Cooper
Lewis

Uncommitted. 6-foot-2, 195 pounds. Other than helping get players signed to the school of their dreams, my favorite part about scouting for PBR continues to be finding players that are either relatively or completely unknown. This is one of them, and it’s an absolute gem. With a prototype frame and a strong lower half, this is a dude built for velocity. Although there is rawness to him pitchability wise, that’s also one of the most exciting things about him. Why? Well, he has some very advanced mechanical traits. The first 2 positives I noticed with his operation were the advanced lower half mechanics and his effortless full circle arm action from an L3/4 slot. He comes set with his largest muscles in the legs fully engaged (pressure on the hammys+glutes) due to a slight bend in the knee of his drive leg. He “sits in the chair” or sinks in the down phase of his delivery and holds that same bend throughout his stride, creating a foundation for his arm action to connect to and fire with. The arm drops effortlessly out of the glove, creating momentum with gravity instead of pulling out of the glove with effort. The result is a gradual build of arm speed that doesn’t use a bit of effort until it’s in a healthy throwing position. Lewis’ arm path is impeccably clean & repeatable, and shows above average deception with it being tough to pick up. His upper half stacks over the rubber and the force+connection of all his largest muscles on the backside promote optimal arm health. As far as his stuff goes, the most intriguing part is his potential for a power sinker. The pitch is very low spin, arrives on a steep plane, and shows sudden+ wicked tail to the glove side. It gets beat into the ground and also gets an impressive amount whiffs low in the zone. His feel to spin a sweeping CB for strikes makes him more than a 1 pitch guy currently. With a future power SNK, feel to spin, and potential for a CH, look for this arm to explode onto the scene in the next year or 2.