Top 20 Stories of 2018: No. 3 Limited Series 17U Scout Blog
December 31, 2018
Over the next few weeks we we will be counting down the 2018 caldendar year with a look at the top 20 viewed stories of 2018. After combing through our google analytics, we have compiled a list of the twenty most visited stories, by you, the readers, in 2018.
We continue our countdown with the 3rd most viewed story of 2018, the PBR FL Limited Series 17U Scout Blog.
PBR Florida is hosting its first annual Limited Series tournament, held from Friday, June 1 through Sunday, June 3. The Limited Series was created to give teams a platform to play in an exceedingly competitive atmosphere in a tournament setting that will allow their players greater visibility within a smaller setting, all taking place at IMG Academy.
This scout blog will highlight standouts on each team, daily, with news, notes and scout evaluation. This blog breaks down each team and will be updated daily with news, notes and video.
Baseball University 17U
Strady FB 75-77 78
Alteri FB 68-72 CH 63-64
Dooley FB 76-80
Masse FB 74-75
Dylan Eskew, RHP/SS, Sickles HS, FL (2019)
Miami recruit. Looks the part of an athletic pitcher with a long, lean frame standing 6-foot-2, 180-pounds with room to continue adding strength. Long-limbed with a loose, quick arm. Fastball worked 88-91 with a longer arm swing as he steps across his body for deception before delivering the ball to the plate out of a high ¾ slot. Fastball shows riding life. Also featured two breaking balls including a mid-seventies curveball with bigger break thrown early in counts for strikes, and a slider at 78-79 that featured more east-west break with some tilt.
Justin Koehler, RHP, James W. Mitchell HS, FL (2019)
West Virginia recruit. Pitches with intent and confidence, and pounds his fastball to the bottom of the strike zone. Easily repeatable delivery that allows his whippy-quick arm to deliver fastballs at 86-88(89) out of a high ¾ slot. Trusted his slider in any count, and threw it for strikes whenever he wanted. Slider has a chance to be a real weapon moving forward and he throws it with conviction. Competitor on the mound.
Mitchell LeRoy,RHP, Freedom HS,FL (2019)
The 6’3 righty with long limbs and projectability was locked in during his outing vs Rawlings Stealth. He 3 scoreless innings with 7 punchouts. The FB was 85-89 with late armside run. He commands the pitch to both sides of the plate. His curveball (71-72) looked to be a solid average secondary pitch. He used sparingly in this outing, but the pitch showed good depth and consistent 11-5 shape. His delivery is clean. The arm action is short in the back which allows him to stay on top of repeat and stay on top of the ball. Strong follow
CBC ELITE
Jaider Morelo, SS, Northside Christian (2019)
FIU recruit. He has advanced actions at short and makings of an above average defender. Athletic, rangy and projectable. Switch hitter, he worked with whythm from the left side, level, present bat speed and power potential.
Issac Marte, 2B, Central Pointe (2019)
Short compact build, showed good footwork at 2B. At the plate he really stood out, the ball jumps off his barrel. Multiple hits in this look while also showing above average speed on the bases.
Caleb Cirio, RHP, Boone HS,FL (2018)
Uncommitted 2018 RHP that had a lanky 6’5 frame. He struggled to with the timing in his delivery which resulted in some command issues. He shows some effort but, at his best he showed a fastball that was 85-88 with cut action. Sometimes this pitch cut a lot due to his arm dragging. Flashed a curveball at 68-70, again the arm being late and dragging caused him to leave the pitch up. Overall, he would be a good project that develops into a solid arm for someone.
Arkansas Little Rock Commit, big strong physical frame showed some intriguing tools over the weekend. In the field he shows average footwork and hands. Has arm strength to stick on the left side of the infield. His strength/power is his asset which leads me to believe he may turn into a 3B. At the plate he hit several balls hard including a long homerun to left in his final game. The swing is a little long, but his has are quick enough to make it work. Also threw 1 inning on the mound and work 84-87.
