Jason
Bettencourt

2/26/19 vs Carmel - good day at the plate going 3-3 walking once with two hard contacts driving in a run and scoring two. He attacked FB’s and put a drive into one off the LCF wall. He’s a mature 2019 with strength in the upper half and shows versatility being able to play in the OF and INF.

10/7/18 - Central Coast Open - 5-foot-9, 185-pounds, thicker proportions, stocky with present strong muscles throughout with tight waist. At the plate keeps wider hands and a high back elbow with a narrow stance before slight knee turn starts the swing. Hands work on level plane and show flashes of quickness with a pull side focus (80 MPH exit velo) and audible ball exit during his BP round. Defensively he showed late glove from shorter range with flashes of strong footwork. The arm works from a low slot and was accurate on throws across the diamond (63 MPH).

Pitching - On the mound utilizes a wide stance with hands mid chest out away from the body before simple side step delivery allows catcher like arm to get out long in the back while staying behind a high front knee. Goal post type arm swing to a high-3/4 release with limited angle down in zone. Can work to create more front side leverage with his lower body. Fastball (73-74, occ 77-78 mph) occasionally with some angle. fair spin on curveball (62 mph) though creates good shape, more aggressive arm speed would help. Change-up (67-68 mph) that he kept down and had some cut action.