Senior State Games: South Region Analysis
October 21, 2020
The first annual Senior State Games took place September 26-27 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, FL. The event featured some of the top 2021's in the state representing their region. Day one featured two showcases and two live games. Day two featured four games.
If you missed our Stats Story, featuring stat leaders and complete statistics on every player in attendance, CLICK HERE.
We also took a look at some of the top uncommitted standouts from the event. To view that story, CLICK HERE.
This week we will continue breaking down each player from the Senior Games. We will break down each player, region by region. We started with the North Region, the East Region, and the West Region. Today we will continue our analysis with the South Region. Take a look at complete scouting reports on every member of the South Region.
South Region Analysis
Evan Ames 1B / OF / Canterbury, FL / 2021Rankings StateRank: 93 / POS: 4
Positional Profile: 1B/OF - Uncommitted, Very young for the class, he has a ton of upside. The bat is his carrying tool and as he matures will learn to become more aggressive. Some passiveness in the approach, but tended to be on time consistently against quality arms. Overall, has a chance to hit and hit for power at a high level at the next level. |
Louis Castano RHP / OF / Westminster Christian, FL / 2021Positional Profile: RHP - Miami Dade, Attacked hitters in his outing. Struck out three and allowed no runs or hits while only walking one in three innings. Simple and repeatable with a clean delivery. Really solid, steady arm to follow. Arm Action: RH. Compact, straight back at separation, repeats well. FB: T85, 81-85 mph. Some late life, located well down in the zone. SL: 73-76 mph. Got around at times, has shape to improve, threw for strikes. CH: 79-80 mph. Above average with late fading action. |
Gavin Conticello SS / 3B / Coral Springs Charter, FL / 2021Positional Profile: SS/3B - USF, Overall athlete and made a big impact on the weekend with the bat. The bat plays now and will carry. He continues to make strides physically and the athleticism gives him plenty of versatility defensively while the bat will carry him both hit and future power. He would go 3-9 with a pair of runs, four RBIs, two walks and no strikeouts on the weekend. |
Jack Cue OF / OF / Archbishop McCarthy, FL / 2021Rankings StateRank: 105 / POS: 24
Positional Profile: OF - Louisiana Tech, Very twitchy athlete with a lot of tools. The tools continue to come together in game and make for a very high ceiling as he continues to gain experience, reps and maturity. Would go 3-10 with an RBI, three runs, two walks. |
Gio Cueto C / 3B / Belen Jesuit Prep, FL / 2021Rankings StateRank: 91 / POS: 9
Positional Profile: C/3B - Wake Forest, Overall, a big winner. He was aggressive offensively with a simple, compact swing that will play at a high level with more power to come. The receiving ability shows above average potential and overall the physicality and potential bode well for the future. |
Andrew Estrella SS / Miami Christian, FL / 2021Rankings StateRank: 96 / POS: 23
Positional Profile: SS - Stetson, Very athletic and toolsy player who has a lot of present ability and even more upside. |
Carsten Finnvold LHP / OF / American Heritage Delray, FL / 2021Positional Profile: LHP - Florida, Projectable frame, but the overall feel to pitch coupled with a very clean arm action leads to a high ceiling as a projected starter. Fastball has a chance to make a big jump and feel for three offspeed pitches, all average or better. Very high ceiling and starter potential. Arm Action: LH. Clean takeaway, slightly offline, but works free and easy. FB: T85, 80-85 mph. Life with much more to come with added strength. Has great feel to locate anywhere in or out of the zone. CB: 68-72 mph. Average with some depth SL: 68-73 mph. Late, sweeping action and feel to spin it. CH: 73-75 mph. Late fade out of the same tunnel as FB. Chance to be plus pitch. |
Marcus Franco 1B / 3B / Doral Academy, FL / 2021Rankings StateRank: 141 / POS: 6