Elite Squad 17u National
Cabarcas- FB 82-87 CB 70-74 CH 67-69
Heinrich- FB 85-87 CB 71-73
Gonzalez- FB 80-84 CB 70-73
Chatham- FB 82-86 CB 74-76
Jordan Carrion, SS, American Heritage HS, FL (2020)
Florida recruit. Athletic, projectable frame. Plus arm with advanced actions from short. At the plate he shows above average bat speed and shows gap-to-gap potential. Singled into right during gameplay. Quick arm on the mound featuring an 85-87 mph fastball along with a 70-72 mph slider that he threw at any time in the count for strikes, showing depth and a feel for it.
Tyler Callihan, SS/3B, Providence HS, FL (2019)
South Carolina recruit. Continued to impress at the plate. Shows juice from the left side, ball jumps off the bat. Drove a no-doubter home run over the right field wall during the game. Also showed the ability to go the other way for an RBI single to left field in a lat at-bat. Finds the barrel consistently, drives the ball with authority and just hits. On the mound the big righty dominated hitters with a heavy fastball that work 88-90(91). Also showed a slurvy breaking ball at 75-77 that had above average spin/bite. Overmatched hitters for all 3 innings.
Uncommitted. Standout day at the plate where he delivered a two-run home run over the left field wall. Power at the plate has showed up recently, with more to come.
Nelson Berkwich, LHP, American Heritage, FL (2020)
Vanderbilt recruit. Durable, compact frame at 6-foot, 190-pounds with some strength in the lower-half. Aggressive delivery with strong push off the back side and slightly open land. Arm works quick out of a high ¾ slot, and the fastball jumped at the plate with natural arm side life at 84-87. Also showed off a tighter slider with some sweep at 70-73. Received multiple swings and misses with both pitches, and should see his velocity continue to tick up a bit in the future.
Jeremy Neff,LHP, Palm Beach Central, (2019)
Richmond Commit, Promising Lefty with a 6’3 160lb frame. Should see a significant velocity increase with added strength. On this day he worked 82-85(86) with good sink. Slurvy breaking ball at 72. Decent spin to it but just an average pitch presently. His delivery is very loose and lands slightly closed. Long whippy ¾ arm action. He will be interesting to follow as he matures physically.
FCA Baseball
Jarvis FB 80-83 CB 69-71 CH 71-73
Baratta 80-81 79-71 71-73
Kornick: FB- 80-82 CB- 70-72
Stutts: FB: 78-80 CB:65-67
Badala: FB: 78-81 CB: 68-69
Dieguez: FB: 80-82 CB:66-67
Andrew Walters, RHP, Bayside (2019)
84-87 CB 69-72 Fastball had cut, creates good downhill angle from a high arm slot,tall long levers, delivery is too methodical,very low effort and has a lot of upside
Lake Fisher, RHP, Dunedin (2019)
Uncommitted, he had a compact, quick arm. Worked 87-90 mph and had late life. The delivery is simple and repeatable. Had a short, hard slider at 81-83 mph that has potential to be a plus out pitch. Played third on day three and hit in the middle of the order. Showed ability to be an above average defender and has present bat speed and strength. Should be a big two-way follow.
Jared Stevanus, OF, Melbourne (2019)
Twitchy athlete with present strength, did not get a run time, but looks to be well above average runner. Multiple present above average tools. Hit a two-run home run and shows above average bat speed. Will be a high uncommitted follow.
Braden Ostrander, RHP, Melbourne Central Catholic (2020)
Strong lower half right-hander. Clean mechanics, some stab action in the back, but gets extension and repeats. Some life on fastball that ranged mostly 82-84 touching 85 mph. Struck out three in three innings while walking none and allowing two hits.
FTB Rockets 17u
Albertini: FB- 77-79 CB: 69-70 CH:70-74
Gowran: FB: 79-80 CB:67-69
Jack Keiser, C, Dwyer
Uncommitted, he is physical with a strong lower half a 6-foot-1, 185 pounds. He has a home run and showed gap-to-gap power throughout the weekend. A solid defender, he will be a follow throughout the summer.
