Elite Prospect Showcase Spotlight: OF Kyle Hess
October 3, 2015
By Jacob Gill
Pennsylvania Assistant Director of Scouting
Exactly five weeks remain until PBR Pennsylvania's Elite Prospect Showcase on November 7th at Keystone State Baseball Academy in Manheim. Today, we continue our series of previews on prospects who will be in attendance, as we highlight Donegal 2018 outfielder Kyle Hess.
Hess is a 6-foot, 170-pound left-handed hitter with a quality across-the-board tool set. He exhibits pre-swing hand rhythm, while flashing bat speed and a short path to the baseball. Hess is an above average runner (he posted a 7.00 60-yard dash on a slow track due to long grass and overnight rain) and has a chance to develop into some power (82-mph exit velocity). Defensively, he showed an accurate 80-mph arm with carry. A near every-game starter as a freshman for the PIAA class AAA semifinalist Indians, Hess hit .258 with a .387 on-base percentage and seven stolen bases in his rookie campaign.
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Previous Elite Prospect News
- PA Elite Prospect Showcase Spotlight: C/RHP Michael Haley10.01.15
- PA Elite Prospect Showcase Spotlight: 3B Ryan McSorley9.30.15
- PA Elite Prospect Showcase Spotlight: C Michael Beimel9.11.15
- PA Elite Prospect Showcase Spotlight: OF Chase Smith9.10.15
- PA Elite Prospect Showcase Spotlight: 3B Dominic Peroni9.07.15
- PA Elite Prospect Showcase Spotlight: LHP/1B Joe LaFiora9.05.15
- PA Elite Prospect Showcase Spotlight: 3B/RHP Justin Wright9.03.15
- PA Elite Prospect Showcase Spotlight: RHP/3B Aidan Frye9.01.15