Uncommitted Spotlight: 2025 RHP Payton Stubbs

Payton Stubbs, Destrehan (LA), 2025
Positional Profile: 2B/RHP
Body: 5-10, 175-pounds. Athletic with a strong lower-half.
Delivery: Starts on 3B side of the rubber and slides to the middle during a controlled and repeatable delivery, sinks into back hip during leg lift and moves aggressively down the slope finishing square to his target.
Arm Action: RH. Compact arm swing with a 3/4-high 3/4 release.
FB: T87, 86-87 mph. Riding life through the zone with some arm-side run. T2429, 2353 average rpm.
SL: 73-75 mph. Short break with two-plane depth, can land for strikes and swing and miss. T2302, 2231 average rpm.
CH: 79-80 mph. Firm with downhill sinking action. T2418, 2406 average rpm.

Payton Stubbs, Destrehan (LA), 2025
Positional Profile: 2B/RHP
Body: 5-10, 175-pounds. Athletic with a strong lower-half.
Hit: RHH. Athletic and balanced stance, hands held at shoulder height and uses a simple load and stride. Quick hands with present bat speed, takes a flat path to contact with level extension and a two-handed finish, rotates lower-half aggressively and stays balanced from start to finish with a gap to gap approach. 64.3 mph bat speed with 26 G's of rotational acceleration.
Power: 91 max exit velocity, averaged 80.7 mph. 264' max distance.
Arm: RH. INF-85 mph. Short/quick arm action with a 3/4 release.
Defense: Stayed back and waited to receive the ball off the middle of his body with two hands out front into a funnel, moved well to left and right and showed a quick release on the play up the middle.