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Preseason All-State Central: Infielder Breakdown Part 1


John Nolan
Virginia

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In mid March, over 120 players from all corners of Virginia descended on RockIt Sports in Richmond, Virginia for the PreSeason All-State Showcase Central. We continue our detailed breakdown of the event with the first half of the primary infielders:

***Position players will be featured at their listed primary position***

 

Ryan Bhojwani SS / Yorktown, VA / 2021

Bhojwani is a Virginia commit and is 6-2 with a strong athletic 190 pound frame that has some projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, low leg kick stride on line, short smooth load back. Hips rotate with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short and quick to the ball, fast hands, slightly uphill line drive swing path with a lot of strength at contact and extension through the ball, showed good approach working primarily gap to gap, power present to all fields, easy swing generates power with low effort, exit velocity was 99. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with a wider base and fast soft hands, works through the ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short loose quick arm action, position velocity was 89. Ran a 6.78 60 yard dash.

 

 

Patrick Brizendine LHP / 1B / Patrick Henry, VA / 2023

Brizendine is 6-1 with a physical 190 pound athletic frame that has strength present and projection left to it. He hits from the left side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, short stride on line, smooth load back. Hips rotate completely and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, quick to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with strength at contact and good extension through the ball, showed good approach working gap to gap, extra base power present gap to gap with potential to grow into more, exit velocity was 88. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 77. Ran a 7.64 60 yard dash.

 

 

Seth Buchanan SS / 2B / Lebanon, VA / 2023

Buchanan is 5-11 with an athletic 175 pound frame that has strength in the lower half and some projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, two tap stride on line, short load back to a wrap. Hips rotate with some violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with some strength at contact and extension through the ball, showed good approach working gap to gap, power present in the alleys with room to grow into more, exit velocity was 93. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with a wider base and quick soft hands, works through the ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short loose arm action, position velocity was 80. Ran a 7.24 60 yard dash.

 

 

Jabril Bullock SS / 2B / Varina, VA / 2022

Bullock is 5-10 with an athletic 155 pound frame that has some projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced relaxed stance, strides on line, smooth load down and back to a slight wrap. Hips rotate with violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, uphill swing path with strength at contact and good extension through the ball, natural loft and carry in his swing, showed good approach working primarily gap to gap, gap power present to all fields with room to grow into more, exit velocity was 92. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with a wider base and soft hands, works through the ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 75. Ran a 7.19 60 yard dash.

 

 

Ethan Burgreen SS / RHP / Millbrook , VA / 2022

Burgreen is 6-2 with a lanky athletic 171 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced relaxed stance, strides on line, smooth load down and back to a slight wrap. Hips rotate with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, shorter and quick to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with some strength at contact, showed good approach working gap to gap, swing generates loft in the middle of the field and gap power present there with room to grow into more, exit velocity was 89. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with a wider base and above average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 78. Ran a 6.98 60 yard dash.

 

 

Luke Calveric RHP / 3B / Mills Godwin, VA / 2022

Calveric is 6-5 with a lanky athletic 182 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the left side from a slightly open taller balanced athletic stance, low leg kick stride on line, short smooth load back. Hips rotate with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, quick to the ball, uphill swing path with strength at contact with extension through the ball, long limbs generate easy leverage, showed good approach working primarily gap to gap, swing generates loft to pull side, extra base power that way with more in the tank as he adds strength, exit velocity was 87. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short loose arm action, position velocity was 80. Ran a 7.05 60 yard dash.

 

 

Jason Cassidy 3B / RHP / James Madison, VA / 2023

Cassidy is 5-11 with an athletic 175 pound frame that has projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an open tall relaxed stance, two-tap stride on line, smooth load back. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, goes straight to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with some strength at contact and extension through the ball, showed good approach working primarily gap to gap, swing generates some loft and carry in the gaps, extra base power there with more in the tank as he develops, exit velocity was 88. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 72. Ran a 7.41 60 yard dash.

 

 

Carter Childs 3B / RHP / Chancellor, VA / 2023

Childs is 6-4 with a lanky athletic 170 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, low leg kick stride on line, short load back. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, goes straight to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with strength at contact and good extension through the ball, showed good approach working gap to gap, extra base power present with more in the tank as he develops, long limbs have a chance to create a lot of leverage as he gets stronger, exit velocity was 89. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with a wider base and above average hands, works through the ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, very short quick arm action, position velocity was 85. Ran a 7.45 60 yard dash.

