By Doug Freeman
Florida Scouting Director

On August 4-6th PBR Florida traveled to Westfield, Indiana at Grand Park for the 2016 Prep Baseball Report Future Games powered by Under Armour which featured seven players from the state of Florida. These players received some high level exposure as over 150 colleges and over 175 coaches/scouts were in attendance. Team Select, which the seven Florida players were on, went 3-0 in their showcase games.

All this week we will breakdown each of the seven players with video, game performance, and scouting reports. Here's 2019 C Jakob Hines

2019 C Jakob Hines (Berkeley Prep, FL) seemed to deliver whenever there were runners on base as he had multiple RBI hits during the showcase games. Looking much more comfortable in the box during the games, he showed rhythm and timing handling both velocity and quality secondary pitching. Standing at 5-foot-10, 180 pounds he is strong and physical while also being a solid receiver behind the plate. Blocks the ball well and displays good baseball IQ. As he continues to grow and become more flexible and gain some arm strength he will be very interesting on both sides of the plate going forward.