Adam Akin
Director of Scouting

Name: Rob Patterson
Height: 5-9
Weight: 180
High School: East Robertson
Position: OF/RHP
Class: 2017
State Rank: 92
Position Rank: 17



9/25/16 - 60 Time: 7.19, Position Velocity:  OF-89, Exit Velocity: 83
5-foot-9, 180-pound, RHH hits from a balanced and mostly even stance with his hands tucked just behind his back ear, uses a short and early but smooth stride with a push back of his hands and a slight tilt of the barrel to get loaded, lower half fires and gets through but can push him forward a little too much at times, swing is short as it comes into the zone in a steeper manner but is able to flatten out on balls up in the zone, showed the ability to hit line drives all over the field with a solid round of BP.  Defensively, attacks the ball in the outfield and is very aggressive when playing through it, uses his athleticism to his benefit, clean exchange leads to a long and loose arm action through an over-the-top release to produce very strong throws with accuracy.

9/25/16 - Max FB: 85, FB: 82-85, CB: 72-73, CH: 76-78
5-foot-9, 180-pound, RHP uses a pretty fluid motion that stays controlled with good tempo and is able to build up until his release of the ball, hands go down with rocker step but come back up with a higher leg lift that gets his front side well loaded, leads with his front side and unloads everything at once toward the plate, falls off only slightly toward 1B side, long arm action stays loose and comes through a high ¾ to over-the-top slot.  Fastball was mostly straight but seemed very heavy through the zone, curveball was sharp and powerful with late 12/6 shape, changeup showed some late fade.