 

 

Cody Christman 3B / 1B / Walsingham Academy , VA / 2022

Christman is 5-11 with a physical 215 pound frame that has strength present. He hits from the right side from an open balanced athletic stance, short stride on line, short load down to a slight wrap. Hips rotate with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, uphill swing path with strength at contact and some extension through the ball, showed pull preference with the ability to work gap to gap, power present to all fields, swing generates loft, exit velocity was 96. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with a wider base and above average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange. Ran a 7.56 60 yard dash.

 

 

Trey Christman SS / 3B / Walsingham Academy , VA / 2023

Christman is 6-4 with a lankier athletic 190 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an open balanced athletic stance, short stride on line, short load back. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short and quick to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with strength at contact and some extension through the ball, showed good approach working gap to gap, extra base power in the middle of the field, gets more uphill to his pull side with more extension through the ball and power that way, still has room to add more pop, exit velocity was 92. In the infield, gets body behind ball and fields with a wider base and above average hands, works through the ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a three-quarters arm slot, short quick arm action, position velocity was 83. Ran a 7.17 60 yard dash.

 

 

Matt Cornwell RHP / 1B / Mills Godwin, VA / 2022

Cornwell is 6-6 with an athletic 220 pound frame that has strength in the lower half and some projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, strides on line, smooth load back to a wrap. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with strength at contact and extension through the ball, long limbs generate leverage, showed good approach working primarily gap to gap, extra base power present to all fields, swing naturally generates loft and carry, still has room to add more power, exit velocity was 91. In the infield, gets body behind ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 79. Ran a 7.71 60 yard dash.

 

 

Nick Curtis RHP / 3B / Fauquier, VA / 2022

Curtis is 6-1 with a physical athletic 210 pound frame that has some projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an open balanced athletic stance, short stride on line, smooth load back to a slight bar. Hips rotate and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, goes straight to the ball, uphill swing path with extension through the ball, showed good approach working gap to gap, swing generates some natural loft and carry, exit velocity was 83. In the infield, gets body behind ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 79.

 

 

Zach Danielczyk RHP / 1B / Oakton, VA / 2023

Danielczyk is 6-4 with an athletic 210 pound frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an open balanced athletic stance, leg kick stride on line, short load in place. Hips rotate with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with some strength at contact and extension through the ball, showed good approach working gap to gap, easy extra base power to all fields, exit velocity was 96. In the infield, gets body behind ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, short loose arm action, position velocity was 84. Showed versatility taking balls in the outfield as well.

 

 

Shane Dunkum 2B / RHP / Louisa Co., VA / 2023

Dunkum is 5-9 with a physical athletic 160 pound frame that has some strength present and some projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, strides on line, smooth load down and back to a slight bar. Hips rotate and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, goes straight to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with some extension through the ball, showed good approach working gap to gap, generates some loft and carry in the gaps, exit velocity was 82. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 75. Ran a 7.74 60 yard dash.

 

 

Anthony Famiglietti 3B / 1B / Briar Woods, VA / 2023

Famiglietti is 6-1 with an athletic 190 pound frame that has some strength present in the lower half and some projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, low leg kick stride on line, loads in place with a slight wrap. Hips rotate completely and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with some strength at contact and extension through the ball, showed good approach working gap to gap, some extra base power present with potential for more in the future, exit velocity was 89. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 73. Ran a 7.59 60 yard dash.

 

 

Bradley Garner SS / OF / St Christophers, VA / 2023

Garner is 6-1 with a lankier athletic 183 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, low leg kick stride on line, short smooth load back. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with strength at contact and some extension through the ball, showed good approach working gap to gap, swing generates carry in the gaps and extra base power is present with potential for more in the future, exit velocity was 93. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with a wider base and above average hands, works through the ball to a quick clean exchange, throws from a lower three-quarters arm slot, short loose arm action, position velocity was 79. Showed versatility taking balls in the outfield as well. Ran a 7.24 60 yard dash.

