Reid
Briney

2/21/16 - Briney is a 5-foot-10 200-pound right-handed hitting catcher in Kansas’ 2017 class from Blue Valley Southwest HS.  He ran a 4.58 home-to-first and has an exit velo of 88 mph. At the plate, balanced set up, smooth load into back leg, no wasted movement, accelerated and quick bat speed, solid consistent contact to middle of cage, body under control.  Behind the plate, over the top release, momentum towards second base to throw, quick exchange, pop times between 2.01 and 2.09-seconds, one of the top pop times of the event, positional velo of 75 mph, mostly accurate throws.

6/09/15 - Reid is a 5'9 190-pound right hand hitting catcher and right handed pitcher from Blue Valley Southwest. Behind the plate has good footwork with clean quick exchange with pop times 1.91 to 2.10 and short over the top throws that were mostly accurate with top velo of 76 mph. On the mound, he is balanced with a good tempo high 3/4 arm slot with good action and release point, working his fastball 81-82 with a max fastball of 82 mph at this event. A strong swing and good hands through the zone, barreling up several balls during BP with a exit velo of 81 mph.

2/21/15 - Briney is a 5-foot-9 200-pound catcher in the Kansas 2016 class. Briney had pop-times between 1.91 and 2.10, with a velo of 76 mph.  quick hand-to-glove exchange, quick release, over-the-top slot, fluid footwork, mostly accurate throws. At the plate, tall/balanced stance, short stride, no wasted movement, short path to contact, level to extension, middle-to-opp approach, consistent line-drives during BP, 79 mph exit velo, 4.62 home-to-first. On the mound, Briney was 80-81 mph with fastball, two-seam has late run, 82 mph, 12-to-5 curveball 67-69 mph, sharp/late break, swing and miss change-up, late sink, near fastball arm speed 74-76 mph.  Briney has over-the-top release, and throws with regular effort, quick arm speed, athletic finish, shows command of zone with all pitches.

Strong build with athletic actions.

1/4/14 - Briney stands at 5-foot-9, 200 pounds and throws from a ¾ slot using short, simple arm action.  His overall delivery is simple and he demonstrated body control throughout his delivery.  He peppered the strike zone with his 81-84 mph fastball, 64-66 curveball and 70-72 sinking change-up.  He wastes no time in between pitches as he back peddles to the top of the mound immediately after delivering a pitch.  Strike-throwers that work fast tend to log a lot of innings at all levels of baseball and Briney fits that mold.

1/4/14 - Briney is a 5-foot-9, 200-pound right-hand hitting catcher.  From behind the plate he showed fluid footwork and clean exchanges.  He throws with a short over-the-top motion with a top velocity of 71 mph and a pop time of 2.08.  He hits from a balanced stance using a short, inline stride and smooth backward hand load.  His bat bath is fairly level and he has a mostly gap-to-gap approach.  His exit velocity high was 81 mph.