Alex
Burke

8/17/14 - 5-foot-10, 170-pound prospect  works through a high ¾ arm slot, arm shows some quickness, fastball sat 80-83 toughing 84, fastball shows good arm-side run, curveball sat 62-65 mph with 12/6 action and good depth, showed a 68 mph splitter with late tumbling action, allowed two hits, walked two, and struck out two in his two innings of work, committed to Olney Central Community College following the event.

7/15/14 - 5-foot-10, 170pound prospect showed well defensively with soft hands and fluid feet and plays through the baseball well with athletic actions, gets rid of the ball with short arm action with accurate throws across the infield at 81 mph, good body control and the ability to throw from different arm angles.  At the plate, hits from a balanced setup with a short stride, good use of lower half, line drive type hitter, ran 7.26 60 yard dash, showed some bat speed with 86 mph tee exit velocity (89 at previous event).  On the mound, uses long arm action through a high ¾ arm slot, arm shows quickness, fastball sat 82-84 mph and showed good arm-side run and sink, curveball showed sharp 12/6 action on this occasion and sat 65-67 mph, throws a 66-71 mph splitter that showed late tumbling and sinking action with minimal rotation on the baseball (forkball like), interesting prospect on the mound with potential to add additional velocity.

6/17/14 - 5-foot-10, 165-pound prospect uses long arm action working through a high ¾ arm slot, fastball sat 81-83 mph touching 84 once, two-seam fastball shows late arm-side run, curveball showed some depth at 61-64 mph with 11/5 action, showed a 67 mph changeup that was down in the zone, struggled some with command but worked through it allowing just one hit to the 10 batters he faced with three strikeouts.