 

 

Trey Gauch RHP / 3B / Deep Run, VA / 2024

Gauch is 6-2 with a lanky athletic 160 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an open balanced athletic stance, leg kick stride on line, smooth load back to a wrap. Hips rotate completely and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, uphill swing path with strength at contact and good extension through the ball, swing generates natural loft and carry, has some gap power present to all fields now with the potential to add a lot more in his future, exit velocity was 86. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a lower three-quarters arm slot, short loose quick arm action, position velocity was 81.

 

 

Jacob Gerson SS / RHP / Woodrow Wilson, VA / 2023

Gerson is 5-11 with a strong athletic 180 pound frame that has some projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an open balanced athletic stance, two step stride on line, short smooth load back to a wrap. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, uphill line drive swing path with strength at contact and extension through the ball, extra base power present to all fields, exit velocity was 93. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with a wider base and soft quick hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short loose quick arm action, position velocity was 80. Ran a 7.42 60 yard dash.

 

 

Joe Gomez SS / RHP / Fluvanna County , VA / 2023

Gomez is 5-10 with an athletic 160 pound frame that has some lower half strength present and plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, two step low leg kick stride on line, smooth load back to a slight 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 path with some strength at contact, extra base power present in the middle of the field with potential to grow into more as he fills out, exit velocity was 89. In the infield, gets body behind ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a higher three-quarters arm slot, short loose quick arm action, position velocity was 84. Ran a 7.35 60 yard dash.

 

 

Will Green 3B / RHP / King George , VA / 2023

Green is 6-1 with a physical athletic 195 pound frame that has some lower half strength present and some projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a balanced athletic stance, stride on line, short smooth load back to a slight wrap. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with some strength at contact and extension through the ball, extra base power present to all fields, exit velocity was 86. In the infield, gets body behind ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 75.

 

 

James Hall OF / 2B / Glen Allen , VA / 2024

Hall is 5-8 with a lanky athletic 135 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, short stride on line, short load back to a slight wrap. Hips rotate with some violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path, some strength at contact with extension through the ball, showed a good approach working primarily gap to gap with the potential to develop some gap power, exit velocity was 82. In the outfield, position velocity was 70. Ran a 7.18 60 yard dash.

 

 

Alex Hebenstreit 1B / OF / Paul VI, VA / 2022

Hebenstreit is 6-5 with a lanky athletic 185 pound frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from slightly open balanced athletic stance, strides on line, short smooth load back to a slight wrap. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short and quick to the ball, uphill swing path with strength at contact and good extension through the ball, extra base power present to all fields with more to come in the future, showed a pull preference, exit velocity was 88. In the infield, gets body behind ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 69. Ran a 7.08 60 yard dash.

 

 

William Hemp 2B / OF / Glen Allen, VA / 2024

Hemp is 5-11 with an athletic 160 pound frame that some projection left to it. He hits from the left side from slightly open balanced athletic stance, short stride on line, smooth load back to a slight wrap. Hips rotate completely and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with strength at contact and some extension through the ball, showed a good approach working gap to gap, could grow into some extra base power, exit velocity was 79. In the infield, gets body behind ball and fields with a wider base and above average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 71. Ran a 7.59 60 yard dash.

 

 

Dylan Hudson 3B / C / Mills Godwin, VA / 2023

Hudson is 5-11 with an athletic 185 pound frame that some 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 and up to a slight wrap. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with some strength at contact, showed a good approach working gap to gap, swing generates some loft and carry, power present in the middle of the field with more still in his future, exit velocity was 93. In the infield, gets body behind ball and fields with a wider base and average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short quick arm action, position velocity was 80. Ran a 7.40 60 yard dash.

 

 

Darryl Husband SS / OF / Hanover , VA / 2023

Husband is 5-6 with an athletic 140 pound frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He is a switch hitter. From the left side, he hits from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, short stride on line, smooth load back to a slight wrap. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with some strength at contact, showed a pull approach, some power present. From the right side, he hits from an open balanced athletic stance, short stride on line, smooth load down and back to a slight wrap. Hips rotate completely with violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with some strength at contact, showed a good approach working gap to gap, some gap power present. Best exit velocity was 88. In the infield, rounds ball and fields with a wider base and above average hands, works through the ball to a clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 74. Ran a 6.94 60 yard dash.