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Kelly

Kelly stands out quickly in a high school baseball environment for his athletic frame which flashes some present strength, loose actions and projects to add more strength as he continues to mature. While passing the eye-test does help a prospect it’s how that frame/tools play in a game environment that will move the needle upward on them and for me Kelly did just that over this look. In four trips to the plate Kelly gave me three really strong looks with a BB, barreled L-8 (robbed of a hit on a diving catch by CF) and pulled a single through the left side. The operation in the box flashes impact with an uphill path, solid present bat speed, feel to use his lower ½ and a solid present approach which profiles Kelly as a long-term middle of the order profile bat with power in the profile. As intriguing as what the RH hitter showed at the plate was the way he can defend at 3B was as interesting if not more interesting. He showed range laterally with quickness in his first step and sound hands to make a pair of nifty plays going to his forehand and robbed extra bases on a one-hopper to his backhand side while also coming downhill on a soft grounder to make a quick accurate throw to first base to retire the runner. The foundation for Kelly is strong, but the projection for him is interestingly high.