Senior Games: Outfielder Analysis

11/10/18 California Senior Games - Five-foot-10, 150-pounds. Has a lean athletic body, strong frame for size. Ran a 7.28 60-yard dash. At the plate, he showed an open setup, with a smooth load, and a small leg kick, with a medium stride. He uses his lower half well to explode through the ball from a balanced setup. Both in BP and in-game he showed quick hands at the plate and was able to turn on the ball; good contact hitter. From the outfield throws from a longer throwing motion, outfield velo registered 78 MPH. Throws from an over the top motion, makes accurate throws. He has life and carry on his ball, does a nice job getting behind the ball and using the lower half. Has softer hands with good exchange and average footwork.

11/10/2018 - California Senior Games - Five-foot-8, 145-pounds. Has a lean, athletic, wiry frame. Ran a 7.31 60-yard dash. At the plate he starts from a balanced setup with a smooth load and a medium stride. Had an average approach at the plate, with good balance and fair incorporation of the lower half. He has a longer path to the ball; line drive hitter with fluid rhythm. At times does pull off the ball and dips the back shoulder, causing the bat to drag through the zone. From the outfield he showed average footwork and range. He throws from a longer over-the-top motion registering a 79 MPH outfield velocity. He makes accurate throws consistently from the outfield doing a nice job getting his body behind the ball. He showed proper footwork and a good first step, that help him his average arm strength play up a tick.

11/10/2018 - California Senior Games - 6-foot-2, 165-pounds. Young, strong athletic body. Ran a 7.25 60-yard dash. At the plate starts from a balanced setup, with a smooth load. Has a longer stride, uses lower half well and in sync with good top half rotation. Good balance, average bat speed, and a consistent approach at the plate. He showed a level swing, with a short path that keeps him driving the barrel down as the ball enters the zone. Line-drive hitter and his mechanics are consistent. Has a longer throwing motion, throws from a ¾ arm slot. He makes accurate throws and has good arm strength as his throws has life, and carry. Registered a 82 mph, one of the highest outfield velocities of the day. He uses good mechanics and gets behind the ball. The mechanics of his throwing motion are inconsistent causing accuracy issues at times.

11/10/2018 - California Senior Games - 6-foot, 170-pounds. Young, strong body, medium/large size frame. He tested in top tier of the event participant registering a 60-yard dash time of 6.99. Showed a good first step, with quick feet and medium stride. At the plate starts from a balanced setup, and a smooth load. Has a shorter stride and good use of the lower-half. Has fast bat speed, and gets good extension on his bat path. Showed a gap-to-gap approach; has tendency to dip his shoulder. At times drops the shoulder resulting in a slight uppercut. From the outfield Lawson showed one of the faster outfield velocities of the day at 81 mph. Has a short loose arm action, throwing from a ¾ arm slot. Does a good job getting behind the ball and showing proper footwork, making accurate throws. Has good life and carry on his throw, uses lower half well. Shows good footwork with clean, quick exchanges.

11/10/2018 - California Senior Games - 6-foot-1, 175-pounds. Has a medium/large, strong, athletic frame. One of the top testers at the event registering a 6.95 60-yard dash. Had a good first step, with quick feet. At the plate has an open stance, with a balanced setup, and smooth load. A shorter stride and a average load, with good balance. Has average bat speed, average approach and a short bat path. Is a slap hitter, with a nice short compact swing, consistently making contact. From the outfield registered an (82 mph) velo. Has long arm action, throwing from a ¾ arm slot, and is accurate most of the time. Has average arm strength, with good use of the lower half with soft hands and fluid footwork. He plays thru the ball well gets body behind the ball, and has has a quick clean exchange.

11/10/2018 - California Senior Games - 6-foot-1, 160-pounds. Has a strong, athletic frame, young projectable body. Registered a 6.86 60-yard dash, good for fourth best at the event. Had quick feet with a good start and good instincts in the outfield. At the plate Sundeen starts from a balanced setup at the plate, with a short stride. Uses lower half well as he explodes on the ball with good balance at the plate. Has fast bat speed, with a solid, consistent middle-middle approach. Has an uphill path, with good hands, and cocks hands back keeping them in sync with his lower half. From the outfield he had a 81 mph outfield velo good for fifth best of the event. Has long arm action, and throws from an over-the top arm slot. Consistency with accuracy of throws varies based on the angle. Gets upright after receiving the ball eliminating his drive through the throw.

