Follow @pbrpennsylvania

The Elite Prospect Showcase brought together 68 prospects from four states on October 28th at Keystone State Baseball Academy. The day included players participating in three waves with a number of impressive performances. Following is a look at six pitchers that stood out during the course of the day.

On Tuesday we will begin to analyze players by class beginning with a look at those prospects that participated from the Class of 2021. For a look at complete results for all prospects in attendance CLICK HERE.

Six Pitchers That Stood Out:

+ 2019 RHP Joseph Richardson (St. Joseph's Prep) was impressive during a three inning outing at the Eastern PA Top Prospect Games in June sitting comfortably at 82-84 with plenty more in the tank. Four months later Richardson has had a significant jump in velocity, now sitting 86-88 with the same easy, repeatable delivery. The fastball has late life with run and sink. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound junior appears to be just beginning to fill out his athletic frame and additional velocity appears to be inevitable. Richardson also displayed a quality changeup at 80-82 and a slider at 76-78 out of the same arm slot. 

+ 2020 RHP/OF Cooper Webb (Spring-Ford) has a mature 6-foot-2, 195-pound frame. The two-way prospect flashed his athleticism by running a 7.27 60-yard dash and showcased 88 mph arm strength from the outfield. Similar to Richardson, Webb has made a significant jump in velocity since we last saw him in August at the Fall Kickoff Showcase. On that date Webb sat 82-84. Two months later, Webb sat 86-88 while bumping 89 mph. The sophomore also showcased a 12/6 breaking curveball at 68-69 along with a changeup and cutter in his four pitch mix.

+ 2019 RHP Chic DeGaetano (Hazleton Area) continues to impress with a fastball, curveball, changeup mix from an over-the-top arm slot. The 6-foot-2, 195-pounder, who represented Pennsylvania in the PBR Future Games in August, sat 86-88 with an up tempo, directional delivery that creates downward plane from his arm slot. While the fastball lacks movement the 12/6 breaking curveball comes out of the same window at 74-75 and his changeup at 80-81 is thrown with above average arm speed.

+ 2019 RHP James Petrik, (Pennridge) stood out in June at the Eastern PA College Prospect Showcase. Similar to Richardson and Webb, Petrik has also seen a velocity increase in the past several months. Currently sitting 85-86 while bumping 87 mph, Petrik has significant arm side run to his fastball. A short arm swing and hip coil in his delivery combine to create deception. The 5-foot-10, 160-pound junior gets similar movement on his changeup at 81-83 and uses a slider at 74-76 as his third pitch.

+ 2020 LHP Tony DeLawrence (Perkiomen Valley) was the most intriguing arm of the day. While his fastball at 83-85 is a few ticks behind the other arms mentioned before him the 6-foot, 175-pound sophomore appears to have much more velocity in his future. Working solely from the stretch, DeLawrence flashed a very quick arm from a high knee stack with hip coil adding to his deception. His fastball showed late life and his 1/7 breaking curveball has tight rotation out of the same window. With a changeup with late run and sink at 76-78, DeLawrence has a quality three pitch mix that will allow him to attack both right-handed and left-handed hitters moving forward.

+ 2019 RHP Zane Robbins (Millville) has a 6-foot-4, 225-pound frame that should allow him to log a heavy workload at the next level. The junior gets downhill well on his fastball creating angles at 83-85. Working from the same high 3/4 arm slot his 12/6 breaking knuckle curveball at 74-76 shows tight rotation and his changeup at 76-79 shows some late fade. 

 

REcent PA NEWS