Trigg
Cloward

Trigg Cloward, Spanish Fork (UT), 2028
Positional Profile: SS/C The #6 ranked player in the '28 class with bloodlines from his Father Casey was a starting catcher at BYU, uncle Bruce Searle was a LHP and 6'4. Grandpa was a catcher at BYU on the only CWS team in history at the Y in 1971.
Body: 5-8, 132.5-pounds. Small frame with room for another 25-30 Lbs at maturity and really believe with his athletic frame and well prop build, that he can reach this by the end of his HS career. Will eventually become a Lb for Lb strong young man. Currently wears a size 11 shoe, the projections are high % chance of happening!
Hit: RHH. Semi-spread with a crouch into solid knee flexion. Holds the bat conventionally over his back shoulder a little flat and then rock a back into the launch position and gets solid load to foot strike separation. Flatter path and keeps the barrel in the zone a long time. Has a 75+% on-plane efficiency and has a fluid fast bat his size, development and class. 61.9 mph bat speed with 8 G's of rotational acceleration.
Power: 86 max exit velocity, averaged 68.8 mph. 260' max distance. LD bat with back spin to the gaps and knows his limitations and what type of player he is.
Arm: RH. C-71 mph. INF-74 mph. Quick fluid arm that works mechanically proper! Short quick and gets ext out front. Can see the arm taking off as he continues to develop physically and strength wise
Defense: 1.98-2.01 pop times. Behind the plate, he's twitchy and athletic with an active lower 1/2 and shows quick advanced receiving skills. Let's the ball travel to him, rather than reaching. Been schooled in the fundamentals. Pop times of 1.98-2.01 suggest he can can repeat and is accurate to keep the spacing of the tenths of second one-off each other. As a MIF, he shows some natural flash that comes from graceful athletic movement patterns. The wrist is loose and the glove soft and the feet educated.
ATH: 7.90 runner in the 60.
Vizual Edge: 74.75 Edge Score

One of the top ‘28’s in the state and also a mainstay at events since he was a 7th grader and now into invite events over the past calendar year as an 8th grader. A strong two way C/SS that hasn’t really separated himself one way or the other with the two spots, as he shows well at both and has the feel of a “Baseball Player.” The actions at SS are fluid and as clean as can be for a young maturing kid. His movement patterns are what catch your eye. Behind the plate we are talking 1.93-2.05 pop times, with quick twitch to his lower ½ and clean fast exchanges. As the arm continues to develop over the next 4-5 years, we are looking at a sub 1.9 consistent arm. The bar is now starting to show some promise since our first look a year and half ago. He’s starting to control his body and swing path more consistently and as he continues to develop his overall body strength and lower ½ power, it is going to aid every part of his game. Will be fun to see where he’s at come summer time after a big off season of gym work and speed/agility training. He’s gonna be fun to watch!

Rising Stars ID 

Cloward comes from college baseball bloodlines, as his father Casey was a catcher for the BYU Cougars for 4 years in the early to mid 2000’s. You can see in Trigg’s game the influence of a D1 college level father with his athletic movement patterns and overall baseball actions. A catcher and a MIF’er, Trigg caught my attention with his actions up the middle. Trigg shows advanced sequencing of his movements, as shows the pre-pitch hop in landing his feet as the bat meets ball, which allows his timing to move in any direction to the ball. There is some educated foot patterns as he sequences his steps and address to the ball, to get into a solid position to play with his left foot forward and planting his left heel into the ground to soften his momentum moving forward. He shows soft hands and receives out front and works from the ground up and gets rid of the ball quick with K’s to 1B. As a hitter, all that is needed is age and physical maturity with his pre-pitch setup conventional and balanced. He rocks back for timing and lifts into a medium knee kick and at foot strike, fires his lower 1/2 and whole body into traditional spinning contact. The bat path is short and direct and produced hard LD’s with backspin through the big part of the field and didn’t look to pull. He stayed on balls and stayed middle-middle with a whippy quick bat for his age and maturation level. With age, maturity and physical growth with the strength component coming in the next couple of years, this kid has the makings of a really good player moving forward. The base is there to build into a very good HS baseball player, that listens and soaks up instruction to go beyond the HS level. It will be fun to follow his journey and see where it ends up!