Colton
Hale

7.22.16 - Verbally committed to Illinois-Springfield.

6.16.16 - 6-foot, 170-pound athletically built right-handed pitching prospect. Comes from a high ¾ slot, short quick, easy arm action. Repeatable, tall and fall delivery, stays in line with target, lands square, and finishes athletically. Shows ability to throw three pitches for strikes. Fastball, late run and sink, ranged 84-85 mph. Curveball, near fastball arm speed, slurve like shape with sharp action, ranged between 72-74 mph. Straight change up, near fastball arm speed, sink and slight fade, sat 76-78 mph. 

2.21.16 - 6-foot, 170-pound athletically built two-way prospect. Projectable right-handed pitcher. On the mound, smooth rhythm, flashes a quick short arm with regular effort in his delivery; stays on-line, lands square and hides the ball. Fastball, thrown for strikes, some arm-side-run and clocked at 80-82 mph, touching 83. Curveball, feel, worked 11/5, tight spin and ranged between 68-71 mph. Changeup, tendency to slow his arm, sink and fade action, 68-72 mph. Offensively, right-handed hitter with a simple approach; short and level bat path through the zone. Balanced setup, smooth load and good balance. 80 mph exit velocity. Defensively, steady hands on the infield. Short arm action, high ¾ slot and clocked at 77 mph across the diamond. Also, ran a 4.62 home-to-first.