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In the last weekend of October, PBR Virginia/DC hosted its inaugural State Games, which featured over 180 players and two locations, City Stadium and Liberty University in Lynchburg. We conclude our detailed breakdown of that event with the 2024s who participated:

 

 

 

 

 

Ryan Bland RHP / SS / Douglas Freeman, VA / 2024 Bland is 5-10 with a lankier athletic frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced stance, short stride on line, short load back. Hips rotate completely and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, goes straight to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path, some extension through the ball, showed a good approach working gap to gap, exit velocity was 79. In the infield, rounds the ball and fields with average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 71. On the mound, he throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, longer loose quick arm action and some effort to his delivery. Shoulders are uphill and on line, lands open with a fall off finish and some recoil. Fastball was 75-77, with heavy boring action to armside and a bit of depth. Curveball was 65-67 with good armspeed and sharp hard 11/5 break to it. Change-up was 68-70 with good armspeed and some armside run.

 

 

Wells Butler OF / 3B / James River , VA / 2024 Butler is 6-0 with an athletic frame that has some strength present and plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an open balanced athletic stance, strides on line, short smooth load down and back. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path, strength at contact with extension through the ball, showed a good approach working primarily gap to gap, exit velocity was 78. In the outfield, gets body behind the ball and fields through it with above average hands, quick clean exchange, throws from a three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 70. Ran a 7.47 60 yard dash.

 

 

Ethan Deschambault 2B / RHP / Lord Botetourt , VA / 2024 Deschambault is 5-11 with a lankier athletic frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a balanced athletic stance, strides on line, smooth load back. Hips rotate completely and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, goes straight to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path, showed a pull approach with the ability to use the whole field, exit velocity was 76. In the infield, gets body behind the ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 63.

 

 

Callum Early SS / 2B / James River, VA / 2024 Early is 5-9 with an athletic frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the left side from a leaned back balanced stance, short stride on line, short load back. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, quick to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path, strength at contact point with some extension through the ball, showed a pull approach with the ability to use the whole field, some natural loft in his swing, exit velocity was 80. In the infield, rounds the ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 73.

 

 

Ayden Evans OF / RHP / Walsingham, VA / 2024 Evans is 5-11 with a lankier athletic frame that has some strength in the lower half and plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an open tall relaxed stance, low leg kick stride on line, smooth load back to a wrap. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, quick to the ball, uphill line drive swing path, strength at contact with extension through the ball, showed a pull approach with doubles power present way and the chance for more in the future, exit velocity was 93. In the outfield, gets body behind the ball and fields through it with soft hands, quick clean exchange, throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 72. Ran a 7.41 60 yard dash. On the mound, he throws from a three-quarters arm slot, short free arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are slightly uphill and closed, lands closed with an athletic finish. Fastball was 73-76, touching 77, with some armside run to it. Curveball was 68-71 with good armspeed and hard 11/5 downer break to it.

 

 

Trey Gauch RHP / 3B / Deep Run, VA / 2024 Gauch is 6-2 with a lankier athletic frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced stance, leg kick stride on line, smooth load back. Hips rotate completely and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, goes straight to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path, showed a good approach using the whole field, exit velocity was 76. In the infield, rounds the ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 77. On the mound, he throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short free arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are level and closed, lands slightly closed with an athletic finish. Fastball was 76-78, touching 81, with some armside run and some late heavy sink. Curveball was 64-69 with some armspeed and sharp 10/4 break to it, has some shape, chance to be a good pitch as it tightens. Showed a change-up in warmups that had some armspeed and heavy fade.

 

 

Landon Griffin 2B / SS / Thomas Dale, VA / 2024 Griffin is 5-11 with an athletic frame that has some strength in the lower half and plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the left side from a slightly open balanced stance, leg kick stride on line, short load back to a wrap. Hips rotate completely and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, goes straight to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path, showed a pull approach with the ability to use the whole field, some natural loft in his swing, exit velocity was 74. In the infield, rounds the ball and fields with a wider base and soft hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a lower three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 70.

 

 

Ashton Hylton SS / OF / Franklin County , VA / 2024 Hylton is 5-9 with an athletic frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a balanced athletic stance, low leg kick stride on line, short load back. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, quick to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path, strength at contact point with some extension through the ball, showed a good approach working primarily gap to gap, some feel for the barrel, exit velocity was 84. In the infield, rounds the ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 66. Ran a 7.57 60 yard dash.

 

 

Turner Johnson RHP / 1B / Monacan , VA / 2024 Johnson is 6-0 with a lanky athletic frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short free arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Shoulders are level and closed, lands slightly open with a bit of a fall off finish. Fastball was 71-73, touching 74, with some armside run and late heavy sink. Curveball was 61-62 with some armspeed and gradual 11/5 break to it. Change-up was 67-68 with good armspeed and some fade to it. Was around the zone with all three pitches and showed ability to move the ball around the zone.

