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Steenstra

The 6-foot-5, 185-pound athletic, long-levered shortstop did not throw from the field on this look as he’s recovering from TJ surgery last winter. Defensively, he has smooth actions with soft hands and despite his height, he makes all the plays in the field. Offensively, he showed a mechanical swing which limits his ability to get to certain pitches. He also struggled to identify spin at the plate, striking out in both trips to the plate. After pitching just a two innings for Cowley County (Kan.) as a freshman in the spring of 2019, he could find the bump as his future home. Although I didn’t see another long-limbed, converted shortstop, Joey Nathan, in college (my first look at him was in high-A ball for San Jose in the California League), Steenstra reminds me of him way back in 1998.

Steenstra is very projectable prospect with room to grow in Kansas’ 2018 class. He has a large, athletic frame at 6-foot-5 175 pounds. He ran a 7.76 laser timed 60 and a 4.63 home-to-first. Exit velocity was 85 mph. At the plate during batting practice, Steenstra shows an athletic, open stance, toe-taps, quiet hands and gets good extension through contact. During game action he doubled down the left field line. While on the infield, Steenstra showed good actions, range to both glove and arm side, loose arm action, positional velo of 75 mph and accurate throws. On the mound, Steenstra flashes a loose arm, easy delivery and works consistently downhill. fastball is heavy at 79-82 mph with late action. curveball sweeps with slurve type spin and 10-to-4 action at 68-69 mph