Prep Baseball Report

Committed Combine: Primary Infielder Breakdown


John Nolan
Virginia Scouting Director & Managing Editor

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On July, 22 committed players from all corners of the Commonwealth took part in our Committed combine. We continue our detailed breakdown of those players today with the infielders:

***Players who worked out at multiple positions will be featured at their primary position***

 

Coleman Calabrese SS / 2B / DeMatha Catholic, MD / 2021

Calabrese is a James Madison commit and is 6-2 with a lankier athletic frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open taller athletic stance, strides on line, smooth load back to a wrap. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short and quick to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing, showed a good approach using the whole field with strength at contact, ball carries in gaps and he has power to all fields, exit velocity was 92. In the infield, plays on toes, rounds the ball and fields with a wider base and quick soft hands, works through ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters slot, short quick arm, position velocity was 87. Ran a 7.34 60 yard dash.

 

Ryan Cook RHP / 3B / Fort Defiance, VA / 2021

Cook is a James Madison commit and is 6-0 with a lankier athletic frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly closed balanced athletic stance, strides on line, smooth load back. Hips rotate completely and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing, showed a pull approach with some feel for the barrel, exit velocity was 82. In the infield, good feet, rounds the ball and fields with a good wide base and soft hands, works through ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters slot, short arm action, position velocity was 79. Ran a 7.01 60 yard dash.

 

 

Owen DeShazo SS / RHP / Hanover, VA / 2022

DeShazo is a Boston College commit and is 6-6 with a very lanky frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open relaxed athletic stance, strides on line, smooth load back and down. Hips rotate completely with violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short and fast to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing, showed a good approach using the whole field, strong at contact with extension through the ball, power present to all fields, whippy bat, exit velocity was 96. In the infield, rounds the ball and fields with a wider base and above average hands, works through ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a three-quarters slot, short arm action, position velocity was 77. Ran a 7.04 60 yard dash.

 

 

Clay Grady SS / 2B / Nansemond River, VA / 2022

Grady is a Virginia Tech commit and is 5-8 with an athletic frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a balanced athletic stance, strides on line, short load back to a wrap. Hips rotate completely and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short and quick to the ball, level line drive swing, showed a good approach primarily working the middle of the field, some extension through the ball and some natural loft in his swing, exit velocity was 90. In the infield, quick feet, rounds the ball and fields with soft quick hands, works through ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a lower three-quarters slot, short loose arm action, position velocity was 84. Ran a 6.72 60 yard dash.

 

 

Luke Hanson SS / RHP / Lafayette, VA / 2022

Hanson is a Virginia commit and is 6-2 with an athletic frame that has some strength present and plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, leg kick stride on line, smooth load back to a wrap. Hips rotate completely with violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, quick to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing, showed a good approach primarily working the middle of the field, strong at contact with extension through the ball, has some power present to pull side with chance to grow into more, exit velocity was 94. In the infield, good feet, rounds the ball and fields with a wider base and soft hands, works through ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a lower three-quarters slot, loose arm action, position velocity was 87. Ran a 6.94 60 yard dash.

 

 

Seth Keller SS / RHP / HANOVER , VA / 2022

Keller is an Old Dominion commit and is 5-10 with an athletic frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a balanced athletic stance, low leg kick stride on line, smooth load back. Hips rotate completely and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short and quick to the ball, uphill swing, showed a good approach primarily working the middle of the field, strong at contact with extension through the ball, some whip in his bat, power present to all fields, ball carries in gaps, exit velocity was 95. In the infield, good feet, rounds the ball and fields with a wider base and soft hands, works through ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters slot, loose quick arm action, position velocity was 87. Ran a 7.08 60 yard dash.

 

 

Jay Woolfolk RHP / SS / Benedictine, VA / 2021

Woolfolk is a Virginia commit and is 6-1 with an athletic frame that has some strength present and some projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a relaxed balanced athletic stance, short stride on line, smooth load down and back. Hips rotate completely and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short and lightning quick to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing, showed a good approach using the whole field, very strong at contact with good extension through the ball, very fast bat, easy power present to all fields, exit velocity was 99. Ran a 6.96 60 yard dash.

 

 

 

 

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