William
Barbary

Fall Campus Tour: KSU

Is a very projectable backstop with picturesque swing mechanics and a quiet confidence about him we really like. He has a very athletic body for a catcher with broad shoulders and long levers. Offensively, he had one of the most effortless and efficient swing paths of the event. There’s no wasted movement in the swing and a simplified lower half that keeps the head quiet for tracking. It’s a compact path that gets optimal barrel angle late for backspin doubles to the pull side gap. Barbary makes it look easy at the plate, and that typically fares well against quality pitching. He has a simple forward move and the hands work in and out of launch position easily in one fluid motion. This is surely a bat with huge potential in the Chapel Hill lineup. He barreled his way to an 87 mph max EV, averaging 81. His catch and throw is very solid, turning in 2.00 - 2.08 pop times with throws on an accurate one hop. The transfer is nice and the reason for his pop times. The arm was up to 83 in the infield, showing there’s much more arm strength that can be activated behind the dish.