Jackson
Halverson

California State Games - Bulldog with the stuff to back up his approach. When he's attacking the zone with his four pitches (FB, CB, SL, CHG) he can bully the hitters. FB up to 88.5 mph with life and high spin efficiency average (93%) at most recent event. CB is above average, with 2400+ avg spin and his movement average is toward the highest end of the range. Short take away on backside, somewhat like if he was a catcher when he was younger. There are likely some sniffs of 90 mph in his future this spring.

Event: Fresno Preseason ID
Positional Profile: RHP/OF
Physical: 6-3, 185-pounds; 4.54 30-yard, 21.2” max jump height; Lean strength well-proportioned throughout a broad sizeable frame.
Delivery: Knee lift up to chest height, small turn at the rubber, controlled movement down the slope, in-line stride, creates stability against front side, finishes in decent fielding position with full glove arm swing past body.
Arm Action: Short backside with no backside depth, syncs up with his stride and movement down slope, gets to high-3/4 slot, ability to maintain consistent release point while showing each pitch from same slot.
FB: T84.6 mph, 83.5-84.5 mph range, 2186 max spin; Late arm side movement, can dart it inside to RHH, extension and short arm action present it as a sneaky hot FB.
CB: 67-69 mph, 2354 max spin; Downer depth with feel, enough spin to get quick change of direction if not fully a snappy break, steep depth in zone, same release as FB suggests this pitch has swing and miss usability.
SL: 70-72 mph, 2531 max spin; Shorter break than CB but also has depth and tilt, can create spin while maintaining feel, action is consistent and has feel for both sides of plate, on the arm side it can play as a breaking ball to lock up RHH from getting off a swing.
CHG: 73-76 mph, 1593 avg spin; Trusts the release, body stays quiet as arm travels, big deceleration of spin off the FB, can pull the string.

Offensively: RH. EV max – 90.2 mph, hand speed max – 20.5 mph, bat speed max – 67.6 mph; Feet just outside shoulders, slightly open set-up, balanced, medium knee lift out to heavier landing stride, loads straight back from a higher hand set, gets to depth of load just before triggering swing, stays upright through the swing, has strength and bat speed to create impact contact particularly to pull side, finish varied between two hand finish and top hand release.
Defensively: 1B mph – 83; Raw arm strength stands out at the position, showed feel for backhand while setting feet to get off feeds to 2^nd base, calm actions, moved around with awareness of where he is in relation to the bag.

NorCal Uncommitted Games - At 6-foot-2, 175-pounds, the junior right-hander looks poised to have a breakout season. Loose quick arm, fastball peaking at 85.6 mph and steadily cruising at 84 mph (84.6 avg mph), he's got a delivery that allows the velocity to play up. It's the 6'4" average extesion on the FB with an average 5'1" release height, coming from a the right side of the rubber that creates angles and planes that stand out. His CB averaged 2400 spin, coming from the same angle and similar extension, with a slightly higher release height.