By Steve Nielsen
Scouting Director - Illinois

Tyler Lass has recently stormed onto the scene after attending the Prep Baseball Report Pitchers Showcase and Analysis. Lass showed up at The MAX on a Tuesday night in September and unbeknown to our scouts, started to light up the radar gun. Lass wowed us with his easy fastball, and slider all out of an extremely projectable, strong pitchers frame. Lass is a Class of 2015 product out of Belvidere HS that will quickly become a well-known commodity.

Lass is a big athletic right-handed pitcher who looks to be one of the premier arms in the 2015 class. Lass is a 6-foot-3, 180-pound pitcher with a big upside. Lass throws from a high 3/4 arm slot out of a fairly quick delivery; his delivery is slightly erratic but still shows the ability to control the baseball with multiple pitches. Lass threw a lively fastball at 85-87 mph, flashing an 88. His arm strength is certainly advanced for his age and looks to have the makings of possessing a big time fastball. Lass showed flashes of having a good slider with late bite at 72-75 mph. Lass also threw a change up at 71-73 mph that he showed good command of with some sink. He also showed a splitter at 71-73 mph.

Lass will certainly be a highly touted prospect over the next few years as we expect good things to come from the big right-hander.