Nick
Leonard

08.07.18
Big bodied and strong at 6-foot-1, 200 pounds. Strength over quickness with better than average bat speed produced an exit velocity of 98 mph off the barrel.  Nimble feet for a big guy, ran a 7.21 sixty. Right handed hitter sits balanced and tall with a vertical bat. Quiet setup. Weight shift back to load the weight.  Short stride. Lower half works to get through each swing. Wants extension. Worked gap to gap, driving the baseball to the pull side. Cautious to the ball in the outfield with clean transitions to a short arm swing.  Over-the-top release created carry and accuracy. Positional velocity touched 82 mph from the outfield. Working through an illness, did not workout at 1B or play in the game action.

06.20.18

6 feet 1, 200-pound build. Large frame with broad shoulders.  Strength is present. Nimble feet for a big guy, running a 7.20 in the laser timed 60.  Hits from the right side using a balanced setup. Smooth load with a short stride and quiet barrel. Looks to stay in the middle of the field, with feel for his barrel using a line drive approach. Barrel works short to the ball and stays in the zone with ball of the bat topping at 94 mph. Strength over quickness in the swing, with average batspeed present.  Soft hands at first base with feel for the position. Good rhythm between the feet and hands. Hips lack some bend at times, but did not influence routine plays at all. Solid footwork as the ball transitions to the midsection. Short arm action, throwing from a high ¾ slot. Accurate arm topping at 70 mph.

08.19.17
Decent athlete with some strength in an average build at 6-foot-1, 180 pounds.  Ran a 7.29 sixty and posted an exit velocity of 88 mph off the barrel.  Right handed hitter works from a balanced, athletic stance using a weight shift back to load.  Vertical bat position.  Short stride.  Average bat speed works to the pull side with a strong top hand presence.  Average barrel awareness.  On defense at first base, works through some effort, playing on his heels somewhat.  Clean transitions on the catch working to a short arm swing.  Showed some feel for accuracy on throws measuring 74 mph out of the hand.

11.06.16 
Flashed some looseness in the arm at first base.  Occasionally on his heels, still utilized average hands, to work to a high-3/4 slot.  Flashed accuracy on throws to 2B and on the bunt play to 3B.  Arm strength measured at 72mph.  Right handed hitter stands 6-foot, 177 pounds and works from a tall base, loading back, with a short stride.  Early rhythm with the load and stride.  Occasionally pull conscious with a “wristy” swing.  Exit velocity topped at 84mph.  Ran the sixty in 7.75.