Hunter
Simpson

8/5/18- 5-foot-10, 165-pound right-handed hitting catcher. #78 ranked player in IA 2019 class. 7.39 runner. Body load with leg kick trigger, pull approach, looks to lift, hard ground ball contact to pull side with line drives to middle of field, 86 mph exit velocity. Solid footwork, some stiffness in release, accurate to bag, avg. blocker, handles pitches around zone well to receive, 74 mph arm strength with 2.14-2.19 pop times.

7/31/17- 5-foot-10, 170-pound right-handed hitting 2-way player. 4.55 home-to-first time. Square stance, shoulder load, line drive swing plane with lift, hard contact to outfield, flashes of pop in bat, 89 mph exit velocity. Low balanced stance, good receiver, works baseball back to middle of plate, good ability and quickness side to side, has momentum through plate, quick release, above avg. accuracy to bag, 79 mph arm strength with 1.95-2.01 pop times. On mound; short rocker step into balance point, short pie arm action, collapses on back leg working down mound. Fastball was 78-79 mph with slight cutting action. 12/6 breaking ball has avg. shape with solid depth.