Collin
Denk

3/20/17- 6-foot-3, 166-pound left-handed hitting 2-way player. #31 ranked player in MN 2018 class. Quick turn to tall balance point, athletic, lands slightly closed with arm swing across body. Fastball was 83-85 mph with late ASR and consistently worked bottom of zone. Breaking ball is thrown at fastball arm speed, has solid shape, and depth should continue to improve. Has above avg. feel for changeup; thrown at fastball arm speed with fade and sink. 7.32 runner. Tall athletic stance, slight rhythm in hands, works gap to gap well, line drive swing plane, solid contact, 84 mph exit velocity. Short arm action, good accuracy to target, opens front side early to throw, solid athlete, appropriate footwork working through baseball, 84 mph arm strength from outfield.

10/23/16- 6-foot-3, 165-pound right-handed pitcher. Lean athletic build. Shows body control and rhythm, short stride down mound- tends to land across body in delivery, arm is quick and clean from ¾ slot. Hides ball from hitter with fastball in 80-82 mph range with explosive late run. 11/5 breaking ball has tight rotation with quality 2-plane break. Has feel for changeup with late heavy action at plate. Strong follow, will be a riser in 2018 rankings.

7/6/16- 6-foot-2, 166-pound left-handed hitting 2-way player. 7.25 runner. Short balance point, arm is clean from short arm stroke, upright finish, lands across body. Fastball has running action at 80-83 mph. Sweeping break with 10/4 shape on breaking ball at 67-69 mph. Changeup was 72-73 mph with run and sink; works bottom of zone well. Athletic frame with solid pop in bat. Square stance, balanced stride, loses posture through contact, line drive swing plane, mid/pull approach with rhythm in swing. 83 mph exit velocity. Shows decent glove and athleticism in field. Raw mechanically and tends to sit on baseball vs. working through it. 76 mph arm strength across diamond.

4/16/16- lean frame. Clean arm action, hides baseball, and had solid life to fastball. Consistently threw strikes with 2 pitches. Fastball was 79-82 mph and separator was an above avg. breaking ball with quality shape and depth at 72-74 mph.