Josh
Kennelly

6/12/18 Defensively, hands are soft. Flashes solid foot work while consistently working bottom up and out front. Arm strength is developing with throw of 71 MPH across registered.

Offensively, initiates swing from neutral set up with short stride staying neutral. Separation is adequate. There is intermittent front side softness following heel plant. Barrel feel is solid with squaring of multiple during round of BP. A bat exit velocity of 77 MPH was registered. 

On the mound, works out of mid 3/4 arm slot with ability to repeat delivery. FB sat 64-66 with arm side run. CB at 55-57 showed 11-5 shape and rolling action. CH demonstrated subtle arm side fade at 59-62 while being thrown with slight slowing of the arm. Kennelly would benefit from overall greater utilization of his lower half with goal of achieving increased arm hip separation.

 
1/6/18 Defensively, hand are solid and feet work well to baseball. There is commitment to working out front. Would benefit from being more aggressive in attacking and playing though the ball to create better hops and angles. Throwing motion is long and arm strength will need to improve to stay on left side of infield.

Offensively, Kennelly initiates swig from neutral set up with stride staying neutral. Good separation is achieved through weight shift away from hand. There is solid barrel feel. There is subtle tendency to drop hands. Would benefit from more aggressive hip turn and backside release. A 76 mph bar exit velocity was recorded.

On the mound works out of a mid 3/4 arm slot FB sat 64-67 mph and was cut to both the arm and glove sides. CB at 58-59 had 11-5 shape and rolling action. CH was inconsistent on this day. Mechnically, Kennelly would benefit from staying over his back side longer followed by a more aggressive drive over the front knee.