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The Uncommitted Spotlight Series continues as the calendar has turned over and the start of the '24 CIF High School baseball season is quickly approaching we are highlighting some of the top uncommitted class of '24 athletes. The players featured are pulled directly from our '24 Class Rankings and remain as the top players left on the board going into the start of their senior season.

We invite you to get to know them through the eyes of our PBR California staff of scouts and the data-backed numbers collected at our events with our partnered companies. TrackMan, Blast Motion, Swift Performance, and Visual Edge provide comparable data to project and evaluate players. All of these systems come together to give a clear picture at what colleges will get when a players steps onto their campus.

Today, we put the spotlight on a NorCal '24 SS/2B Kayden Shaw out of James Logan High School in the Bay Area. With an interesting frame at 6'3 193 lbs. with some good present strength to it currently, but room to develop more as he continues to mature. Shaw is a fringe above average athlete for his size witha 6.91 60 time while showing impressive burst with a 1.65 second 10 yard time. His athletic ability should help him to stick up the middle as a solid average defender, but could slide to 3B in the future with above average potential as a defender there. The actions in defensive workouts with quick feet which show rhythm and good hands with the ability to play 2-handed as well as with 1-hand all back up the ability for Shaw to stick somewhere on the infield dirt at the next level. A switch hitter who shows a slightly better bat to ball ability on the LH side, but with more impact from the RH side. He starts from a slightly open stance with rhythm to his load and stays balanced at foot strike. Shaw uses his lower 1/2 well to generate impressive bat speed (25.7 rot. acceleration with 83.2 MPH bat speed) while sequencing well to keep his hands back with good hand speed at 23.6 MPH. Staying on the back side during the turn helps him to show lift in the bat path which combined with 94.4 MPH max exit velocity, 88 MPH average exit velocity and 85% sweet spot rate show impact potential in his bat. While the approach looks more to use the middle of the field with lift currently he could eventually polish into a pull side power hitter with the frame/strength to be an above average power hitter. Shaw should be a close follow this spring for any 4-year colleges still on the lookout for infielders and will be a strong land for a JUCO program where he could develop and polish his overall game.

College coaches and fans be sure to click on Shaw's profile to see full video and statistics.