Matthew
Shorey

The Vanderbilt LHP signee came on late last spring and has been fun to watch his development. Tall, lean build at 6 foot, 160-pounds that has plenty of opportunity to add continued muscle to his frame as he matures and progresses in a weight training program. He attacked hitters all night and was consistently getting ahead into good pitcher counts. He gave up a few hits early with all of the damage against him coming in the first inning before settling down and not surrendering a hit the rest of his outing. He worked mostly in the 85-87 MPH range with his fastball to both sides of the plate with good sinking run, while mixing in a curveball in the low 70’s to go along with a slider to lefties in the mid/upper 70’s that presented late sweeping action. Finished the game with 8Ks over the course of 5 innings to go with two walks. Opens up well with his hips and stays in line to home plate consistently with a little bit of crossfire over his front side. More velocity to come as he gets into a college strength program.

Positional Profile: LHP Upside lefty w/ feel for spin and good projection.
Body: 6-2, 160-pounds. Lean, slender toned frame w/ point shoulders and slopped chest. Lacks strength but good projection.
Delivery: Step back rocker into strong balance point. Tall n fall lower half, on line, and square toe landing. Easy, relaxed rhythm.
Arm Action: LH. Long, loose arm action working to low 3/4 to side arm slot.
FB: T84, 81-83 mph. Straight action w/ some arm side life when throwing arm side. T2213, 2061 average rpm.
SL: 70-74 mph. Power sweep w/ average bite and flashes of a future plus pitch. Better bite glove side, more cast on arm side. T2463, 2305 average rpm.
CH: 75-76 mph. Developing third offering w/ ok action and tunnel off FB. T1860, 1738 average rpm.