Chase
Hoover

10/22/17 - Home-1^st: 4.91, Pop Time: 2.25-2.28, Position Velocity:  C-70, Exit Velocity: 84

6-foot-1, 180-pound, RHH showed advanced receiving tools w/ bat speed and projectable pull power w/ patient approach, drawing two walks in game.  Medium, athletic profile w/ lot of projection remaining, some present lower half strength.  Offensively, hits from a straight on, crouched stance w/ back shoulder hand location.  Bat waggle.  Shift of weight, toe turn and proper load.  Generates bat speed through the zone w/ slight uppercut swing.  Pull oriented approach projects for pull power.  Legs along for the ride, when taps into them, will increase in game power.  Defensively, presents quality low target for his pitchers w/ quiet glove.  Can present the same target within his action stance, will come with reps.  Advanced receiver for age, will get his pitchers lots of strikes.  Moves well behind the plate.  As a thrower, has a slight hitch in his throw w/ developing arm strength.  Very intriguing defense first catcher w/ good bat profile, intriguing follow into the spring.

6/14/17 - Home-1^st: 4.88, Pop Time: 2.22-2.30, Position Velocity:  C-66, Exit Velocity: 81
6-foot-0, 175-pound, RHH hits from a more balanced and loaded stance than we saw from him in January, loads into his backside better, uses a leg kick and short stride, tends to side back and spin a little too much.  Defensively, showed average hands and footwork, exchange was pretty efficient, footwork left his front side a little open.

1/16/17 - 60 Time: 7.51, Pop Time: 2.14-2.26, Position Velocity:  C-67, Exit Velocity: 75
5-foot-11, 170-pound, RHH hits from a balanced and even stance with his knees cocked way inside his feet, uses a short and sometimes late stride with a slight lowering and sudden movement back with his hands to get loaded, lower half acts a little awkwardly as it begins cocked but goes back while he’s loading and is never quite able to fire again, bat path is mostly flat with some slight light through contact, let the ball get in on him quite a bit.  Defensively, showed very good hands and footwork behind the plate, exchange was efficient but took a little bit to get rid of the ball, arm strength will grow with age, over-the-top release point.