Dominic
Puentes

Event: California State Games
Positional Profile: SS/2B
Physical: 5-11, 178-pounds; 7.83 60-yard, 4.40 30-yard split, 1.95 10-yard split, 25.7” vertical jump.
Offensively: RHH. EV max – 95.3 mph (85.2 avg), estimated distance max – 365 ft, hand speed max – 23.1 mph (21.5 avg), bat speed max – 73.5 (71.1 avg); Ability to make consistently hard barrel contact, fly ball approach, takes an aggressive hack, has intentional aggressive attack angle along with ability to consistently stay on his chosen plane, Wide feet set-up, knees and feet a bit pinched, slight reverse move out to small stride, slightly lower hands as he loads over backside, back side doesn’t quite clear fully, high two hand finish.
Defensively: INF mph – 80; Chops feet in set-up to ball, head a bit over feet when fielding ball, soft hands, traps and funnels to the waist before release, trusts hands, throws were consistently to OF side of 1B bag.

Fall tournament - Built well with good proportions on 5-foot-10 160-pound-ish body, aggressive young hitter, maybe a bit too much so at times, but that can be worked on as he matures. Absolutely wants to swing and has intent to do damage. Starts with slightly open stance and is hunting pitches middle in. Given his desire to swing there will be some swing and miss but when he gets what he's hunting he can be an impactful hitter. The ball came off his bat real well and his swing plane keeps him gap to gap. Defensively the arm looked to profile better if he was on the right side of the bag but given his age and time to develop, he's a SS until proven otherwise.