Matthew
Macaluso

5-foot-10, 185-pound, strong, thick athletic frame. A well proportioned athlete, hands and wrists have strength to them. A right-handed hitter, plays the corners in both the infield and outfield. At the plate, feet are even at shoulder width, hands are loose at the shoulders. For timing, uses a small quick leg kick, hands have some separation from the body. The lower half is engaged, helps produce bat speed and getting the hands through the baseball. The swing is level to up, barrel has life and whip out front, tee exit velocity was clocked at 82 mph. The hands stay inside the baseball, approach is more gap to gap, shooting one line drive after another, took a solid round of batting practice. Defensively, the arm was clocked both at 71 mph from the infield and outfield, works out of a natural ¾ slot, its clean on the back side. The hands look to be soft, fields out front and works low to the ground. Looks to move well to glove side, needs more lateral movement to the backhand. Footwork in outfield was correct, steps through and gains ground, with momentum moving towards target, minimal pull with front side glove. I like the ability to maneuver the barrel to the baseball, shows potential to hit.

Sixty Yard Dash: 7.94

Position Velocity: 71 MPH

5-foot-10, 180-pound, average athletic frame. The shoulders are rounded, well proportioned athlete, the hands and wrists have strength to them. A right-handed hitter showed to have pull power, with good plate discipline, the approach at the plate is advanced. The hands have strength, swing is level to up, made hard contact in his round of batting practice, tee exit velocity was clocked at 80 mph. The sixty yard dash was clocked at 7.91  In game performance, collected a single and had a flyout to left field.  Defensively, throws from slightly a lower slot, could get on top more and work down hill, arm was clocked at 68 mph from the outfield and 72 mph at third base across the diamond.  At third showed good feet, moved throughout and hands were soft. The arm action was clean with no hesitation at all on the back side.  Projects more of a corner infielder for me, like how the hands and feet work together, first step quickness could him improve.