 

 

Sean McCann LHP / 1B / James River , VA / 2024 McCann is 6-2 with an athletic frame that has some strength present and some projection left to it. He throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, short free arm action and some effort to his delivery. Shoulders are uphill and closed, lands slightly closed with a bit of a fall off finish and some recoil. Fastball was 71-74, touching 75, with some late hard cut to it. Curveball was 63-64 with good armspeed and sharp 1/7 break to it. Showed a change-up in warm-ups with good armspeed and heavy fade to it.

 

 

Matthew McGovern OF / SS / Thomas Dale, VA / 2024 McGovern is 5-10 with an athletic frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a balanced athletic stance, low leg kick stride on line, smooth load down and back. Hips rotate completely with and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, quick to the ball, uphill line drive swing path, strength at contact with some extension through the ball, showed a pull approach with some power present that way, swing generates loft and carry, exit velocity was 88. In the outfield, gets body behind the ball and fields it with average hands, clean exchange, throws from a three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 77. Ran a 7.10 60 yard dash.

 

 

Caleb O'quinn RHP / OF / Lord Botetourt , VA / 2024 O’Quinn is 5-11 with a lanky athletic frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, short free arm action and some effort to his delivery. Shoulders are uphill and closed, lands slightly open with a bit of a fall off finish. Fastball was 71-72, touching 73, with some armside run and some late sink. Curveball was 65-67 with good armspeed and hard downer 11/5 break to it.

 

 

Logan Overhulser OF / OF / Kettle Run , VA / 2024 Overhulser is 5-10 with an athletic frame that has some strength present and some projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, leg kick stride on line, short smooth load down. Hips rotate completely and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, goes straight to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path, some strength at contact, showed a good approach using the whole field, exit velocity was 82. In the outfield, gets body behind the ball and fields through it with average hands, quick clean exchange, throws from a very low three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 78.

 

 

Brayden Pendleton RHP / OF / Greenbrier Christian, VA / 2024 Pendleton is 6-0 with a lankier athletic frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short free arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Shoulders are level and closed, lands slightly open with an athletic finish. Fastball was 72-75, with some late sink and a bit of armside run. Curveball was 61-62 with some armspeed and gradual 10/4 break to it. Change-up was 69-70 with good armspeed and some fade to it.

 

 

Ayden Schnarrs SS / OF / Cosby, VA / 2024 Schnarrs is 5-9 with an athletic frame that has some strength in the lower half and plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, heel lift stride in place with occasional low leg kick stride on line, smooth load back to a wrap. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, quick to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path, some strength at contact point, showed a pull approach with the ability to use the whole field, some natural loft in his swing, exit velocity was 82. In the infield, active feet, rounds the ball and fields with a wider base and soft hands, works through the ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 77. Ran a 7.17 60 yard dash.

 

 

Ashton Shannon 3B / RHP / North Cross , VA / 2024 Shannon is 6-0 with a strong athletic frame that has some projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, short stride on line, short load back. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, very short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path, strong at contact point with some extension through the ball, showed a pull approach, some natural loft in his swing and potential to grow into some power, exit velocity was 85. In the infield, rounds the ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball, throws from a three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 73.

 

 

Sean Smith OF / SS / James River (Midlothian), VA / 2024 Smith is 5-9 with an athletic frame that has some strength present in the lower half and some projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a balanced athletic stance, short stride on line, short smooth load back to a slight wrap. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, goes straight to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path, some strength at contact, showed a pull approach with the potential for some extra base power, exit velocity was 82. In the outfield, gets body behind the ball and fields through it with above average hands, quick clean exchange, throws from a three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 78.

 

 

Jack Wells SS / 2B / Dinwiddie, VA / 2024 Wells is 6-0 with a lankier athletic frame that has some strength in the lower half and plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, leg kick stride on line, loads back to a wrap. Hips rotate completely and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, uphill line drive swing path, some strength at contact point, showed a pull approach with the ability to use the whole field, some natural loft in his swing, exit velocity was 82. In the infield, rounds the ball and fields with a wider base and above average hands, works through the ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a lower three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 75. On the mound, he throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, shorter free arm action and some effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are level and closed, slightly open with an athletic finish. Fastball was 72-76, with some late hard armside run and some late sink. Curveball was 67-69 with good armspeed and sharp downer 11/5 break to it. Showed a change-up in warm-ups with good armspeed and some fade.

 

 

Judd Zegarra 3B / RHP / James River , VA / 2024 Zegarra is 5-10 with an athletic frame that has some strength in the lower half and some projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, strides on line, short load back. Hips rotate completely and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path, some strength at contact point, showed a good approach using the whole field, exit velocity was 82. In the infield, rounds the ball and fields with a wider base and above average hands, works through the ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 69.