light on his feet, walks into the position. Moving well to either side; Tracks the ball well, stays behind it very well to create good momentum into the catch. Good hands that work from catch to throw smoothly; Long take away from the glove with a small arm swing, throws from a fast 3/4 slot.  OF - 78 MPH.
Pitching: Deliberate in his mechanics down the mound, uses a late glove tap to time the hand break well. Takes the ball away from his glove with a bent elbow that keeps it hidden from the hitter, whippy actions in a 3/4 slot . FB: Peak velo of 77 MPH, while sitting 75-77 MPH. Throws an extremely low spin FB that is best thrown in the bottom of the zone. CB: 62-63 MPH. Displayed a tall, falling breaking ball that he was able to put in the zone with ease. CH: 68-69 MPH. Killed the spin on his CH well, had some fade to the arm side.

Physical: Lean, compact 5-foot-10, 160-pound frame with ability to hold more weight in the build as he matures. 

Pitching: RHP - Quick pace in the delivery, side rocker step with a leg lift at the top of the waist, gets crossfire on the land creating some funk at release out of a fluid, high ¾ slot. FB ranged from 71-74 mph with command in the zone and occasional arm-side run, mixed in a 63-64 mph CB with feel for spin and 11/5 shape. Countered with a 65-68 mph CH that came out stiff at times, could also see a bigger velocity gap between FB / CH.

Physical: 5-foot-10, 145-pounds. Wiry; tall frame; able to hold more weight. 7.47 runner in the 60; 4.44 home-to-1B.
Offensively: RHH. Slight leg lift: feet are shoulder width apart; good bend in his knees; rocks back to his backside and drives forward with stride Works all parts of the field, mainly middle to oppo; good level bat path; high two-handed finish. Showed some gap to gap pop, consistent contact. 72 MPH raw exit velocity.
Defensively:  Hop step for timing; active feet to work around the baseball; able to play on the run; footwork a little choppy laterally; funnels the ball into his stomach. 3/4 arm slot; medium arm swing.  INF - 70 MPH.
FB: FB: T74, 71-74 MPH.
CB: 57-59 MPH.
CH: 66-67 MPH.

The 2022 graduate was impressive at the 2019 Fall Last Chance Event. At the plate, Landau stands in the box in tall stance with feet shoulder width apart. Quick direct path to the baseball. Displayed fast twitch hitting actions. Hard contact to the pull side of the field. Landau stands balanced throughout the swing. Defensively, Landau worked out at SS. He displayed active footwork. Stays under control when coming through the baseball. Smooth exchange to a quick release from a high 3/4 arm slot. On the mound, the right handed pitcher displayed a repeatable delivery. Landau displayed feel for three pitches. Landau has a short 3/4 arm action. The 2022 graduate has a lean athletic frame. Landau will be a must follow as he continues to develop. 

Landau is a slight 5-foot-6 115-pound right handed shortstop and pitcher. He ran a 8.40 60 and a 4.76 home-to-1B. Offensively- Starts with front foot slightly open with bat on shoulder. Brings hands back on load, and taps front foot to be facing pitcher. Very ‘handsy’ swing, little use of legs or lower half at this point. Maturity will help down the road. Exit velocity of 59 MPH. Defensively- Quick feet, gets into athletic stance with hands tight to the body. Attacks the baseball; transfer could be cleaner. Arm strength at 61 MPH across the diamond. Pitching- Starts in the middle of the rubber. Steps to the side, brings leg up towards shoulders, turns front shoulder with slight coil away from the plate. Arm action is infield like working through a high ¾ arm slot.  Drives down the mound, fastball sits 62-64 MPH. Change up was 57-58 MPH.