Ian
Fisher

League play began in CIF San Diego Section and Fisher got the nod to throw game one for Carlsbad. He entered the game with a sub-2 ERA in 19 innings of work and already had 25 strikeouts on the season. He looked sharp from the get-go with a 2 pitch arsenal that had Rancho Bernardo off balance the entirety of the outing. His FB sat a consistent 85-86 mph and topped out at 87 on several occasions. It had natural arm side run and sink but in multiple at bats, it played as a secondary pitch rather than his primary. That is because Fisher showed off a devastating CH at 76-77 mph that was used roughly in 50% of his pitches. The primary CH attack really gave the FB more life and made it seem it was coming in arguably 3-4 mph faster than it really was. The CH is a developed pitch for Fisher and he has excellent command with it. It looked like a FB until the very end when the bottom dropped out of it and it fell off the table to both RH and LH hitters. In his delivery, he stayed slightly closed off at his landing point and it caused deception, especially to LHHs. There weren’t many barrels off of Fisher in his 4.1 innings of work as he allowed only two hits and struck out 6 batters. His ERA is down to 1.50 on the season and his impressive outing helped Carlsbad pick up their 9th win of the season in 13 games. It was an impressive debut for the future Big Ten lefty.

 

Delivery: Advanced feel for his mechanics. Repeats well. Side steps into a chest high knee tuck. Decent driveleg engagement as he works down the mound. Glove arm works high creating more uphill shoulders and a pulldown effect with some added deception. More north/south plane of rotation. Larger stride that works in-line through home. Works fast/hard down the mound. Quality block at landing. 

Arm Action: Hand lead path. Longer/full arm action. Gets into some decent scap-load as arm works up. Above avg. arm speed. Works to a H 3/4 slot. Maintains consistent slot/armspeed on all pitch types. 

FB: 82-83. Carry FB shape due to high avg. VB (20.3 inches). Showed average control (40% in-zone). Showed effectiveness up in the zone (getting above barrels) while controlling in-zone mostly low during outing. 

CB: 67-68. Shorter/slower CB. Lower spin. Averaged 3 inches of sweep/drop. Only threw a couple and both were low/in to RHHs. 

CH: 71-73. More of a fading CH. Armside feel for it. Induced a lot of out-front swings in his outing. Smaller drop in VB off FB. If he can kill some more VB, has + pitch potential. 

Body: 5-10, 150-pounds. Long and lanky, high waist, projectable pitchers build. Lower half showing some power and stamina for down-the-line starters projection.
Hit: RHH. Wide stance with athletic bend, step and go load, two-hand finish. Some inside and out to the swing path, best swings were line drives to right-centerfield.  Blast Motion scores of 41-46-57. Average across the board with no glaring weakness. Rotation scoring the highest is a good sign for next level power projection.
Power: 80.00 max exit velocity
Arm: LH. INF - 73.00 mph. Shorter arm action than seen on mound, accurate with throws 5/5, able to make throws from different angles.
Defense: Limited feel around the bag, did a good job on the transfer, fielding developing.

Delivery: Fluid delivery, glove and arm stay close to body, high front side, square finish. Head and body stay level with balance and momentum moving towards home plate.
Arm Action: LH. Consistent fastball, changeup, curveball tilt with TrackMan averages. Fingers on top key to fastball and change up command and control.
FB: T81, 79-80 mph. Tilt and upright balance point create downhill action. Fastball works best armside, ability to control pitch to both sides of the plate will be key to next level success.
CB: 63-64 mph. Curveball breaks with slurvey action, swing and miss potential versus RHH back foot, consistent tunnel release key to future success. 
CH: 72-73 mph. Changeup works well off fastball, ideal speed differential, garnered swings and misses.