Preseason All-State Spotlight: Geoffrey Watkins
January 11, 2019
This Saturday will mark the first Georgia showcase of 2019, and it’s a significant one: Preseason All-State. An invite-only event for the state’s top prospects in the 2020, 2021, and 2022 classes. To request an invite, click here.
We’ll start ramping up to Saturday’s high-profile event by shining the spotlight onto some of the prospects who will be joining us at the showcase. Today, we take a look at 6-foot-6 right-handed pitcher Geoffrey Watkins (Lassiter, 2020), the No. 39 ranked prospect in Georgia. We recently got a good look at Watkins back in October at the Deep South Invite, and it was impressive to say the least. His frame, coupled with upper 80s fastball make him an imposing force. Add in the fact that he showed feel for a true 12/6 curveball, Watkins could see his stock continue to soar.
Scouting Report
Deep South Invite 10/14/18:
It was good to finally see Geoffrey Watkins at the Deep South Invite. He is a long lanky 6-foot-6 right handed pitcher that stays tall and flashes good angle to a fastball that he runs into the upper 80's with plenty of room for strength gains. On top of a tall frame and good arm strength Watkins shows feel for 2-different breaking ball shapes. He can bury a true 12-6 curve-ball in and out of the zone or add length and tilt to more of a hard slurve. Both offerings show good promise. The young right-hander is already showing velocity and will not be surprised if he adds to it over the coming years. Watkins will be a close follow for us going forward and as he gets stronger could really emerge in our 2020 rankings.