Tibur Rivero, RHP, Martin County (2019)
Uncommitted. Showed a big jump in his velocity early. Worked 91-92 in the first, settling in at 87-90 mph. Fastball has some heavy, boring action in zone.
Gavin Melians , LHP, Martin County (2019)
Stetson recruit. The left hander had a clean, easy high 3/4 arm action. Fastball worked mostly 83-84 mph, with more coming. Showed the ability to spin a well above average curveball at 72 mph. Pitch has a chance to be a true out pitch.
Zac Lampton, LHP, Palm Beach Central (2019)
6-foot-5, 200 pounds, he looks the part. The arm works well, loose with some whip. Tends to lean over the front side early, losing some of the lower half production. Fastball still worked mostly 82-85 mph. Also showed a curveball at 68 mph. WIll be a follow this summer.
FTB Tucci- SF Giants
Daiss: FB- 88-90 CB- 76-77
Hamilton: Fb- 85-88 CB: 68-69 CH: 74-76
Gilbert: FB: 84-87 BB: 70-72 CH: 77-79
Torres: FB: 88-92 CB: 75-79
Riley Greene, OF, Hagerty HS, FL (2019)
Florida recruit. Long, lean frame with proportional strength throughout. Easy rhythm to the hands load which works down and back from the left side. Strong wrists allow him to impact the baseball, and he possesses premium feel for the barrel, especially in the 2019 class. Multiple hits on the day including a triple to deep left-centerfield.
Ben Rozenblum, C, Calvary Christian HS, FL (2020)
Florida International recruit. Consistently finds the barrel at the plate. Doubled into the left-center field gap during the game. Rozenblum, who has become more physical in the lower half, continued to show his ability to hit while the power continues to make jumps.
Max Romero Jr, C, Pembroke Pines, FL (2019)
Vanderbilt recruit. Thick frame with strength throughout, especially the lower-half. Rocks into a deep crouch before working uphill through the zone. Smoked a single in his first at-bat, and projects for gap to gap and pull side power. Did not catch on the day.
Kyle Mandes, RHP, Nature Coast Tech (2019)
Uncommitted. Long, lean frame that stands tall on the mound. Smooth, methodical delivery that gives way to a higher ¾ release point that allows him to create downhill angle when at its best. Fastball worked 85-87, touching 88 mph on a handful of occasions. Showed feel for a tighter breaking ball that featured depth at 75-77. The pitch has a chance to continue developing moving forward. Also showed the ability to subtract when throwing the changeup. Lots to like about the athletic, lean frame, and the high ceiling. Racked up a handful of strikeouts, and repeated his delivery with relative ease.
Gatorball 17U
Madonna FB 80-87 CB 71-74
Clark FB 82-85 CB 72-74 CH 76-78
Wesley Avery- FB: 80-81 FB, 68-70 CB
Gilliam, RHP: 77-80 CB 69-71
Branden Noriega, OF, Summerset Silver Palms HS, FL (2019)
Uncommitted. Quick swing from the left side, shows the ability to go gap-to-gap. Stood out defensively where he showed a quick first step, takes efficient routes the the ball along with range while playing center. Made a tough over the shoulder catch on a hard hit ball to straightaway center.
