Jacob
Barger

8/9/15
5-foot-10, 160 pounds with an average, athletic build. Registered a 4.97 home to first time. At the plate, the right handed hitter uses a toe tap stride while offering a level bat path. Showed some opposite field tendencies. Reached a top exit velocity of 79 mph. Behind the dish, he uses short arm action while throwing through a 3/4 slot. Topped out at 65 mph while recording pop time splits between 2.34-2.4. 

8/10/14
5-foot-9, 160 pound average build. From the infield he stays down on the ball, but lets the ball get into his body. He throws from a high ¾ slot with a top velocity of  67 mph across the diamond. From behind the plate he has good footwork and a quick, clean exchange with a pop time of 2.3 and a top velocity of 66 mph to second base. Right-handed hitter that stands tall with good balance and short stride. Pulls off a little and registered a top exit velocity of 76 mph and was 5.1 home to first.  

9/22/13
5-foot-9, 150 pounds with an average athletic frame.  Behind the plate, he shows above average footwork and receiving skills.  Throws from a 3/4 arm slot with short quick arm action.  Displays good knowledge of the game.  The right handed hitter starts with a straight on balanced stance and uses a short stride.  Overall, short compact stroke with level swing path.  Needs to work lower half into swing.  Will continue to grow at the plate as he adds physical strength to frame. 

6/26/13
5-foot-9, 154-pound prospect. Registered a 7.71 60-yard dash. Behind the plate, he shows short arm action with accurate throws. Split times between 2.2 to 2.32. At the plate, he starts with a balanced stance. Hands start high. Uses short stride with partial use of his lower half. Needs to work on getting extension in his swing. Displayed opposite field production. Will get better as he gets stronger and matures. 

6/10/2014 Showed average arm at 2.18-2.31 pop times, but put all throws on the bag. Receives well and keeps balls in the strike zone, Slow to block balls to right side. Strong quick bat at the plate with more power to create when he adds lower half to swing. Gets good extension through the baseball, but swings uphill at times.