Stockton
Mathis

A lean athletic build with definite weight and strength gains to come with a good strength and conditioning program as well as Mother Nature taking over, Mathis took GB’s in the INF/OF and showed he can handle both adequately. From the OF, he is measured in his approach and would suggest being more aggressive on approach as he has a loose fluid arm that can improve with time. From the INF, he bends at the waist and fields out front, but needs to get lower into his legs which will create added reach out front and help him work through the ball better. Shows a quicker release and comfort to the backhand. There are some things to like at both spots and has good coaching at his HS. A LHH that stands tall and presets his bat at a flatter angle and lifts his foot and posts upright and straight over his back leg. He then fires the bat from a still position, yet creates some bat speed and a linear path through the baseball with a two hand full finish. He did find the barrel throughout his round of BP. Young and has some things to work with here. 

Not a metrics player with Trackman, but what he does is hit and perform in games with a Blast plane score of 70 on the 20-80 scale, which was #1 at the event and a plane efficiency of 80%, also #1. He takes an unconventional approach to leaving the bat in the cocked and ready position and just takes a medium high kick and fires the bat inside the baseball, allowing for the bat head and path to square the ball up on a line to all fields. Have seen him play live a handful of times and all he did was hit and come up clutch in any situation. A contact hitter that will be a high average and high on base type and reads balls off the bat and runs’em down. Has a chance to get significant time on the varsity as a sophomore on a state title contending type 5A club that should be bolstered by a group of high caliber sophomores that should make a deep run for the next 3 years.