David
Barker

Arkansas State signee, ranked No. 50 overall in the state’s senior class. Lanky, long-limbed 6-foot-4, 175-pound frame with plenty of room for added physical development. Worked in relief for the Panthers in this look. Long and loose arm action, ¾ slot. Fastball touched 91 mph, played in the mid-to-upper-80s with hard sink. Tight spin with late break off fastball’s plane on slider, 72-74 mph, developing feel. Unique look on the mound, highly intriguing profile that didn’t have his best stuff in this look.

Arkansas State signee, ranked No. 50 overall in the state’s senior class. Lanky, long-limbed 6-foot-4, 175-pound frame with plenty of room for added physical development. Worked in relief for the Panthers in this look. Long and loose arm action, ¾ slot. Fastball touched 91 mph, played in the mid-to-upper-80s with hard sink. Tight spin with late break off fastball’s plane on slider, 72-74 mph, developing feel. Unique look on the mound, highly intriguing profile that didn’t have his best stuff in this look.

Verbally committed to Arkansas State.

6-foot-3, 170-pound long, lanky, highly projectable athlete with whippy levers. Entered the high school season with plenty of momentum after a stellar winter circuit. Toed the rubber for O’Fallon, hurling four scoreless frames in a start. Simple side-step starts delivery, front hip coils inward and starts working down the slope from balance point, drop/drive pattern that stays closed to footstrike. Finishes onto a firm lead leg, maintains direction to target. Fluid mover downhill, repeated consistently through cold and rainy conditions. Short arm draw from the glove, loose and clean ¾ slot. Held 85-87 mph with his fastball, worked east-to-west with consistent strikes to the glove side. Flashed tight spin on a 72-74 mph slider, late horizontal action on occasion, used sparingly. An upside uncommitted junior arm that’s primed for a big spring as the ace of this O’Fallon staff. 

Positional Profile: RHP/RHP
Body: 6-3, 164-pounds.
Delivery: Athletic, fluid delivery, works on-line, repeatable.
Arm Action: RH. Long, loose, easy arm action, 3/4 slot.
FB: T85.6, 83-85 mph. Easy out of the hand, late finish and arm-side-run. T2192, 2088 average rpm.
SL: 63-67 mph. Slurvy action, 11/5 shape, depth and showed feel. T2183, 2067 average rpm.
CH: 77-77 mph. T1589, 1589 average rpm.

David struck out five in his two innings of work; he works fluidly down the mound with a long, loose, upside arm action and gets all kinds of late arm-side-life and run on his fastball that plays from a ¾ slot. He complemented his fastball with a slurvy breaking ball that played off an 11/5 plane with feel for the zone.