Has really gotten stronger he in the body and showed much more athleticism than the previous time we saw him. As an upright approach at the plate with a slightly open stance and short toe tap approach. The hands and the barrel really show quick action with some strength. Really liked his ability to stay on the ball to the hitting zone and finish the swing. Showed nice middle to pull side bat control. Played low to the ground at 1B and moved easily around the bag. Really presented the glove out in front of him and also looked good picking balls in the dirt at the bag.
JC Wilburn (2020, 1B/RHP, Helena) 6’2 190 lbs.- 7.19.18- physical player that ran the 60 in 7.63 and did some very good things on the day. At the plate, he had a 75 mph exit velocity off of a tee and showed a compact swing with very good barrel path that resulted in line drives gap to gap during BP. Defensively, he showed legitimate skills with nice hands and nimble feet and an IF velo of 72 mph. A newcomer to pitching, his fastball topped at 77, breaking ball was 72-74 and his changeup 67-70 as he commanded all three pitches. His best pitch was nasty split finger that he threw at 68-70 but showed late bite and life.
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Has really gotten stronger he in the body and showed much more athleticism than the previous time we saw him. As an upright approach at the plate with a slightly open stance and short toe tap approach. The hands and the barrel really show quick action with some strength. Really liked his ability to stay on the ball to the hitting zone and finish the swing. Showed nice middle to pull side bat control. Played low to the ground at 1B and moved easily around the bag. Really presented the glove out in front of him and also looked good picking balls in the dirt at the bag.
JC Wilburn (2020, 1B/RHP, Helena) 6’2 190 lbs.- 7.19.18- physical player that ran the 60 in 7.63 and did some very good things on the day. At the plate, he had a 75 mph exit velocity off of a tee and showed a compact swing with very good barrel path that resulted in line drives gap to gap during BP. Defensively, he showed legitimate skills with nice hands and nimble feet and an IF velo of 72 mph. A newcomer to pitching, his fastball topped at 77, breaking ball was 72-74 and his changeup 67-70 as he commanded all three pitches. His best pitch was nasty split finger that he threw at 68-70 but showed late bite and life.