Grayson
Gates

Lean, athletic 6-foot-1, 170-pound frame with room for added strength. Right-handed pitcher works from a deliberate, on-line delivery landing slightly closed making it tough for hitters to pick up the baseball. Clean, compact arm action into a loose high-¾ arm slot with quick arm speed. Fastball has some late life with arm side run working 83-85 mph. Showed good arm speed on a rolling breaking ball with 10/5-shape at 70-71 mph. Also, showed a short late cutter at 77-78 mph.

10/28/18 Lean 6-foot, 160-pound frame with athletic build and room to add strength. Right-handed hitter that hits from balanced, stacked setup, with simple load and medium stride. Line-drive type hitter with fluid rhythm, and uphill path that produced an exit velocity of 84 mph. On infield worked with deliberate feet into athletic fielding position, fielding ball out front with receptive hands. Clean exchange and medium arm swing into high-3/4 release producing a infield velocity of 83 mph. Also posted a 7.50 60-yard dash. Right-handed pitcher working from a short arm stroke into high-¾ release, and regular effort. Athletic delivery with fluid rhythm, level shoulders, mostly in-line direction, landing square while finishing athletically. Fastball sat 77-80 mph showing ability to command for strike, topping at 81 mph. Breaking ball showed late 10/5-shape with near fastball arm speed at 70-71 mph while change up was thrown at 72-73 mph.

1/21/18 Currently ranked No. 16 in Louisiana’s 2021 class. Lean 6-foot, 155-pound frame with athletic build and room to add strength. Long arm action with slight wrap on backend with average arm speed into ¾ release, and regular effort. Most comfortable working from stretch. Athletic delivery with fluid rhythm, level shoulders, mostly in-line direction, but works slightly to first base side, and lands square. Pitched 77-79 mph, touching 80 mph, with mostly straight action, and control to both sides of plate with the fastball. Breaking ball showed 10/4 shape with near fastball arm speed, early break, solid depth, and spin at 67-68 mph. Also showed solid feel for changeup with fastball arm speed, deception, and fading action with depth at 72-73 mph.