Braden
Higgins

8/19/18- 6-foot-4, 195-pound left-handed throwing pitcher.  Projectable frame.  Balanced delivery with good tempo.  Works down mound with short stride and lands slightly across body.  Throws from high ¾ arm slot.  Fastball is 80-84 mph with varying action and heavy at times.  Slider is 2/8 break with loose spin thrown at 66-68 mph.  Change-up is 73-76 mph with good arm speed and fade action.

3/18/18- 6-foot-4, 188-pound left-handed pitcher. #16 ranked player in MN 2019 rankings. Fastball worked 82-84 mph with a medium arm swing. Big LHP who was semi-shouldery with the arm action. Some arm side life to the fastball and remains linear down the mound. Long frame plays, and there is more to come with velocity. Looser spin on breaking ball with slider shape. Downhill plane to changeup with late running action.

3/18/17- 6-foot-3, 178-pound left-handed hitting 2-way player. On mound; rocker step back, slight crouch and turn into balance point, stab back in arm circle, short arm action and clean out front. Fastball was 78-82 mph, jumps out of hand occasionally, with flashes of downhill plane. Avg. feel for curveball and changeup. Both show solid action; curveball has solid 12/6 shape and changeup  has fade and depth. 7.21 runner. Pre-set hands and load, length to contact from arm bar, pull approach producing fly ball and ground ball contact, 79 mph exit velocity. Plays on balls of feet, active, avg. reads on baseball, tends to throw flat-footed, accurate to target, 80 mph arm strength from outfield.