Nathan
Verst

8/11/13 - Verst is a 5-foot-11, 165-pound prospect.  He showed good lateral movement and an accurate arm across the infield at 84 mph, made several nice plays in game action that included a bare-hand play and a diving stop in the hole, getting to his feet quickly and throwing out the runner.  At the plate, Verst hits from a balanced setup, gets lower half involved in swing, line-drive type hitter, level swing path, registered 86 mph tee exit velocity, ran 4.81 down the line, went 0-for-4 during game play.  On the mound, room to fill on frame, uses medium arm action and works through a high ¾ arm slot, shows a quick arm, struggled some with command but settled in, fastball sat 82-84 mph and touched 85, 2-seamer shows some arm-side run, curveball is a solid pitch at 70-72 mph with sharp 11/5 action, good command of changeup thrown with good arm action at 74-75 mph with some fade, solid 2014 pitching prospect.