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The Preseason All State Showcase was held on Sunday, February 12 at Diamond Pros Baseball in Glen Arm, MD. The event featured some of the top players from across the state. We began the evaluation process with our Stats Story and Early Thoughts earlier. Now we move on to the player evaluation process. A highly talented group across the board was on hand.

We continue our analysis today with the middle infielders. This was an interesting group with a strong core of 2018 prospects throughout. A group to keep an eye on.

Top Performers

Bryce Frederick SS Dulaney 2019
Bryce Frederick has a young, lanky body at 5-foot-10, 150-pounds. He runs a 7.02 60-yard dash. He is balanced, slightly open setup at the plate. Frederick has a short, smooth load into swing with rhythm throughout. He has a shorter swing path with quick hands. He gets good extension at times and gets around the ball at times. Shows quick hands and some bat speed right now that should get better and faster as he gets stronger. Exit velocity of 80mph. Defensively he shows active feet with soft hands and clean exchange. His weight shifts to outside of feet at times, would like to see him stay on balls of his feet to keep his athleticism throughout the fielding process.  Frederick has short, abbreviated three-quarters release that is 73 across the infield. He is a very interesting young prospect and one to keep an eye on as he gets stronger. Strong overall workout.

Will Glock SS Loyola 2018
Will Glock has an athletic 5-foot-11, 185-pound frame and runs a 7.65 60. He has a slightly open stance from the plate with a short load and arm bar. Level swing path with some bat speed and shows some strength in his swing. Gets extension through contact and shows some rhythm throughout. His exit velocity is 85. He shows clean actions defensively. Glock has soft hands with easy effort and carry on his throws coming from a shorter arm action and quick arm speed. His infield velocity is 80.

Joshua Heath SS Bohemian Manor 2018
Heath has an athletic 5-foot-11, 165-pound frame and runs a 7.48 60-yard dash. He hits from a square stance. He hits into his back side and shows a quick, level swing path with gap-to-gap power. He shows some bat speed in his swing with an exit velocity of 85. Defensively, he shows solid actions with sound hands. He moves well around the infield, but could stay on balls of feet more. He tends to be on his heels at times. Heath has a quick release with arm strength. He is 82 across the infield.

Future Watch

Xander Waddell SS Old Mill 2019
Compact frame with room to grow at 5-foot-9, 150-pounds. Switch-hitter. Hits from a taller slightly open set up at the plate. Shorter load into hitting position. Shorter, level swing path from the right side with some bat speed. Quicker hands and shorter bat path from the left side. Shows some extension through contact from left side. Looks to have more pop from the right (82 exit velo). Nice rhythm throughout both. Active feet in the infield. Clean hands and smooth exchange. Nice rhythm defensively. Shorter arm action with some carry across the diamond at 80 mph. Knows what he is doing defensively and confident first step. Interesting infield prospect in the 2019 class and one to keep an eye on.

Best of the Rest
(In Alphabetical Order)

Zach Barberich SS/RHP St. Johns Catholic 2018
Barberich is projectable. He has an athletic frame at 6-foot, 160-pounds. He runs a 7.45 60-yard dash. Barberich hits from the left side with an open setup. Short load to hitting position; has a level swing path. He shows some bat speed and potential with 77 mph exit velocity. He also shows average hands as an infielder with good approach. There are times he can get out of balance, it would benefit him to stay on the balls of his feet. Loose arm action when throwing from a high ¾ slot. Throws show some carry across the infield, with a velocity of 78 mph.

Robert Barranca SS/OF Calvert Hall 2018
Barranca has a solid frame at 5-foot-11, 185-pounds. He hits from a balanced setup with a slight leg lift to footstrike. Barranca has a slight uphill bat path with average bat speed. His swing is similar from both sides of the plate. Barranca's lower half stays on the backside and he will sometimes work uphill. He has an exit velocity of 80 mph from the left and 78 mph from the right. Barranca has a good approach, sound actions on balls in the outfield, clean hands, and smooth exchange. He works through through the ball well. From the infield, Barranca shows lateral movement with clean hands and exchange. He has longer arm action, and creates some arm speed from an average arm from a high ¾ slot. He has an outfield velocity of 79 with infield velocity of 78. Barranca projects more at a corner position.

