Aaron
Kucia

8/9/15

6-foot-4, 205 pounds with a big, solid projectable pitching frame. The southpaw shows smoothness in his delivery with typical effort. Throws through a 3/4 slot with long arm action as he offers an 82-84 mph fastball with natural arm-side run movement. Breaking ball shows some bite as it works through a 1/7 break at 73-74 mph.

7/15/15

6-foot-4, 205-pound solid, projectable frame. Left-handed hitter with a big leg kick for his load and long stride. Flat swing that showed some power to pull side and 86 mph exit velocity. Ran 4.87 home to first. In the outfield he gains good momentum from his crow hop and throws from a loose 3/4 slot with 77 mph arm strength. On the mound the southpaw has an easy delivery that he is able to repeat and is on line at foot strike. From a high-3/4 slot his fastball sat 80-83 mph with arm side run. Spins a good breaking ball with depth at 70-71 mph and 1/7 tilt. Showcased a changeup that gets hard at times at 75-77 mph.

6/9/15
6-foot-4, 200-pound projectable frame. On the mound he has a slow tempo delivery that speeds up at the end. Controlled lift and is on line at foot strike. Throws from a loose, high-3/4 slot with his fastball sitting 81-83 mph. Spins a decent breaking ball with 1/7 tilt at 70-72 mph and mixed in a changeup with good arm speed and life at 77 mph.

2/16/15
Good, athletic pitcher’s frame at 6-foot-4, 200-pounds. His delivery requires regular effort on the mound. Throws using a clean arm action with average arm speed through a ¾ slot. Has a good follow through bending over his front leg and finishing his pitches. He showed a good feel for his off-speed pitches. His fastball was at 80-82 mph. Throws a tight breaking curveball at a 1/7 plane with signs of good late break on the pitch at times between 72-73 mph. He also throws a hard changeup with some sink and tailing movement at 76-78 mph.

8/10/14
6-foot-3, 197 pound projectable build. On the mound the southpaw has a average tempo delivery that speeds up at foot strike. He collapses on his back side which doesn’t allow him to get down angle on his pitch. Throws from a ¾ slot with his fastball sitting 77-79 mph.  Also, mixes in a hard slider at 70-71 mph. Throws a changeup with good arm speed at 70-73 mph with good fade.

6/16/14
6-foot-3, 197-pound good athletic body frame. Did not show defensively at first-base on this occasion. Left-handed hitter starts with a slightly open stance getting back to even, hands back trigger gets close to arm bar, uses an inward turn with front foot for timing, shows the ability to use both parts of the field reached a top exit velocity of 79 mph. Ran a 5.00 from home to first. From the mound he uses a quicker paced delivery with some momentum, has average armspeed coming from a ¾ slot. His fastball was 77-80 mph with some tail to it. Curveball was tighter showing some signs of sharpness at 69-72 mph, Slider had similar action at 70-71 mph. He also flashed a changeup using fastball armspeed at 72 mph.