Illinois Preseason All-State: Top Overall Prospects

Drew Gray OF / LHP / Belleville East, IL / 2021

Positional Profile: LHP/OF; high-level two-way talent with a high ceiling.
Body: 6-foot-3, 180-pounds. Long-limbed, high-waisted frame with plenty of room for continued physical development.
Delivery: Composed on the mound. Fluid, directional delivery, balanced, on-line and still head at foot strike.
Arm Action: LH. Highly-projectable arm. Works long, loose, quick from a 3/4 slot with easy effort.
FB: T89, 87-89 mph. Clean out of the hand, late jump through the zone, late arm-side-run and life.
CB: 71-74 mph. 12/6 shape, depth, flashed bite, feel.
SL: 79-83 mph. Maintains arm speed, tunnels off fastball, late 2/8 shape, tight spin. Potential swing-and-miss offering.

Hit: LHH. Balanced, quiet setup, minimal load and short leg-kick timing trigger. Fluid rhythm, loose, athletic hands, natural lift in swing, consistent hard contact to the pull-side.
Power: 94 mph exit velocity from the tee. Ball jumps off the barrel.
Arm: LH. OF - 93 mph. Long, loose, whippy arm from a 3/4 slot. Advanced arm strength ball stays true with carry.
Defense: Attacks the baseball, long fluid strides, natural outfield actions, fields in rhythm, plays through athletically and gains ground on transfer.
Run: 6.85 runner in the 60. Long, easy strides.

Eric Orloff LHP / Glenbrook North, IL / 2021

Positional Profile: LHP
Body: 6-foot-2, 200-pounds. Large frame, strong lower half.
Delivery: Tall and fall delivery, lifts and turns to close front side, regular effort, high front side, lands closed and creates angle.
Arm Action: LH. Loose, lively arm action, works out of high 3/4 slot, above average arm speed.
FB: T89, 88-89 mph. Lively finish, works with late run and sink to arm side, above average control of the zone.
CB: 71-72 mph. Sharp action with depth, 1/7 shape, fastball arm speed, dropped for strikes.
CH: 78-79 mph. Straight change showed occasional sink action, deceptive arm speed, tough angle. 

Ty Batusich C / Joliet West, IL / 2021

Positional Profile: C
Body: 6-foot, 186-pounds. Wide-shouldered, strong, well-proportioned frame.
Hit: LHH. Balanced, quiet setup, minimal load and wasted movement, short stride. Short and quick to the ball, natural lift, strong hands, advanced hand/eye, knack for the barrel and made a lot of hard contact. Works gap-to-gap and flashes big pull-side power.
Power: 98 mph exit velocity from the tee. Ball jumps off the barrel. Power potential to all fields.
Arm: RH. C - 78 mph. Short arm action, over-the-top slot. Consistently around the second base bag.
Defense: 1.93-2.02 pop times. Low setup, soft hands, sticks pitches at the bottom of the zone. Out of the crouch, quick glove-to-hand release.
Run: 6.86 runner in the 60. Well above-average runner for position.