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Prep Baseball was at McCrary Park in Asheboro, NC on Saturday November 2nd and Sunday November 3rd for the Fall Top Prospect Games.  Saturday featured the Underclass event, with players from the 2027 and 2028 classes.  Sunday the 2025 and 2026 grads participated in the Upperclass event.  Designed for top uncommitted players in North Carolina, there was plenty of talent on hand for each day of the event.

Players opened their day with body measurements, grip strength testing, jump tests, and their offensive workout.  Defensive workouts were next, with players working out at the positions of their choice, giving scouts a chance to see their movement, arm action, arm strength, and feel for the glove. Players followed their defensive testing with a laser timed 60 yard dash.  VALD Performance lasers were used to capture the 60 time, plus a 10yd and 30yd split.  

Following the workout, players took part in a controlled scrimmage with pitchers facing live hitters.  As the game concluded a "machine" scrimmage gave the hitters more at-bats and position players a ton of defensive reps.  Prep Baseball scouts were on hand and will be reporting on player performance throughout November, and into the spring season.

The roster from the Top Prospect Games: Underclass and all of the stats can be seen HERE.

The roster from the Top Prospect Games: Upperclass and all of the stats can be seen HERE.

Below we dive into the players, numbers, and analytics from the Saturday event, the Top Prospect Games: Underclass.

Top Prospect Games: Underclass - 2028 Position Player Quick Hitters

Class of 2028

Laith Abulatifa C / 2B / Junius H Rose, NC / 2028 Solid movemen behind the dish. Accurate arm with carry and easy release. Offensively works from the right side. Sound setup and path. Positioned to take jumps as he continues to add quickness and strength to the frame.

Jake Schoch 2B / RHP / Millbrook, NC / 2028 Left handed hitter has excellent rhythm and advanced feel for the barrel. Gap to gap approach in BP translated to using the entire field in game play. Intriguing follow as he continues to add strength to a very young frame. Defensively has good actions and solid feel for the speed of the game.

Cooper Selph C / 3B / Middle Creek, NC / 2028 Lean frame with strength present and projection left as he continues to mature. Simple setup and direction from the right side. Willing blocker and receiver that showed solid feel for accurate throws to 2B in the workout and between innings.

Phineas Thurber SS / RHP / Chapel Hill, NC / 2028 Athletic build with solid movement. Has feel for the speed of the game defensively. Simple setup from the right side with strength present at contact.

Cameron Scheele 1B / OF / Wake Forest, NC / 2028 Young frame. Solid strength for the age. Loose and direct with average to above bat speed at this time. Easy rhythm. Swing is primed to continue to tick up with strength gains. Three hits in the live game action. Active feet and good hands around the bag at 1B.

Micah Larson OF / SS / Panther Creek, NC / 2028 Lean frame. Young look. Lots to project moving forward. Good rhythm and barrel feel. Middle of the field approach with a lot of backspin throughout BP. Used the entire field in game play.  Quickness played in the outfield and on the bases.

Ian Stewart OF / RHP / Northwest Cabarrus, NC / 2028 Average build. Broad shoulders. Strength present. Works with intent from the right side. Pull emphasis while working for extension. Carried swing into the game play with a couple of balls off the barrel.

Wyatt Smitherman C / OF / Jordan, NC / 2028 Very youthful look.  Lots of maturation still ahead. Carried advanced arm strength from behind the dish wiht some length in the exchange and release. Good carry. Solid accuracy. Intriguing follow as he continues to mature just from the defensive potential.  Left handed hitter. Works to create some loft in the path. Wants extension. Two hits in game action.

Cash Rowney OF / SS / Roxboro Community, NC / 2028 Right handed hitter has twitch. Speed plays higher than the current 60 time and we should see the 60 lower significantly in the coming years as he adds strength to the frame. Good rhythm in his setup and path. Solid barrel to ball ability.

James Stalls C / 2B / Faith Christian Academy, NC / 2028 Lean frame. Very young look.  Lots of maturation ahead of him. Athletic mover. Has quickness. Left handed hitter. Simple setup and approach. Gap to gap intent. Average barrel feel.

Emerson Amrich 2B / RHP / Calvary Day, NC / 2028 Fundamentally sound player across the board. Prospect status will follow strength and quickness gains. Right handed hitter. Above aveage barrel to ball ability. Solid path. Gap to gap approach . Carried approach into game action.

Thomas Piscorik SS / RHP / Wakefield, NC / 2028 Lean, athletic frame. Solid mover. Shows lateral quickness. Arm carries and should hold the left side of the field as needed. Right handed hitter with excellent feel for his barrel and good rhythm in the pre-pitch and path. Worked direct. Used entire field in game play, collecting two hits.

Haitham Abulatifa RHP / 3B / Junius H Rose, NC / 2028 Strength present in an average frame. Solid strength in the hands. Found the barrel with some ease in BP. Two barrels in the game. Showed an ability to let the ball get deep and still get the barrel to the pitch.

Mikey Katz C / OF / Wakefield, NC / 2028 Athletic hips with lateral quickness behind the dish. Plays with some quickness. Right handed hitter works with intent to do damage on every swing. Natural loft with some pop to the pull side gap. Advanced bat speed and barrel feel. Good rhythm throughou. Two hard barrels resulted in hits in game play.

Henry Tutera C / OF / Christ, NC / 2028 Checked a bunch of boxes on the day. Athletic build that is still maturing and will handle strength gains. Straight ahed and lateral quickness are present. Arm strength and carry from the crouch behind the dish.  Willing receiver and blocker. Right handed hitter with above average bat speed and feel for the barrel, showing good strength through contact, working gap to gap with balls jumping to the pull side gap.  4 at-bats in game play resulted in 3 hits and a hard line out to left.

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