Ostingers Baseball Academy 17U
Noah Hood- FB: 80-83, CH: 77-78, CB: 70
Myles Caba, LHP, Bloomingdale (2019)
High ¾ arm slot FB 80-83 with life through the zone, threw average breaking ball at 68 hide ball in delivery, deception helps creates a ton of swing and misses
Cole Stallings, RHP, Newsome (2020)
Stetson recruit. 85-87 T89 with some arm side run slurvy breaking ball showed tight hard spin w/depth at 74-75 +frame/broad shoulders. Very intriguing talent to follow
Terence Dotson, OF, Hillsborough (2019)
4.08 h-1b below average bat speed but high contact rate, speed is his major asset
Frank Martinez, RHP, Durant (2020)
Short stocky frame, FB 80-82 curveball was 71 mph with decent depth, confident demeanor and challenged hitters
Rawlings Stealth FL Underclass
Stallings: FB- 83-85 CB-72-73
Finnvold: FB: 74-77 CH:68-69
Lane: FB: 85-89 T 91, CB: 72-73, CH: 75-78(+ CH)
John Urena, OF, Barbara Golman HS, FL (2019)
Uncommitted. 5-foot-8, 170-pound, right-handed hitter has a balanced stance and short path to the ball. Surprising pop at times, and utilizes his impressive speed well on the bases.
Ryan Bruno, LHP/OF, American Heritage HS, FL (2020)
Stanford recruit. Currently stands at 6-foot-2, 165 pounds with a tall, projectable frame. Arm works easy from the left side. Mostly sat 87-88 mph, touching 89 a few times along with 90 once with his fastball. Also mixed in a 72-74 mph curveball that showed depth, changeup displayed some late sink at 77-79 mph. At times can fall off to the third base side, causing his pitches to tail out of the zone. As he continues to become more consistent with his landing and fill out his frame, look for Bruno to not only make another jump in velocity, but to his overall stuff. Strong follow for the 2020 class.
Carmine Lane, 3B, American Heritage (2019)
Present strength and barrelled 91 for a double to the right-center field gap. Above average arm, above average defender, gap-to-gap power. On the Mound He went 7 inning 1 run CG against a solid Ostingers 17u team. Quick arm, repeats delivery well. Features a Fastball that sat 86-87 all game touching a few 89’s. Breaking ball with good tilt at 72. The changeup was the difference maker, he used it often and in any count. The pitch is thrown with fastball arm speed and has fading action. Very solid 2 way prospect
SWFL Nation 2019
Wilt: FB: 80-3, CB:70-72
Gielow: FB: 80-86, CB: 68-70, Ch:75-77
Kreissler: FB: 77-79 CB:63-65
Mike Hopta, UTL, Spanish River (2019)
Uncommitted, he has a stocky frame and compact, position player arm action. The arm is quick, with arm strength. There is some effort, but the fastball worked 86-88 mph and as he continues to log innings could make some nic jumps.
Sam Lehmkuhl, LHP, Spanish River (2019)
FB 71-73 CH 64-65 CV 64...a lot of room for added strength, presently a pitchability strike thrower.
Matt Paulo, RHP, Spanish River (2019)
FB 84-87 T88 CV 70-72 quick arm, high leg kick with coil, short compact arm action
Kalvin Alexander, C, McKeel (2019)
Present athleticism with a strong lower half. Has a lot of tools and barrelled a double, showing above average bat speed. There is some defensive potential behind the plate. Overall, athleticism to follow.
Milan Tucker, OF, Ft Myers (2019)
Uncommitted outfielder, he is the son of former big-leaguer Michael Tucker. While not the same physicality, he is a present above average to near plus runner. He has a 4.37 on a turn on a single to right and a 4.25 on a groundout, fielder's choice. He has a short, level swing and athleticism is very intriguing.
Team SKLZ
Germack- FB 80-83 CB 70-74 CH 67-69
Hudson- FB 73-77 CB 65-69
Moeller- FB 80-83 CB 72-74
Owens- FB: 80-83 CB: 68-70
Capra- FB 77-79 CH 69-71
Gorman- FB 76-80 SL 70-72
Coleman- FB 73-77 CB 65-69
Jacob Gorman, RHP, Osceola HS, FL (2019)
Uncommitted. 6-foot, 150-pounds right-hander. Side-arm slot with long swing in the back, and sling-like release. Fastball worked 78-79 with some arm side life, and featured a sweeping slider at 70-71. Shows some wiry-athleticism with a faster arm.
