By Matt Byrd
PBR Tennessee

The East Tennessee Fall Prospect Games event afforded players from around the state the opportunity to showcase their abilities in a combination showcase/game play event. There were many solid performances turned in, including some by players attending their first PBR event who opened some eyes. The complete statistics and top statistical performers from the event were previously posted. You can CLICK HERE to view that information.

The following is a look at the Team Navy pitchers who participated in the event. This is pitcher analysis only. Those pitchers who also participated as a position player at the event had their position player performance featured in a previous article.

Trey Oglesby, Carter HS, 2018, RHP
The 6-foot-3, 220-pound RHP jumped into the 2018 rankings with his performance at the event. Oglesby shows a loose arm that works through a ¾ slot, regular effort in delivery with a slight pause after reaching balance point, fastball sat 82-83 mph topping at 84 with occasional arm-side run. He showed a tight spinning curveball that had a sharp 10/4 break to it at 72-74 mph. He also flashed a changeup that had gradual sinking action to it at 68-70 mph. Oglesby had two strikeouts in one inning pitched during game play and is definitely a 2018 prospect to keep a close eye on for velocity gains.

Evan Porter, Maryville HS, 2017, RHP
The 6-foot, 195-pound RHP uses shorter arm action and works through a high-3/4 arm slot with normal effort in delivery, showed a good live fastball with very good arm-side run and sink at 80-81 mph topping at 82. He showed a hard curveball with a tight spin and 11/5 break at 72-74 mph. He also showed a change up with gradual downward movement to it sitting at 73 mph. Porter stayed low in the zone and showed good pitchability in working both sides of the plate regularly throughout his outing. He had two strikeouts and gave up one hit during game play.

Alex Kerns, McCallie School, 2018, RHP
The 6-foot, 160-pound prospect shows projectability with some room to grow into his frame, throws from a ¾ arm slot with long arm action, normal effort in delivery, fastball shows good arm-side life and sat at 79-80 mph touching 82 on one occasion, works the inner part of the plate well with the fastball, curveball shows 11/5 action and sat 67-68 mph, has good feel for the curveball. He also flashed a change that had very good sink and fade through the zone. Kerns gave up three hits in two innings pitched and had one strikeout during game play. He jumped into the 2018 rankings with his performance and is a 2018 pitcher to keep a close eye on.

Noah Webb, Sevier County HS, 2019, RHP
The 5-foot-11, 160-pound RHP has plenty of room to fill out his frame, throws from low ¾ slot with loose arm action that produces good arm-side run and sink on his fastball, fastball sat 79-80 mph and topping out at 82 on one occasion, consistently locates the fastball at the lower part of the zone,  also showed a good change with sinking action at 69-70 mph. Webb did not show a curveball in his outing. He had one strikeout and gave up three hits in one inning pitched.

Ethan Tressler, Davidson Academy, 2017, RHP
The 5-foot-11, 175-pound prospect showed a lower arm slot than in the past that creates effective arm-side run and sink on fastball, low-3/4 to ¾ slot with some quickness in arm, fastball sat 78-80 mph (80-83 at previous event). Tressler’s slider had  late sharp break to it with 10/4 action that sat at 73-75mph. He also showed a curveball with a good 11/5 break to it and it sat at 68-71mph, flashed a change up with some sinking action at 73-75mph. Tressler had four strikeouts and gave up two hits in two innings pitched during game play. His secondary pitches have developed tremendously since his first PBR outing, and his ability to pitch from multiple arm slots is intriguing.

Skylar Stalcup, Powell HS, 2018, RHP
The 5-foot-11, 160-pound RHP uses shorter arm action through a high-3/4 slot, arm shows some quickness, above average velocity for age, throws across body at times, fastball sat at 77-78 mph touching 80 with some arm side run . He also showed a curveball with sweeping 10/4 action at 64-66 mph. Stalcup projects to add additional velocity. He gave up one hit and had three strikeouts in two innings pitched during game play showing the ability to throw strikes with the fastball/curveball mix.

Camden Dickens,  Notre Dame HS, 2018, RHP
The  5-foot-10, 130-pound RHP throws from a high-¾ arm slot with short arm action that comes straight back out of the glove. Dickens relied on his fastball for his outing which has slight arm side run to it and sat 77-78 mph touching 79 on one occasion. He stayed low in the zone for his outing and worked in and out with his fastball. He also fielded his position well on the mound. Dickens gave up one hit in one inning pitched during game play.

Blake Rauhuff Powell High School, 2019, LHP
The 5-foot-11, 175-pound prospect works through an over the top arm slot with loose arm action and shows good pitchability for age, fastball sat 74-75mph and topped out at 76 with occasional arm-side run, works the fastball consistently at the bottom of the zone, showed a solid curveball with 1/7 break and good depth. The young prospect has a solid foundation and is definitely a lefty to keep a close eye on in the 2019 class. Rauhuff gave up one hit and had one strikeout in two innings pitched during game play.