Ryan
Thompson

Physical: Large and thickly built 5-foot-10, 245-pound frame with strength present. 8.46 runner in the 60-yard dash. 

Offensively: RHH. Starts with an upright, balanced stance with the hands showing rhythm next to the ear. Utilized a toe tap stride while sitting into the backside to initiate a slightly uphill barrel path into the hitting zone. Turned the barrel around early and often creating lift after contact with ability to plug the pull-side gap. Cleared the hips early and liked being pitched out over the plate so he can extend the arms. Worked the hands through to extension well and recorded a max bat-exit velocity of 88 mph per Trackman Baseball / registered a peak batted ball distance of 284 feet during his round. 

Defensively: The primary first baseman featured average footwork around the bag with a moderately high center of gravity and semi stiff glove hand at the fielding window. Slow lateral movements with feel for the glove hand side. Accurate 63 mph arm across the diamond. INF - 63 mph

Physical: 5-foot-11, 240-pounds. Solid, physical frame. 8.12 runner in the 60; 4.78 home-to-1B.
Offensively: RHH. Crouched, athletic stance with some bend in the knees, feet just wider than shoulder width apart, hands start back behind his ears and work down on load along with a small leg kick for timing Quick hands, barrel clears the zone very quickly, barrel is direct to the ball and finishes on an uphill plane. Hard contact up the middle and to pull side. 86 MPH raw exit velocity.
Defensively: Controlled footwork on approach, gets low with the ball and fields it in the middle of his body. Short arm swing with a 3/4 arm slot.  INF - 65 MPH.
Pitching: Builds momentum with a high leg lift, gets into back side with shoulder tilt as stride in line to a repeatable release and balanced follow through. Long arm action with a high 3/4 release. FB: T71, 68-71 MPH. Works downhill flashing arm side run. CB: 59-60 MPH. Sharp 11-5 break.  CH: 60-63 MPH. Maintained arm speed.