Yazael Nunez, SS/RHP, Lennard HS, FL
St Leo commit, worked 82-85 mph with a quick arm and ability to spin a breaking ball. Athletic and showed present hit ability. Will be a potential two-way player. Continued to hit throghout the weekend. The swing has whippy bat speed, bat to ball skills with consistent hard contact.
Top Tier Roos American 2019
Cosi Scinta, RHP, Taravella HS, FL (2019)
Uncommitted. Currently stands at 6-foot-2, 210 pounds with a strong lower half. Fastball worked mostly at 85-87 mph, touching 88 a few times along with a 67-70 mph curveball. There’s some effort in the delivery but the fastball shows life and threw strikes.
Hunter Mink, RHP, Palm Harbor (2019)
Florida recruit, came in relief and pounded the zone at 86-91 mph. Athletic, simple, compact 3/4 arm action. Confidence in slider, threw it in any count at 70-73 mph. Continues to trend upward.
Derek Crum, OF, Gaither (2019)
Uncommitted, left handed bat with a simple repeatable swing, above average hand speed that allows him to hit velocity. Plays with confidence. On the mound displayed a loose, easy working arm from the left side that featured a fastball that sat 87-88 mph with run, touching 89 a couple times along with a 72-73 mph curveball with depth that he threw for strikes along with an 80-81 mph changeup that showed some sink in relief. Worked with an uptempo pace and threw strikes. Athletic, legitimate two-way player.
Chase Centala, RHP, Sickles (2020)
FB 85-87 Commands glove side well, tight breaking ball with sluvy action at 72-74
Dawson Place, RHP, Sunlake HS, FL (2019)
FB: 81-84 CB:71-74
DeGusipe- FB: 83-85
Laroscain- FB: 78-80
Miller: FB- 84-87 CB:70-73
Farris: FB: 83-85 CB:71-74
Top Tier Roos National 2019
Booth- FB:79-82 CB:70-72
Urena: FB: 78-82 CB:68-70 Ch: 70-74
Mink: 86-91 CB:70-73 CH: 74-75
Leonhart: FB: 80-82 CB: 63-65 Ch: 70-71
Ficarrotta: FB:80-82 CB:69-70 CH: 72-73
Russ: FB: 77-79 CB: 68-70
Wonch: FB-82-84 CB: 69-70
Christan: FB: 85-88 CB:72-73
Andrews: FB: 80-84
X Team 2019
Lewis- FB 73-77 CB 65-69
Michael Uz, RHP, Westland Hialeah (2019)
Uncommitted, Righty with a strong athletic build, 1,2,3 inning for the save. Worked 86-88 with the fastball, the pitch showed late life through the zone and got some ugly swings. Flashed one Changeup at 75 that has some armside fade
Joaquin Monique, C, Cypress Bay,(2019)
Uncommitted Catcher with some intriguing tools. 2.12 pop time, received well all game and saved multiple wild pitches with blocks. At the plate he hit from an open stance and stayed inside the ball which resulted in 2 line drives to RCF
Anthony Tomczak,RHP,North Broward (2019)
Stetson Commit, FB 86-89 with a little arm side run. Big breaking curveball at 70, Changeup 80 with some depth.. he had good extension on everything, worked down in the zone, elevated when he wanted. Dominated an impressive Elite squad roster in his 2 innings of work.
Carlos Rodriguez, RHP, Ferguson (2019)
FB 88-90 loose long arm action/very erratic, Slurve 75,CH 81, not a lot of feel but interesting follow given the premium stuff.
JD Johnstone RHP,Westminster Academy,(2019)
Uncommitted, Projectable 6’3 175 frame. FB 84-86 with cut and riding life. Showed feel for a changeup at 76-78 which was his best secondary pitch. Breaking ball was 71 that lacked spin. At one point struck out 5 of 6 batters.
Jorge Corona, C, Miami Killian (2019)
6-foot-2, 195 pounds is physical and showed above average defensive tools. 2.0 pop times, blocked and received well. Offensively, the swing has some steepness, but had two hard hit singles and there is strength in the lower half and power potential.