Jacob
Weckerly

7/24/18 Defensively as catcher, flashes solid hip flexibility in providing low, wide target. Glove hand is soft and quiet in receiving and framing. Presents soft wall in blocking while staying square and maintaining appropriate trunk angle. a 2.20 pop time was registered on throw of 74 mph out of the crouch.

Offensively, 6-foot, 165-pound right-handed hitter initiates sing from neutral set up with lift and replace stride. Weight shift is passive followed by an aggressive hip turn into a firm front side. There is limited backside release. A bat exit velocity of 83 mph was registered.  

 
6/20/17 5-11, 155-pound right-handed hitter initiates swing with lift and replace from square set up. A  passive weight shift results some tendency to pull off baseball. Weckerly demonstrates a solid feel for the barrel and was able to barrel multiple balls in round of BP.  There is solid back elbow connection, a still head and good posture at contact with a bat exit velocity of 73 mph.  

Defensively, soft glove hand, good lateral movement and blocking skills were demonstrated. Throwing motion is slightly long with tendency to drop elbow.