Clayton
Hromidko

8/5/18- 6-foot, 175-pound right-handed pitcher. #24 player in current IA 2019 rankings. Coils into balance point, strides inline to catcher, lands with front foot open to plate. Compact arm action with quickness out front producing 86-89 mph fastballs, touched 91 mph once, with avg. control. 12/6 breaking ball shows flashes of depth.  Solid sink on changeup thrown on downhill plane to plate.

2017 PBR Future Games- Uncommitted 5-foot-11, 175-pound right-handed pitcher. Slight crouch, rolls through balance point, lands open to plate, live arm with long arm path to plate.  Works slightly downhill. Fastball was 87-89 mph with 73-74 mph breaking ball and 67-68 mph changeup.

3/5/17- 5-foot-11, 175-pound right-handed pitcher. Above avg. arm strength for age, rolls through windup into stride, clean arm action, ball jumps out of hand well. Fastball works on downhill plane at 88-89 mph; touching 90 mph. Velocity on breaking ball, 77-79 mph, thrown hard with 10/4 shape and flashes of late break. Heavy action in bottom of zone with changeup with avg. feel. Presently more of an arm strength guy; if Hromidko shows velocity and pitchability in game action; won’t be uncommitted for long.

8/1/16- 5-foot-11, 175-pound right-handed pitcher. Live arm that topped out at 90 mph. Relatively simple mechanics, long clean arm action, and drives ball down the mound with intent. Fastball showed slight downhill plane with cut action at 85-88 mph; touching 90 mph. 11/5 curveball, thrown with good arm speed, has solid shape and break. Changeup was firm; thrown at fastball arm speed. Strong follow in 2019 IA class.