Davis Kelley SS/2B Walkersville 2018
Kelley has a 5-foot-7, 140-pound frame. He runs a 7.47 60-yard dash. He hits from a square stance with leg lift load. Kelley has a level swing path that can be in-and-out of the zone at times. Could get more extension through contact to free up hands after contact. Shows average bat speed with an exit velocity of 73. Should get better as he gets stronger. Solid foundation on the defensive end. Sound actions with a clean exchange into a quick release throwing from a lower three quarter slot. He is 69 across the diamond.

Austin Koehn SS Patterson Mill 2018
Koehn is an athletic 6-foot, 160-pound frame. Ran a 7.93 60-yard dash. Hits from an open stance and has a shorter load with slight knee turn in going to hitting position. Aggressive swing with a shorter path and some bat speed. Kelley has an exit velocity of 82. He has a sound actions defensively with soft hands. He shows an clean arm action throwing from a low three quarter slot. Infield velocity of 79.

Austin Martin 2B/3B Fort Hill 2017
Solid frame at  5-foot-10, 185-pounds. He runs a 7.36 60-yard dash. He has a narrow, open stance at the plate. Short load into hitting position. Falls into his hitting position at times which gets him on front foot at times. Has a slightly uphill swing path with bat speed. Exit velocity of 80 mph. Sound actions in the infield with a clean exchange. Has a shorter arm action throwing from a three-quarter slot. Infield velocity of 67 mph across the diamond.

Tyler Perry SS Calvert Hall 2019
Perry has a projectable, 5-foot-11, 150-pound frame. He runs a 7.6 60-yard dash. He hits from a slightly open stance with a low hand position.Smooth load with front foot reaching out to hitting position. Has a short swing path to the ball that works slightly uphill at time and some extension through contact. Exit velocity of 71 mph. Smooth actions in the infield with soft hands. Quick exchange and clean hands getting rid of the ball quickly. Throws with a shorter arm actions with an infield velocity of 75mph.

Nicholas Quinn SS Saint Mary's 2018
Quinn has a lanky 5-foot-10, 155-pound frame. Ran a 7.34 60-yard dash. Hits from a slightly open, balanced setup. Short knee turn in a smooth load with good balance and arm bar. Level swing path with quick hands through the zone. Pull type swing now with nice extension. Smooth swing and generates some whip through the zone. Exit velocity is 83. Has sound actions in the infield, would like feet to stay more active. Soft hands, clean exchange, quick first step. Athleticism is present and should get better as he gets strong and develops. His throws show some carry at 72 across infield.

Spencer Sanza SS Bell Air 2018
Sanza has a projectable 5-foot-10, 165-pound frame. He runs a 7.5 60-yard dash. Hits from slightly open stance with short load and knee lift leg kick into hitting position. Shorter swing path, keeping his hands inside the baseball well with quick hands. Should continue to get better as he gets strong to control barrel more. Does get some extension through contact. Exit velocity of 70 mph. Nice foundation at the plate. Has active feet in the infield getting into proper positioning on the defensive end. Soft hands, clean exchange, loose arm action. Works through ball well. Throws from a three quarter slot and throws have some carry on the at 83 mph.

Robert Shorts 2B St. Georges Tech 2018
Shorts has a 5-foot 9, 145-pound frame. He runs a 7.3 60-yard dash. He hits from slightly open stance. Short and simple load to hitting position. Quick hands and level swing path, with some extension through contact. Shows nice rhythm throughout. Shows some rhythm throughout. His exit velocity is 77. Has active feet in the infield. With quick actions. Clean hands and exchange with shorter arm action and quick release. Nice foundation defensively and nice footwork. Throws from high ¾ slot and is 77 across the infield.

Steve Spencer SS Patterson Mill 2018
Solid frame at 5-foot-8, 180-pounds. Hits from a taller open setup. Bigger leg kick into hitting position and squares up pretty consistently with the movement. Direct path to the ball with slightly uphill finish and does get extension through contact. Gets out of balance at times but shows some strength at the plate and potential as he continues to develop. Active feet in the infield with clean hands and quick exchange. Shorter arm action throwing from a high three quarter slot. Works thru ball well. Showing nice progression.