Jacob
Mendoza

At Santa Cruz - Uncommitted. Started the game at 3rd and the medium frame showed good lateral range there with enough arm strength for the position. Turned a FB into LCF scoring their 2nd run before coming in to pitch the final 4 innings. FB 78-81 MPH with ability to use on both sides of the plate. Mixed in three off-speed pitches including a deep CB with 12/6 actions and short loop using it to the arm-side regularly (60-61 MPH), a short and flat SLD (64-67 MPH) and a running CHG (65-66 MPH) keeping hitters off balance. Control would come and go the entire game but leadoff walk after they took the lead was a tough one that eventually cost him.

2/12/19 Vs Monterey - medium frame, compact utility player for Aptos, and he started the game going just one inning. He’s got feel for a long, two-level curveball (63-65 mph) and a fading changeup (63-66 mph) while the Fastball (77-79 T80) was moved up and down in the zone. He pitches backwards making the FB play up, but battled his mechanics for consistency in the outing. He showed positional versatility moving to 2B and LF and the bat made consistent hard contact to the pull side; went 1-4 but just missed a couple extra hits.