Summer Spotlight 2024 OF Dylan Drazka (Iona Prep)

 

Physical: L/L, 5-foot-8 pounds; Athletic, muscular build. 7.35 runner in the 60.

Offensively: LHH. Even setup, with feet wide spread; has a pre-pitch bat waggle. Loads straight back with a slight leg-kick for timing. Stays behind the ball while showing a strong lower half. Showed a flat swing path with a late one hand finish.  More line drives than flyballs and groundballs with a peak exit velocity of 86 MPH via Trackman. loose, fluid hands with feel for the barrel.

Defensively: Starts with a balanced setup; uses prep hop while utilizing a quick first step. Hands are out in front with a clean transfer. Long arm swing from a low 3/4 arm slot. OF - 76 MPH.

Pitching: Uses a glove side setup while using a side step. Belt high leg drive with a slight coil away from the plate. Has a long stride landing inline with the plate. Long arm swing while showing no restrictions; standard 3/4 slot. Square to the plate with finish. FB: Peak velo of 78 MPH, while sitting 76-78 MPH; life through the zone. CB: 66-71 MPH; 2-8 shape. CH: 74-75 MPH; fading action. 

 

 

Physical: 5-foot-8, 168 pounds; Athletic, muscular build. 7.2 runner in the 60.

Offensively: LHH. Even setup, with feet wide spread; bat positioned at a 45 degree angle. Short take back with the hands with a moderate leg kick for timing. Stays behind the ball while showing a strong lower half. Showed a flat swing path with a late one hand finish.  More line drives than flyballs and groundballs with a peak exit velocity of 86 MPH via Trackman. strong hands through the zone; consistent solid contact.

Defensively: Starts with a balanced setup; uses prep hop while utilizing a quick first step. Hands are off to the side with a clean transfer. Long arm swing from a low 3/4 arm slot. OF - 80 MPH. fluid actions with an accurate arm

 

 

Physical: 5-foot-8, 155 pounds; Athletic, lean build. 7 runner in the 60.

Offensively: LHH. Even setup, with feet just outside his shoulders; has a pre-pitch bat waggle. Loads straight back with a slight leg-kick for timing. Slides weight forward pre-contact. while showing a strong lower half. Showed a flat swing path with finish around the back. More flyballs than line drives and groundballs with a peak exit velocity of 84 MPH via Trackman. consisten solid contact.

Defensively: Starts with an upright /tall setup; walks into ready position while displaying fluid actions to the baseball. Hands are out in front with a clean transfer. Long arm swing from a high 3/4 arm slot. OF - 76 MPH. 

 

 

Physical: Lean, developing 5-foot-8, 150lb frame with some athleticism. 7.29 runner in the 60-yard dash. 

Offensively: LHH - Wide, even stance as the hands showed controlled rhythm just above the shoulder. Utilized a short lift and replace stride, initiating through a whippy, flat path into the hitting zone, lagging the barrel on occasion. Mature, top of the order approach finding the barrel at a high rate (50% line drive rate) and spraying hard contact all over the field from line to line in the approach. Tough out and minimal swing/miss in game action, matching plane out of the hand and producing a T85 mph bat-exit velocity (via Trackman). Worked up to a 300+ foot batted ball distance suggesting occasional doubles power as well. 

Defensively: The outfielder moved well laterally, sticking the foot in the ground and bursting from a low posture to get around and down through the ball at the fielding window. Fielded off the right side, corralling softly and released from a moderate, H ¾ slot out in front (76 mph arm, LF projection).

Pitching: LHP - Started off the far right side of the rubber from the stretch-only, coming set at a tall position. Featured a quick, high leg lift before getting down the slope athletically with pace into footstrike. Repeatable, strike throwing operation pounding the zone from H ¾ slot (FB ranged from 74-76 mph at 53% zone rate). Mixed a short, gradual 62-64 mph CB on a 1/7 tilt and countered with a more consistent 66-68 mph SL from a lower, more natural slot. Later added a solid CH at 67-70 mph with repeated fade to the arm-side.

 

 

Physical: 5-foot-7, 150 lbs with athleticism in the actions.

Offensively: LHH. Feet start wide with a open stance while hands start in front of the back shoulder with some waggle. Short stride back close to even while the hands load straight back pointing the knob to the catcher. Strong effort from a balanced lower half that initiate the smooth, quick swing through the zone with a slight uphill 2 hand finish. Stays behind the ball well generating consistent back spin to a 50% line drive / 50% fly ball rate through the big part of the field. 

Defensively: Athletic footwork playing downhill through the ball consistently with a seamless transfer. The arm action is long out of the glove to a natural 3/4 release yielding accurate throws on 81 MPH arm strength.