PBR summer evaluations are rolling right along.  PBR was on hand for a combined scout day with Top Prospect Baseball and the Punisher Prospects.  Each team's players had the opportunity to go through a full pro-style workout prior to playing in controlled scrimmages. 

Today we take a look at players participating from the Punisher Prospect program.  A full evaluation on each player, with statistics from the scout day, as well as a link back to the player's PBR Profile page.  To see the full list of statistics gathered during the workout, for every player in attendance, CLICK HERE (Top Prospect Baseball) and HERE (Punisher Baseball).

 

Scout Day Evaluations: Punisher Prospects

 

 

Avery Bridges 1B / OF / Burns , NC / 2020 6 foot 3, 215-pound strong, athletic build.  Sets up tall and balanced from the right side of the plate.  Smooth load with his weight working back using a short stride.  Loose hands with some lift in his swing.  Worked mostly middle to his pull side, leaving the yard during batting practice.  Made consistent hard contact with average bat speed and strength in the swing.  Exit velocity recorded at 87 mph.  Plays through balls in the outfield with fluid feet and average hands.  Clean transfers with a long arm action, throwing from a high ¾ slot.  Accurate arm that topped at 85 mph.  Active feet at first base with average hands.  Accurate arm that topped at 77 mph.  Recorded a 7.35 in the 60.

 

 

Jeb Bridges OF / SS / Burns, NC / 2021 5 foot 11, 160-pound average build.  Balanced setup from the right side of the plate, sitting into his legs.  Weight works back during his load with a short stride.  Works mostly middle to his pull side with some length in his swing. Some feel for the barrel at times with average bat speed.  Exit velocity recorded at 79 mph.  Plays through balls in the outfield with quick feet and average hands.  Uses a long arm action, throwing from a high ¾ slot with his arm topping at 79 mph from the outfield.  Quick feet on the infield with average hands and a quick exchange, using a short arm action, throwing from a high ¾ slot.  Accurate arm that topped at 73 mph across the diamond.  Recorded a 7.14 in the 60.

 

Clayson Chapman SS / RHP / Bunker Hill, NC / 2021 5 foot 8, 160-pound build with a strong lower half.  Athletic, balanced setup from the right side of the plate.  Uses a small leg kick during his load with his hands working slightly down and back.  Quick hands keeping his barrel in the zone.  Balanced swing with a line drive approach, getting extension out front.  Feel for the barrel using the whole field during his batting practice.  Average bat speed with his exit velocity recorded at 82 mph.  Plays athletic on the infield with quick feet and average hands.  Quick transfers with a short arm action and the ability to use different slots.  Accurate arm with carry across the diamond topping at 85 mph.  Recorded a 7.39 in the 60. Sets up slanted on the mound.  Starts his delivery with a small rocker step going into a tucked leg lift, working up to the bottom of his chest.  In line to the plate with a slightly closed toe landing.  Long arm action, throwing from a high ¾ slot.  Some effort in the delivery, creating up some bail to the first base side.  Arm has some quickness to it and will drop down and show a lower slot on occasion.  Fastball plays heavy with late run ranging from 78-82 mph.  Throws his curveball with aggression maintaining fastball arm speed. Curveball has 11/5 to 10/4 action working at 64-66 mph.  Curveball can be inconsistent at times.  Pounded the bottom of the zone with the fastball throughout his outing.

Bradley Jordan RHP / C / Burns, NC / 2020 6 foot 3, 150-pound lanky build.  Offensively he works from the right side with a balanced setup.  Hands work back during the load with a short stride.  Barrel works level through the zone with some length in the swing.  Works mostly to his pull side.  Exit velocity recorded at 76 mph.  Plays through balls in the outfield with average hands, clean exchanges, using a long arm action, throwing from a high ¾ slot.  Some accuracy to his throws that topped at 74 mph.  Recorded a 7.48 in the 60. On the mound he works form the stretch only coming set in a crouched position.  Uses a small leg lift, working in line to the plate, with a square toe landing, throwing from a side arm slot.  Fastball has arm side run sitting at 67-69 mph.  Breaking ball has sweeping action at 59-68 mph.  Feel for his breaking ball and flashed some with a sharper break.  Changeup has fade at 59-61 mph.

 

 

Casey Knighton RHP / 3B / Bunker Hill, NC / 2021 5 foot 7, 190-pound build.  Slower tempo to the delivery, starting with a small step to the side, going into his leg lift working just above his belt.  Some hip and shoulder turn at the balance point.  In line to the plate with a closed toe landing.  Shorter arm action, throwing form an over the top slot with some upper body lean to the first base side.  Filled up the strike zone with his fastball working mostly 75-77 mph, topping at 79 mph.  Shows feel for his changeup at 68 mph.  Flashed a breaking ball at 59 mph.

 

 

Seth Moore OF / RHP / Bunker Hill, NC / 2020 6 foot 3, 165-pound lanky build with plenty of room to fill out.  Hits from the right side using a balanced, athletic setup.  Quick load working knee to knee in his lower half with his barrel tipping.  Some quickness to his hands working through the swing.  Flashes feel for the barrel when everything syncs up during his load.  Works mostly to his pull side with average bat speed.  Exit velocity recorded at 79 mph.  Athletically plays through balls in the outfield with fluid feet and average hands.  Uses a long arm action, throwing from an over the top slot.  Accurate arm with some carry to his throws topping at 86 mph.  Recorded a 6.96 in the 60. Smooth tempo to his delivery on the mound starting with a small rocker step going into a tucked leg lift, working up to the bottom of his chest.  In line to the plate with an open toe landing.  Long arm action, reaching down in the back, throwing from an over the top slot.  Some quickness to his hand coming through release, getting good extension out front.  Fastball has some late life with run and sink.  Gets some down angle as well with his fastball sitting at 80-83 mph.  Curveball has late break with depth at 66-69 mph.  Has feel for his curveball with 11/5 tilt.  Pounded the strike zone throughout his outing with feel for both his fastball and curveball, getting consistent weak contact.

 

 

Joseph Webb 3B / RHP / Burns , NC / 2022 5 foot 11, 155-pound average build.  Hits from the right side using a balanced setup.  Uses a short stride during his load with his weight and hands working slightly back.  Balanced swing with his barrel working mostly level through the zone.  Looks to stay gap to gap with a line drive approach with some feel for the barrel.  Exit velocity recorded at 75 mph.  Active feet on the infield, playing through the ball with average hands.  Funnels to the midsection after catch with clean exchanges, using a short arm action, throwing from a high ¾ slot. Arm topped at 69 mph across the diamond.  Recorded a 7.97 in the 60.