Ben
DeTaeye

3/4/18- 5-foot-11, 150-pound left-handed hitting 2-way player. #62 ranked player in Iowa 2019 class. On mound; lean lanky frame, rolls into shorter balance point, long arm action, delivers from ¾ slot, with hand quickness. Fastball has late running action at 79-82 mph; touching 83 mph for strikes. Slider was 71-72 mph thrown with good hand speed producing tight rotation and late break. Splitter is solid/avg. pitch with decent arm-side sink and depth.  4.51 home-to-first time. Body load, hands are stagnant at times, clean path through contact, middle/away approach, consistent solid contact producing line drives and ground balls, 83 mph exit velocity. Solid athlete in field, works around and through baseball, fields cleanly, has long action showing accuracy and carry to target, 86 mph arm from outfield.