Dylan
Dirks

10/31/15 - Dirks is a 6-foot-2 180-pound left-handed hitting first baseman and left-handed pitcher in Kansas’ 2016 class.  Dirks ran a 7.37 60 and a 4.65 home-to-first.  During batting practice, starts in balanced position, controlled leg lift separating from hands,  strides inline, gap-to-gap approach with mostly line drives to pull side, 81 mph exit velo.  On the infield, 72 mph positional velo, short high-three quarters release, loose arm action, fluid footwork, clean glove-to-hand exchange, quick release. Dirks has a long/thin frame with loose arm action, works downhill with an max fastball at 80 mph, working 78-79 mph, consistently down in zone, shows command of slider with 2-to-8 action at 70-71 mph, curveball has more 1-to-7 action at 64-65, change with arm side release at 71 mph.  Hides ball well and lands on a stiff front leg, repeats mechanics well.