Player Spotlight: 2017 RHP/INF Austin Haensel
January 22, 2016
Trey Sofio
Louisiana Scouting Director
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Name: Austin Haensel
School: John Curtis
Position: RHP/INF
Grad Year: 2017
State Rank: 46
Scouting Report
A 6-foot, 160-pound infielder and right-handed pitcher with a lean, loose, athletic frame. Solid defender with soft hands, fluid footwork, clean exchange into a loose arm action, high-3/4 release with accuracy on throws that produced a positional velocity of 76 mph. Right-handed hitter that hits from a balanced setup, smooth load, short stride, and quality lower half. Gap to gap type hitter that shows fluid rhythm and creates good extension with quality bat speed that produced an exit velocity of 83 mph. Also posted a 7.30 60 yard dash. Right-handed pitcher with a short arm action into a high-3/4 release with solid arm speed, some effort, some rhythm, uphill shoulders, in-line direction and lands open falling off. Fastball sat 82-83 mph with slight run. Breaking ball shows 11/5 shape, early break, near fastball arm speed at 62-64 mph. Flashes a changeup with near fastball arm speed, slight fade action at 74-75 mph.
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