John
Blanchard

6/14/16 A 5-foot-10, 160-pound outfielder and left-handed pitcher with a medium, athletic frame. Quality athlete that posted a 4.1 home to 1^st time. Solid defender with soft hands, fluid footwork, clean exchanges and plays through. Long arm action into high-3/4 release with some accuracy on throws that produced a positional velocity of 80 mph. Left-handed hitter that hits from balanced, athletic setup, short stride and smooth load. Line-drive, gap to gap type hitter with fluid rhythm, short path and bat speed that produced an exit velocity of 87 mph. Left-handed pitcher with long arm action into high-3/4 release with quick arm speed and regular effort. Smooth rhythm, level shoulders, in-line direction, lands square and finishes athletic. Fastball sat 75-79 mph with slight sink. Breaking ball showed 1/7 shape, near fastball arm speed and sharp break at 65-71 mph. Also showed a changeup with near fastball arm speed and sink action at 68-69 mph.