Jake
McCalla

9/30/18 - Max FB: 78, FB: 75-78, CB: 68-70, CH: 70-71
6-foot-1, 160-pound, RHP struck out 1 in his 2 innings of work.  Medium, athletic frame w/ well-proportioned lean strength, projectable.  Has just scratched the surface of his frame potential.  Pitches from a full wind-up into ¾ to H ¾ release from the first base side of the rubber.  Pre-set back foot w/ big rocker step before short reset of the drive foot.  Some effort in the throw.  Arm works, just a matter of getting stronger.  Straight FB shows occasional short cut at times, occasional short run at other times.  Short downer CB flashes proper shape and rotation, gets slurve like at times, loose at others.  CH w/ arm-speed, short fade.  Will use to RHH’s.  Around the zone w/ his 3-pitch mix, projects to command.

9/30/18 - Home-1^st: 4.72, Position Velocity:  IF-71, Exit Velocity: 81
6-foot-1, 160-pound, RHH showed off his super projectable frame.  Medium, athletic frame w/ well-proportioned lean strength, projectable.  Has just scratched the surface of his frame potential.  Offensively, hits w/ a slightly crouched, straight on stance w/ hand rhythm into stride and little hand load.  Generates bat speed through the zone.  Some stiffness through the zone, would benefit from some separation within his load.  Pull oriented approach w/ lot of line drives when right.  Occasionally leaks with the hips.  Gap to gap approach in BP.  Projectable gap power.  Defensively, shows solid footwork in the IF w/ solid hands, occasional glove tap and developing arm strength.  Has more arm strength than he shows on the dirt.

9/16/18 - 60 Time: 7.94, Position Velocity:  IF-71, Exit Velocity: 86
6-foot-1, 160-pound, RHH flashes bat speed through the zone.  Medium, athletic frame w/ well-proportioned lean strength, projectable.  Has just scratched the surface of his frame potential.  Offensively, hits w/ a slightly open, slightly crouched stance w/ short hand rhythm into stride to slightly open and occasional short hand load.  Would benefit from consistent separation, hands tend to get caught close to his body presenting some stiffness through the zone.  Generates bat speed through the zone.  Learning to stay through the baseball with his lower half, tendency to leak.  Gap power type w/ projectable pull power as the frame continues to mature.  Defensively, shows soft hands, first step quickness w/ range to both sides and projectable carry to target arm strength.

9/16/18 - Max FB: 79, FB: 77-79, CB: 67-72, CH: 69-73, SL: 73-75
6-foot-1, 160-pound, RHP shows intriguing arm-speed.  Medium, athletic frame w/ well-proportioned lean strength, projectable.  Has just scratched the surface of his frame potential.  Pitches from a full wind-up into ¾ release from the middle of the rubber.  Quick arm, just scratching the surface of velocity potential.  Up-tempo delivery w/ effort in the throw, learning how to consistently drive off the back leg.  Straight FB.  Short downer CB, moves like a slurve w/ occasional depth.  SL shows occasional shape, moves like a spinner.  CH w/ arm-speed, short fade and sink.  Around the zone, projects to command.