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Severt

Unsigned Senior Games

Severt is 6-1 with a lankier frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open balanced athletic stance, strides on line, smooth load down and back. Hips rotate completely with violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, quick to the ball, uphill swing path with a strong contact point and some extension through the ball, showed a pull approach with power present that way and doubles power in the gaps, exit velocity was 93. Behind the plate, quick clean exchange, throws from a three-quarters arm slot, position velocity was 78 and pop times 1.88-1.94. Showed some accuracy on his throws. Showed versatility taking balls in the outfield where his arm played up to 86. Ran a 7.10 60 yard dash.

TPG West

Severt is 6-1 with a lankier athletic frame that has some strength plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open athletic stance, strides on line, smooth load back to a wrap. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, quick to the ball, uphill swing path, showed a pull approach, good extension through the ball, swing generates loft and carry, exit velocity was 90. Behind the plate, quick clean exchange, throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, position velocity was 77 and pop times 1.93-2.03. Throws had some accuracy. Showed versatility taking balls in the outfield where his velocity was 89. Ran a 7.11 60 yard dash.

Preseason All-State II

Severt is 6-1 with a lankier athletic frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an open athletic stance, strides on line, loads back and down. Hips rotate with some violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Keeps hands inside, quick to ball, uphill swing, strong at contact with good extension through the ball, exit velocity was 90. Behind the plate, quick clean exchange, throws from a three-quarters slot with a short arm action, velocity was 79 and pops were 1.97-2.10. Ran a 4.27 home to first.

Top Prospect Games II

Severt is 6-1 with a lankier athletic frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a balanced athletic stance, low leg kick stride on line, smooth load down and back. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Keeps hands inside, short to the ball, strength at contact with extension through the ball, very long levers. Uphill swing path, showed primarily a pull approach with natural loft in his swing and power present with potential for more, exit velocity was 89. Behind the plate, quick clean exchange, throws from a three-quarters arm slot with a short quick arm action, catcher velocity was 77 and pop times were 1.90-1.97. Showed some accuracy on his throws. Showed versatility taking balls in the outfield, where his arm was 86. Ran a 7.31 60 yard dash.

Top Prospect Games West

Severt is 6-1 with an athletic frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an open athletic stance, strides on line, loads down. Hips rotate completely with violence and he maintains some lower half balance. Short to the ball and stays inside, quick bat with very long levers, gets good extension through contact. Slightly uphill swing path, line drive swing with loft built in, showed a pull approach with easy gap power that way and potential for home run power, exit velocity was 88. Severt was recovering from a spring injury and was not ready to catch at this event. He did show versatility and worked out in the outfield, where he had a clean exchange and his velocity was 89 from a three-quarters arm slot. Also worked out at third where his velocity was 87. Ran a 7.33 60 yard dash.

VA/DC Scout Blog

Solid catch and throw catching prospect in the 2021 class. Behind the plate has strong hands with a quick exchange and throws show carry. At the plate Severt has shown progression getting to contact more often and showing comfort while facing better arms. Swing has some uphill tilt and shows strength with some pull side power potential. As the swing continues to mature and strength continues to develop so should Severt.

PreSeason All-State II

Severt is 6-1 with a lankier athletic frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an athletic slightly open stance, strides on line, loads down and back to a slight arm bar, hips rotate completely, and he maintains good balance during his swing. Bat is quick to the ball, showed good approach working gap to gap, slightly uphill line drive swing with some natural loft, has some power gap to gap with a chance to add more as he fills out, exit velocity was 85. Behind the plate, places an emphasis on getting his taller body out of way of umpire, will drop to a knee to not block view, firm receiver. Gains some ground towards second during a quick clean exchange. Throws from a three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 78 and pop times were 1.97-2.05. Ran 4.33 home to first.

Top Prospect Games II 8/8/18

Severt is 6-0 with a lanky frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a slightly open athletic stance, strides on line, smooth load back, hips rotate completely with violence, and he maintains good balance during his swing. Quick to ball, showed good approach working gap to gap, level line drive swing, some strength at contact with extension, exit velocity was 78. Behind the plate, quick clean exchange. Throws from a three-quarters arm slot with a short arm action, position velocity was 77, pop times were 1.94-2.00. Showed versatility taking balls on the infield, position velocity there was 78.

Underclass Games 

Severt is 6-0 with a lankier athletic frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an open athletic stance, strides on line, short load back into a wrap, explosive hips rotate completely, good balance during swing. Very short to ball, has some batspeed, level to slightly uphill line drive swing, showed pull preference, has chance develop easy extra base power, exit velocity was 78. Behind the plate, quick clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, some arm strength, catcher velocity was 75, pop times were 1.96-2.02. Showed versatility and athleticism at short, arm played up to 81 across the infield. Home to first was 4.50.