CLASS OF 2014
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Brad
Bass
Notre Dame
Lincoln-Way Central (HS) • IL
6' 6" • 215LBS
R/R
Lincoln-Way Central (HS) • IL
6' 6" • 215LBS
R/R
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- A Look Back At The PBR Future Games' Star-Studded History - Jul 13, 2017
- Illinois MLB Draft: Day 2 Recap - Jun 13, 2017
- Top 10 Player Profiles of 2014: No. 8 Brad Bass - Dec 22, 2014
- The Hotlist: A Historical Look At The Future Games - Jul 30, 2014
- Who From The Overall Rankings Got Drafted? - Jun 12, 2014
- Illinois Scout Blog - Jun 12, 2014
- Illinois Draft Preview - Jun 3, 2014
- The Buzz: Anthony Herron (MO) Makes His Decision - May 30, 2014
- 2014 Draft Blog - May 30, 2014
- No. 15 West tops Central in battle of Lincoln-Ways - May 18, 2014
- Updated 2014 Overall Rankings Released - Mar 19, 2014
- PBR Mailbag: What Illinois High Schooler Will Be Drafted First? - Mar 17, 2014
- Preseason Team Countdown: No. 42 Lincoln-Way Central - Mar 7, 2014
- Updated Illinois 2014 Player Rankings - Feb 25, 2014
- The Hotlist: What To Watch For In 2014 - Jan 8, 2014
- Personal Favorites Outside The National Top 50 - Nov 26, 2013
- Hotlist: What Schools Have The Most Top 100 Commitments? - Nov 13, 2013
- Updated Class of 2014 Player Rankings - Nov 12, 2013
- Illinois Insider: Clearing out the Notebook - Nov 7, 2013
- Jupiter: Top Midwest Standouts - Oct 30, 2013
- Jupiter: Day 4 Midwest Notebook - Oct 29, 2013
- Jupiter: Day 1 Midwest Notebook - Oct 26, 2013
- What To Watch For In Jupiter - Oct 22, 2013
- Illinois Insider: Top 2014 Arms Provide Mid-Week Treat - Oct 7, 2013
- Updated Class of 2014 Player Rankings - Sep 11, 2013
- Clearing Out The Notebook: Area Code Games - Aug 18, 2013
- Area Code Games: Day 4 Notebook - Aug 9, 2013
- Updated Overall Class of 2014 Player Rankings - Jul 5, 2013
- Updated Class of 2014 Player Rankings - Jun 18, 2013
- Illinois Scouting Blog - Jun 6, 2013
- Illinois Notebook: 2014 draft class off to strong start - Apr 8, 2013
- Andrew's Simak edges Lincoln-Way Central, Bass - Apr 5, 2013
- Scouting Notes: Lincoln-Way Central vs. Brother Rice - Mar 29, 2013
- Updated Overall Class of 2014 Player Rankings - Mar 8, 2013
- Updated Class of 2014 Player Rankings - Mar 5, 2013
- Updated Class of 2014 Player Rankings - Feb 2, 2013
- Updated Class of 2014 Player Rankings - Oct 25, 2012
- A look at the top pitchers at the Midwest Future Games - Aug 9, 2012
- Team Illinois wins Midwest Future Games. A recap of its dominance - Aug 7, 2012
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5/17/14 - Ranked No. 2 in Illinois’ 2014 class, No. 3 overall. Notre Dame recruit, one of the top draft prospects in the Midwest. Highly projectable and athletic 6-foot-6, 215-pound frame, extremely athletic feet and arm for size. Simple, repeatable delivery, balanced throughout. Should be a consistent strike-thrower at the next levels. Delivery shows minimal effort, and height provides a good downward angle on fastball. Fails to load out of the stretch at times, getting quick with hips and lower half, affecting command. Fastball sat 87-88 touching 90 mph once in the first inning. Fastball sat 84-87 in final three innings. Threw slider in the 78-80 mph range. Slider varied at times showing depth, other times with cutter-like action and not much depth, when he dropped arm slot a bit and got around it. Missed away to right handers with slider, did a better job of staying on top and getting vertical plane on slider to left handed hitters. More of a contact pitch to miss barrels than a swing and miss pitch on this day. Two of three strikeouts came on sliders. Flashed changeup with good arm speed and arm side run in warm ups, seldom used in game action. Threw 90 pitches in four innings and exited presumably due to pitch count, but not helped out by several Lincoln-Way Central errors which extended innings. Should dominate more with stuff, even if it was down a tick from what he has previously shown.
No pitcher in the Midwest Future Games has more upside than the 6-foot-6, 190-pound Bass. He has an athletic, sturdy frame, long arms and legs, and, above all, has a big-time arm. Bass’s fastball regularly touched 90 mph, topping at 91, with serious tilt. It’s heavy and hard, and you don’t need to have a Walt Disney-like imagination to project it being in the mid-to-upper-90 range in the near future. (I can’t remember thinking that about an incoming junior from Illinois, ever.) Bass’s secondary stuff needs refinement, but so what. His 78 mph breaking ball is still harder than most junior’s fastballs.