Hayden
Thornton

11/4/17 - Thornton is a 5-foot-10 185-pound left-handed hitting catcher in Missouri’s 2019 class.  He ran a 7.29 60 and a 4.45 home to first. He has an 88 mph exit velocity. At the plate, balanced stance, controlled load with rhythm in hands, bring feet together with aggressive in line stride, loose and quick hands, slight natural lift on the swing path, gap to gap contact.  Behind the plate, 1.98 to 2.08 pop times, 75 mph positional velocity, quick actions, soft hands with clean change, feet create aggressive momentum to throw, attacks ball to block, mostly accurate throws.

2/20/16 - Thornton is a 5-foot-6 170-pound left-handed hitting catcher in Missouri’s 2019 class from Staley HS.  He ran a 4.78 home-to-first and has an exit velo of 73 mph. At the plate, balanced set up, feet slightly close, hands walk away from stride foot to lead, swing produced consistent middle to pull side line drives.  Behind the plate, pop times between 2.20 and 2.51, 67 mph positional velo, high three quarters release, quick feet with clean exchange, player to follow in 2019 class.