Will
Jacobsen

Cape Cod: A strong, athletic-bodied right-hander at 6-foot-2, 210 pounds, Jacobsen showed a 90-91 (T94) sinking fastball and a 78-80 breaking ball with spin rates in the 2500s. He also showed a below average 75 mph changeup on this look, but in the past he has shown more feel for the pitch with better arm speed at 75-81 with spin in the 1400-1500 rpm range and good tumble. Jacobsen finished the summer season with 20 strikeouts in 22 innings and a 2.86 ERA.

Harvard commit; has blossomed into quite an intriguing talent. He's always been a good athlete, with good speed and intensity, to go with a good arm. He's built like a strong middle infielder with broad proportions and sort of resembles a soccer player type body. Reports were that he'd evolved on the mound and was in the upper 80s/touching 90-91 on occasion. High-3/4 slot, good body control, gets to good extension, the delivery and arm action are all good. In this one he was steadily 88-89 with one bolt at 92 mph, though that was the only pitch above 89 mph. As the game went along he mixed in numerous pitches at a WIDE variety of velocities and actions, curveballs 68-73, change-ups 71-72, possible cutters 75-77, an eephus at 66 and frankly, I couldn't understand why he didn't stay with the fastball as other than the change-up, the secondary pitches were way below the caliber of his fastball. Thought perhaps he tired out and didn't have it in him as Marin Catholic was nicking him, but he was still able to get 89 mph in the 4th inning. The curveball improved as the game went along but is a fairly loose breaker with rolling action. His main undoing was an inability to hold runners as there were stolen bases all over the place. Contributed as a hitter early in the game, sharply singling to left off opposing senior pitcher Berger.