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Player Spotlight: Chris Gresham, 1B, St. Mary's of Lancaster, NY (2016)

May 24, 2015

Dan Cevette
Director, New York

Name: Chris Gresham
High School:  St. Mary's
Graduate Year: 2016
Position: Corner
Projects: 1B
 

Scouting Report
Gresham has a solid 1B body at 6-foot-2, 237-pounds. At the plate there is power potential. He starts with his hands high, drives them with a short path to the ball, slightly uphill path creating back spin, long extension, high balanced finish. Exit velocity was 84 mph. At 1B he moves well for a big guy. Stays low, gloves open, shoulders line up with target, throws from an over-the-top slot, arm strength at 73 mph.

Combine Workout
Gresham stands 6-foot-2, 237-pounds and plays the corner. He showed good upper body explosiveness with a 21'8" medicine ball pass at the "Winter Combine". Defensively he showed sound fundamentals.  Though his footwork and quickness need work still, he shows to be able to handle himself fine at the corner.  He fields everything out in front and stays low to the ground. Arm strength right now is only average but projecting right now as a college first baseman his bat is what will be relied upon. At the plate Gresham starts balanced and a quiet.  He loads simple and stays short to the ball.  Where a lot of big body swingers tend to get long to the ball, Chris does not.  He's able to maintain a direct path to contact and great bat control with bat-strength.  He does come out of the zone a little early at times but aside from that this 6-foot-3 Junior definitely projects as a strong next level bat.

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