Joseph
McMannis

Maryland Top Prospect Games West

Body: 6’4”, 210 pounds. Athletic, physical, and still projectable yet with ability to add more strength onto an already advanced frame. 
Hit: RHH. Narrow, slightly open stance with minor backload into the right drive leg as the hands showed loose/high at the shoulder. Utilized a leg kick stride in order to initiate the bat head through a whippy, slightly uphill path with serious bat speed upon launch. Weight shifts into a stiff front side that blocks off properly creating big time damage when on time. Increased stretch and torque yielding extra base hits and multiple home run bids to the pull-side. 386 foot max distance per Trackman Baseball. 
Power: 98 mph exit velocity during BP per TrackMan. Home run juice to pull and can pepper either gap with consistent doubles juice even on mishits. The bat speed plays up a few ticks. 
Arm: RH. INF - 84 mph. Shorter arm action from a ¾ slot that carried to the bag with accuracy. 
Defense: Gained ground with leverage in the hands out in front, wide base and low posture allowing a soft glove hand to operate with ease and funnel inward towards a clean exchange. Solid pace and gained ground using a hop in the prep step for bounce in either direction. 
Run: 7.37 60-yard time.

Delivery: Side-rocker step into a medium/high leg lift above the waist as the hands moved upward by the ear for a late, high-intent hand break into the arm-slot. Very violent move down the rubber after the foot landed straight-line towards the plate and exploded over the front side with momentum. Lulled the hitter to sleep and blew it by them with heavy life down in the zone.
Arm Action: RH. Quick, ¾ slot with intent at release. 
FB: T85 mph, 82-85 mph. Average spin rate of 1748 rpm per TrackMan. Sinking action; attacks both sides with high ground ball rate. 
CB: 71-72 mph. Average spin rate of 1604 rpm per TrackMan. Slider shape with hard, late bite across the zone flashing occasional depth as well.

MD Top Prospect Games II

Athletic body type and projectable 6’2’’, 180 pound frame. Hits from a balanced, athletic, slightly open stance at the plate. Smooth back load, good hand separation and a small, quick knee-to-knee leg kick. Short to the ball with a slightly uphill swing path, quick hands, and fast bat speed. Stays behind the ball well with good balance and generates some lower half involvement. Swings with intent and gets good extension past contact finishing strong with two hands. Gap-to-gap type hitter with some present pull-side power. Recorded an 83 mph exit velocity. Works through the ball at third base gaining ground on throws to first. Fields the ball out in front from a solid base and funnels to belt. Throws with shorter arm action from a mid three-quarter slot at 81 mph across the diamond. Showed the ability to come get the baseball and throw from a lower slot on slow rollers. Ran a 7.71 60-yard time. Controlled side-step wind-up and leg kick into a tall, compact balance point. Smooth down-to-out lower half drive. Gets over front side well and lands slightly open to the plate with an athletic finish. Creates quick arm speed through release and throws with long, loose arm action from a mid three-quarter slot with light effort. Fastball sat 78-80 mph and touched 82 mph. Breaking ball had more 10/4 shape at 67-68 mph.