Norcal ProCase Spotlight: RHP/OF Ty Uber

THE PITCHING REPORT:

Body: 6-foot-3, 225-pounds. One look at the burly, physical, and athletic body and that box is checked.

Delivery: Smooth delivery, easy knee lift, swings leg slightly back as he gathers pre-separation, lead leg goes down and out with gliding move down the slope. Overhand slot, loose easy arm with clean on backside w/mid-thigh depth. On-line stride, lands with closed strike plant foot, maintains outstanding body control throughout, finishes delivery.

FB: Sat 88-90, T90.43 mph / 2399 avg spin rate (2537 max) / 12.6 avg IVB (max 15.3) / 8 avg horizontal movement (HM) (max 16.5) - The spin rate is above average in relation to MLB pitchers from the 2019 season (2266) and the max of 2537 scratches the very high range. Flashing a 15.3 IVB starts to paint the picture of how effective he can be up in the zone. To get there, his extension will have to start creeping higher from the average 5.18 we saw at ProCase. The average HM shows a mostly straight fastball but that max of 16.5, gave a glimpse of his ability to manipulate the ball to the arm side.

SL: 79-82 mph - 2306 avg spin rate / horizontal movement avg - 7.8 / zone % - 40% - the spin rate is approaching MLB average (2414) and the velocity is good. The movement and depth are on the smaller side of the ranges. He has the ability to spin it but the lack of bite indicates that the slider is more cutter than slider, which could be a good thing if that pitch is developed. This would be the area where he's going to have to develop most so as to develop a starter's type repertoire. The extension of 4.53 is part of the story regarding the lack of depth of the pitch.

CHG: 84 mph - Effective velocity avg of 82.5 / avg spin rate - 2067 spin rate / 7.8 HM / 5.27 extension - 13.1 IVB - this pitch has many similar attributes to his fastball, indicating the opportunity to use it in FB counts and find tremendous success. The release height of both pitches is nearly identical, the extension is a little better than on his fastball and the movement is greater. The spin rate is 300 rpm off the fastball, which results in downward movement in the zone, at about 7-8 mph less than the FB, just enough to get hitters on the front foot and elicit soft contact.

Pitching Summary: He got the raw stuff and the metrics that align very favorably with stuff. Coming from a small HS program and being a multi-sport AND multi-position baseball player means that he's not only a talented kid, but he's really just scratching the surface of who/what he can be on the mound. That arrow is pointed straight up... the gut feel says mid-rotation starter potential at the big league level. The development of the breaking ball is the key to that happening.