Positional Profile: 1B/3B - Uncommitted, Physical frame with power potential and played with a lot of energy throughout the weekend. |
Fisher Jameson RHP / 1B / Park Vista, FL / 2021Rankings StateRank: 87 / POS: 25
Positional Profile: RHP - Florida, Really trending in the right direction. Much more efficient, gets very good extension and fastball not only to the eye, but numbers show big life and upside. Arm Action: RH. The arm works long to short and stays in line with his body. It works very clean and easy and gets to extension easily. FB: T92, 87-91 mph. Riding life as he averaged over seven feet of extension and 19.8 inches of induced vertical break. CB: 75-78 mph. Some depth and threw for strikes. SL: 77-79 mph. Tight and late action. CH: 79-81 mph. Straight, true changeup. |
Dylan King C / OF / American Heritage Delray, FL / 2021Positional Profile: C/OF - North Carolina, Overall, the tools are loud while being very quiet in how he goes about things. In terms of setup and approach, it is all simple, but very efficient which leads to a potential ability to really translate at multiple levels with rooms still to grow. |
Chandler Marsh RHP / Wellington, FL / 2021Rankings StateRank: 65 / POS: 19
Positional Profile: RHP - Georgia, Worked with intent and a big strong frame. Fastball has late life and curveball works really well off of it. Starter potential, both in the frame and pitches and all are average to above. Arm Action: RH. Half circle arm action that is clean and in line. Works freely to extension. FB: T91, 87-90 mph. Late arm side run with feel to front door as well. CB: 70-71 mph. 2500 rpm and when he gets extension and fingers on top it has late depth and is a swing and miss pitch SL: 79-82 mph. Tight and late, almost cutterish. CH: 80-83 mph. True, slight change. |
Kyle Marti SS / OF / Christopher Columbus, FL / 2021Rankings StateRank: 321 / POS: 56
Positional Profile: SS/OF - Uncommitted, While undersized, the tools play. He has a natural feel for the game all around. He has a feel to hit, with plenty of bat speed and tools to carry him to the next level. Led the team in hits and is a true top of the order guy at the next level. |
Joel Pineiro RHP / Westminster Christian, FL / 2021Rankings StateRank: 82 / POS: 22
Positional Profile: RHP - FIU, Competitive with bloodlines. Has continued to make big strides and the FB/SL combo play above average. Arm Action: RH. Takeback is clean, does get to inverted "w" at times, but quick arm is able to get back out in front. When he gets the takeaway fully back it comes out very well with a lot of life. FB: T88, 83-87 mph. The most right-handed horizontal movement. The pitch has late arm side life and was able to get swing and misses as well. SL: 70-74 mph. Mix between a slider and curveball, it has tight spin and late depth with some horizontal movement as well. Works really well off of fastball and garnered a number of swing and misses. CH: 75-79 mph. Fading action. |
Emilio Portes OF / 3B / Monsignor Edward Pace , FL / 2021Rankings StateRank: 212 / POS: 50
Positional Profile: OF/3B - Bethune-Cookman. Nothing flashy, but very solid all the way around. Swing is simple, but really uses the lower half well and simplicity will lead to more strides as he matures. |
Darius Robinson RHP / OF / St. Thomas Aquinas, FL / 2021Positional Profile: RHP - Uncommitted, Athletic arm who competed and has upside. Arm Action: RH. Arm is quick and able to get to extension with length at takeaway. Quick arm and athleticism in the back gets him out in front. FB: T86, 80-85 mph. Some life through the zone. CB: 72-76 mph. His best pitch as it was tight with depth and got several swing and misses. |
Ryan Scarry OF / Coral Reef Senior, FL / 2021Rankings StateRank: 322 / POS: 75
Positional Profile: OF - Marshall, The athleticism may have been the best in attendance. The raw tools are off the charts and can see he is quick to adjust. Overall there is a lot of bat speed that as he continues to gain consistency has a chance to be a very impactful bat in the future to go along with being a plus runner and overall plus athlete. |
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