Thomas
McLaren

Physical: 6-foot-0, 185 pounds; Sturdy, proportional build.

Pitching: Uses a center rubber setup while using a side step. Mid chest leg drive with a slight coil away from the plate. Has a long stride landing inline with the plate. Long arm swing while demonstrating segmented stop and go action; standard 3/4 slot. Square to the plate with finish. FB: Peak velo of 84 MPH, while sitting 81-83 MPH; commands both sides. CB: 70-73 MPH; late action. ;CH: 69-71 MPH; fading action.

Physical: Strong/durable 6-foot 185lb frame with two-way success at the PA State Games. 8.12 runner in the 60-yard dash. 

Offensively: RHH - Balanced, even stance with rhythm showing in the hands to start; utilized a deliberate leg lift stride with some weight shift into the hitting zone through a flat path. Finished low at the shoulder allowing for a mostly line drive approach during batting practice, hitting into a stiff/adjustable front side. Worked his way up to a T89 mph bat-exit velocity via Trackman Baseball and notched a 319 foot batted ball distance to the LCF gap. Good connection and easy rotational juice with simple efforts, staying within himself at the plate. 

Defensively: The third baseman featured adequate, stalking footwork walking into the fielding window with a right/left, moderate rhythm on the approach. A soft glove hand funneled inward and released from a L ¾ slot (81 mph arm, accurate, slight arm-side run). 

Pitching: RHP - Started off the middle of the rubber from an upright/imposing look, flashing slow pace in the delivery and getting to a higher stack position; drove down the mound with adequate tempo, landing straight line with a feel for three pitches. The FB ranged from 80-83 mph (17 inches AVG HM, 53% zone rate via Trackman) adding a pinpoint 68-70 mph CB (11/5 tilt) that peppered the zone at a 100% rate in game action. Threw for strikes later mixing in a 70-73 mph CH with killed spin and consistent fade to the arm-side.

Physical: Large, advanced 6-foot, 185-pound frame with obvious strength in the actions. 8.33 runner in the 60-yard dash. 

Offensively: RHH - Upright, slightly open stance with the hands starting flat over the shoulder. Utilized a leg hang stride in order to initiate the hands through a whippy, slightly uphill path showing slight barrel lag through the zone. A 50-42 % fly ball / ground ball split played admirably into a gap to gap approach looking to do damage (332 foot max distance / 92 mph peak bat exit velocity). The advanced metrics told more of the same story: A 73+ mph bat speed and  77% on-plane efficiency were examples of high intent as well as high contact at the plate. 

Defensively: The third baseman flashed a moderately low center of gravity with feel for lateral movements during defensive evaluations. A soft glove hand worked adequately off of the left foot, the feet were relatively still for the most part before playing right-left right before the ball got to the fielding window, accurate 81 mph arm strength across the diamond; made the play on the run pretty easily throwing from a ¾ slot. 

Pitching: RHP - Started from the middle of the rubber with average tempo in the delivery, traditional windup with a side rocker into a medium leg lift at the top of the stack; got downhill well with good whip on the front side out of a power, high ¾ slot. FB ranged from 81-83 mph with room for more, generated up to 18+ inches of HM to the arm side with low spin (1854 average) and play down in the zone. Countered with adequate feel for a 66 mph breaker showing more horizontal shape (8+ inches of HM). Mixed a 64-66 mph SL with more confidence (small depth and 7+ inches of HM) while holding the zone at a 67% rate. A 70-71 mph CH flashed increased extension (6.27 feet on average) generating deception at the plate.