Patrick
Walsh

Physical: 5-foot-8, 162-pounds. Lean, athletic frame.  4.61 home-to-1B.
Offensively: RHH. Tall stance with some bend in the knees, hands start on his back shoulder, uses a bat waggle and a medium leg kick for timing. Bat is very quick through the zone, good use of his lower half to generate bat speed, quick hands. Lots of hard contact to pull-side gap. 77 MPH raw exit velocity.
Defensively: Starts real low to the ground and shows his glove early, fields the ball out in front and in the middle of his body, clean footwork. Medium arm swing with a 3/4 arm slot.  INF - 68 MPH.
Pitching: Starts slowing on drop step to balance point where he coils the hips, picks up tempo from there striding in line and accelerating through a repeatable release. Long, whippy arm action with a clean 3/4 release. FB: T75, 72-74 MPH. Commands down with arm side tail. CB: 61-64 MPH. Sharp break with 1-7 shape. SL: 63-66 MPH. Slings it with frisbee action. 

 At the plate, the right handed hitter stands in the box in a slightly open stance. Short simple load actions. Displayed a flat bat path through the hitting zone. Hard contact to the pull side during batting practice. Defensively, the infielder displayed active footwork and moved well around the bag. Smooth funnel actions and quick release from a high ¾ arm slot. On the mound, Walsh displayed a repeatable delivery. Walsh has some tempo with the delivery, smooth early hand separation and works downhill with low effort. FB has a late arm side run. Worked with a two pitch mix in live game action.

A lean 5-foot-8, 162 pounds. Ran an 8.09 60 yard dash. Offensively- Starts from a slightly open stance and loose hands. Takes a short stride towards the pitcher before attacking the baseball. Balanced throughout the swing. Gets hips clear through the point of contact. Displayed hard contact during the hitting portion. Exit velocity was 78 MPH. Defensively- Gets in a wide base when fielding the baseball. Smooth footwork laterally, quick exchange and release on throws across the diamond. Pitching- Repeatable delivery and tempo. Long loose arm actions. Works from the center of the rubber. Drives downhill with intent from a good balance point. The LHP shows command of a FB (74 MPH) and above average CB (58-60 MPH).

5-foot-8, 162-pounds. Ran a 7.89 60 Yard Dash. Pitching - Deliberate tempo to delivery with consistent direction towards target. Breaks hands down the center of his body. Arm gets fully extended on takeaway. Long and loose arm action. High 3/4 release point. Gets noticeable extension over front side on aggressive finish. FB sat 71-73 MPH and topped at 74 MPH. Also mixed in CB at 62-64 MPH. Maintains intent and FB handspeed on CB.

Small build, high knee lift and hands, even pace to his delivery. Fastball sat 70-72 with arm-side with 73 mph max, CB 61-62 with loose action. Slightly open stance that closes off to the pitcher at landing. Level swing that stays behind the ball. Showed contact from gap to gap. Exit velo of 76 mph. Wide base defensivley at the corner with open glove out in front, transfer is quick, high arm-slot with 74 mph arm-strength.

Patrick is a LHP/OF in the graduating class of 2021. Stands 5 feet 7 inches tall 145-pounds with a thick build to him. Ran a 4.94 home to first. Offensively- Stands open with feet spread shoulder width apart.  Has a leg tuck on the pitch. Patrick was getting the foot down late, causing him to dip the barrel at times. Hands are quiet and quick to the zone. Has a slight uppercut on the ball at times. Stays short at compact. Finishes swing with one hand. Exit velo was measured at 73 MPH. Defensively- Charges the ball athletically, as the ball get close to the glove, he slows down his mechanics causing short choppy steps. The transfer is long but clean. He tilts his body to the back leg, with long arm action causing his arm to drag behind him a bit. Throws from over the top. Outfield velo was 74 MPH. Pitching- has a slower start to the mechanics with a leg lift up to his waist. At the balance point Patrick speeds up his delivery to the plate, front foot points toward the catcher, falling off the mound to the third base side at times. Located the fastball around the strike zone. FB was sitting 68-70 topping out at 72 MPH. Curveball had inconsistent rotation to it. At times showed solid late break down in the zone. CB was 59-60 MPH.

Walsh stands 5-foot-7, 145-pounds with an average build. On the mound he uses a slower tempo to his delivery, belt high knee lift with high hands. Quicker pace as he drives his front side towards homeplate on a straight path, front hip opens slightly early with average length to his stride. Long arm-action releases ball from a high-3/4 slot, fastball topped out at 68 mph on one plane. Curveball has loose 1/7 shape at 57-58 mph.