Drue
Hackenberg

VA/DC Scout Blog

Durable frame with a strong lower half. The arm is fairly loose and clean with plenty of arm speed through release. In the first Hackenberg was 91-92 and touched 93 once. The fastball stayed up in the first and he had a hard time getting it down to the glovee side, drifting up and to the arm side. In the second the velocity was 89-91 and seemed to be able to get it down in the zone and to the glove side a little easier. It was not until later into the first inning that Hackenberg showed the slider. Once he showed it, it was evident that he possesses a legitimate out pitch in the slider. The slider has hard 11/5 break that is late. The slider stayed 78-80 mph with spin that ranged from 2525-2667 and did not find a barrel during his two innings of work. The changeup was 85-86 mph with some late fade.