11/10/2018 - California Senior Games - 5 foot 11, 180 pounds. Medium/large frame that is strong and athletic. Registered a 7.25 60- yard dash. When hitting he has an athletic setup, and a longer load. Shows a longer stride with fair use of the lower half. Has quick bat speed with present pop at the plate. He showed a middle-left approach, with a shorter bat path, could be a little pull happy at times. Did have a nice smooth left-handed swing both during batting practice and in-game. Shows a shorter arm action, throwing from a ¾ arm angle. He got behind the ball very well, making accurate throws with consistency and carry on throws. Shows average hands, with proper footwork, and a clean exchange. From the outfield he had a 80 MPH positional velocity.

11/10/2018 - California Senior Games - 5-foot-10, 185-pounds. Large, strong and athletic frame. Registered a 6.91 60- yard dash to set the tone for what ended up being a strong day overall. Had a good first step, with quick feet, and natural speed while in the outfield and on the base paths. At the plate he showed a balanced setup, with a smooth load. Has a longer stride, utilizing the lower half most times. Average balance at the plate, consistent approach, and a longer bat path. Has a long swing as he dips his back shoulder resulting in a majority of hit balls being in the air. Defensively he showed a longer arm action, throwing from over-the top angle registering a 77 mph outfield velocity. He has accurate throws most the times, with carry on his throws. Good footwork and hands, with a clean exchange, and plays thru balls consistently.

11/10/2018 - California Senior Games - 6-feet, 195-pounds. Has a strong, sturdy, young and athletic large frame. Register a 7.00 60-yard dash. At the plate he operates from an athletic setup that results in a smooth pass at the ball from a shorter load. Does a fair job of using lower half, when timing is on there's juice in there. Drags his barrel at times. Consistent approach with a plan at the plate. Has a longer uphill bat path with present gap-to gap tendencies. From the outfield he registered an 81 mph positional velocity from a short-3/4 slot with lively action. Accuracy is fairly consistent with life and carry on his ball. Has average hands with good feet that he keeps underneath him while thru and getting behind balls.

11/10/2018 - California Senior Games - 6-foot-2, 190-pounds. Has a long limbed, large, strong, and athletic frame. At the plate he starts with an athletic setup with a longer stride to the ball. Drops hands during load at times and does a fair job of incorporating the lower half. Average balance, with average bat speed. Has a longer bat path, gap-to-gap approach with present power to all fields. He is a rhythm hitter and seems to have his timing mechanisms in place and in sync. From the outfield he has longer arm action, throwing from a 3/4 arm angle. He makes accurate throws most times with present average arm strength and some carry on throws. Has fluid footwork with average hands, clean exchanges. He plays thru the ball, stays behind uses his lower-half of his body to drive and generate force behind throws. .

11/10/2018 - California Senior Games - Five-foot-10, 163-pounds, medium/large frame that is thick and sturdy throughout. Strength in the lower half that he uses very well to generate present loud contact at the plate from an upright and balanced setup. A rhythmic hitter, Guzman shows fast hands with excellent barrel control through the hitting zone. Smoked a line drive later in the game that was caught, but showed excellent feel/control of the barrel through the zone on a fastball away. Registered an 85 mph exit velocity. Defensively he showed off his huge arm - an event best 92 mph outfield velo - both during the workout and in-game where he his quickness to balls and his arm kept runners at bay at least twice. Accuracy was above average as most balls arrived to the bag on a rope. Would be interesting to see Guzman on the mound as his release is similar to that of a pitchers' at his size.

11/10/2018 California Senior Game - Six-foot-2, 185-pounds, large, strong, physical, athletic frame that is loose and limber. Vultaggio has the physical characteristics of a ballplayer and he uses them to his advantage on the field. An excellent runner, Vultaggio shows an understanding of angles in the outfield and the ability to steal bases as a baserunner as demonstrated by his easy first-to-third on what started as a steal but ended up a hit-and-run in the game. A present average arm in terms of velocity what he lacks there he makes up for with his accuracy and instincts reading the ball off the bat. His power is projectable at the plate as he continues to iron things out, for now he’s a gap-to-gap guy with the ability to run into one an hit it out. His BP was loud and he showed a couple of very good in-game at-bats one resulting in a walk after falling behind.

11/10/2018 - California Senior Games -5-foot-10, 175-pounds.  Strong, young body, medium size frame. Registered a 6.94 60-yard dash.  At the plate operates from a balanced setup, with a shorter stride. Has average bat speed, with a consistent middle approach.  A short bat path, average rhythm with quickish hands. Looks to slap the ball the other way; focused hitter with a plan at the plate who makes consistent contact.  From the outfield he has a longer throwing motion, throwing from a ¾ arm angle with accuracy and carry when the lower half is 100% engaged and follows through the through. Attacks balls under control and gathers out front while balanced in proper position.