Brock
Laird

Brock Laird, Natchitoches Central (LA), 2025 Southeastern Louisiana
Positional Profile: /2B Former Future Gamer.
Body: 5-10, 170-pounds. Athletic with physical lower-half.
Hit: RHH. Wide base, starts in his legs with hands held at shoulder height and uses a simple load and stride. Simple, repeatable swing, direct path down to contact and works slightly uphill through extension with a two-handed finish, stays in his legs from start to finish, gap to gap type hitter with doubles power for now.
Power: 96 max exit velocity, averaged 89.9 mph. 322' max distance.
Arm: RH. INF-78 mph. Short arm action with a 3/4 release.
Defense: Smooth mover on the dirt, gets good reads and jumps off the bat, understands how to cut angles, receives the ball with soft hands into a funnel and has crisp actions, moved really well laterally and on the bounder play, threw from different arm angles with accuracy as well.
ATH: 7.10 runner in the 60. 1.73 and 3.93 in the 10 and 30 yard splits.

Brock Laird, Natchitoches Central (LA), 2025
Positional Profile: SS/2B
Body: 5-10, 170-pounds. Athletic with a physical lower-half
Hit: RHH. Athletic and balanced stance with hands held above shoulder height, uses a simple load and stride Works straight to the ball with a direct path and slightly uphill extension with a two-handed finish, stays on the ball a long time and stays balanced throughout his swing, can drive the ball from gap to gap, hit two doubles in game, both to the pull-side 66.2 mph bat speed with 17 G�s of rotational acceleration.
Power: 94 max exit velocity, averaged 79.2 mph. 326' max distance.
Arm: RH. INF-79 mph. Short and quick AA with a low 3/4-3/4 release.
Defense: Starts low, stays low, presents glove out front early receives with soft hands and funnels to his right ear, looked good on forehand play receiving with two hands and releasing the ball quickly from a lower slot, accurate thrower across the diamond.
ATH: 7.03 runner in the 60.

Positional Profile: SS/2B
Body: 5-9, 155-pounds. Athletic with broad shoulders
Hits: RHH. Starts in a wider base, hands held high, simple load and stride Direct and short path to contact with uphill extension and a one-handed finish, quick hands and increased strength in this look, drove the ball to the middle of the field
Power: 95 max exit velocity, averaged 91 MPH. 335' max distance.
Arm: RH. INF-81 mph.Short and quick with a 3/4 release
Defense: Quick first step with excellent reads off the bat, quiet glove, soft hands, athletic and quick feet take him through the ball, accurate thrower, moved well to left and right, threw from different arm angles and showed quick release
Run: 7.08 runner in the 60.

Positional Profile: SS/2B
Body: 5-9, 155-pounds. Athletic with some lower-half physicality
Hits: RHH. Starts in a slightly open, balanced stance with hihs hands held high, uses a simple load and stride to get to center. Steep path to contact with a slightly uphill two-handed finish, drives his back knee through the ground as he rotates, front side collapsed on a couple of swings.
Power: 92 max exit velocity, averaged 88.6 MPH. 307' max distance.
Arm: RH. INF-79 mph.Short and quick with a low 3/4 release
Defense: Good prep step allows him to get good reads and jumps off the bat, plays low to the ground, fields the ball with soft hands as he funnels, moved well to both left and right
Run: 7.08 runner in the 60.

Positional Profile: MIF

Body: Athletic 5â��8â�� 145 lbs. frame with room to add strength.   

Hit: Starts in a wider and athletic stance with hands held at shoulder height.  Used a toe-tap load and stride, as well as a simple pick up and put down load and stride.  Front side was weak at times, however, for the most part, turned the barrel aggressively by driving his back knee through the ground to create power.  Hit to all fields. 

Power: 82 mph exit velocity.  More power to come. 

Arm:  Low release, short and quick arm action. 74 mph IF velocity.

Defense:  Liked his pre-pitch routine.  Athletic mover, caught everything clean and out front with soft hands. Made a nice bounder play, using two hands, to end his defensive round.  Definitely has a chance to stick at SS in the future. 

Run: Posted a 7.53 in the 60.