Brennen
Grams

Former PBR Future Game participant, RHP/OF Brennen Grams (Kimberly, 2024) came out to Impact Sports Academy on Saturday where he continued to show off his high-end athleticism. To start his day, Grams registered the best 60-yard dash time of the event at 6.60, and his top run speed was 21.0 mph, which was another event high. He continued to show off his athleticism during his two jump mat tests, where he reached a jump power of 2,019 and a vertical jump of 36.9 inches, two more event-best measurements. Then during his ‘pen, he used his raw athleticism to sit in the 86-88 mph range with some rise/run traits through the zone. He also featured two breaking balls, a curveball and slider. Both have shorter action to them, but the slider does play off some sharper depth. He was also able to kill spin on his changeup that played with downer action and some fade. Grams is a next-level athlete with even more ceiling.

Positional Profile: RHP/OF
Body: 5-11, 175-pounds. Athletic build, well proportioned, sloped shoulders, more fill and strength coming.
Delivery: Side step windup, high leg lift, tall and fall delivery.
Arm Action: RH. Quick arm, longer arm arc, 3/4 slot.
FB: T88, 86-88 mph. Life through the zone, flashed cutting action at times. T2043, 1946 average rpm.
CB: 69-71 mph. Slows arm down, short 11/5 action. T1965, 1871 average rpm.
SL: 74-77 mph. Short wrinkle with depth. T2129, 2100 average rpm.
CH: 52-79 mph. Downer action with some fade. T1741, 1547 average rpm.

Positional Profile: RHP/OF
Body: 5-11, 175-pounds. Athletic build, well proportioned, sloped shoulders, more fill and strength coming.
Hits: RHH. Stock set up with rhythm. Short direct, loose, line drive path.
Power: 92 max exit velocity, averaged 74.8 MPH. 284' max distance.
Arm: RH. OF-86 mph. 3/4 slot quick arm.
Defense: One-hand gather, shuffle hop through target.
Run: 6.60 runner in the 60.
Vizual Edge: 79.06 Edge Score

He’s a high-level athlete that also ran a 6.71 in the 60-yard dash. From a mechanical standpoint, Grams works with a smooth tempo throughout his delivery, controlling his leg-lift into an athletic lower-half that moves with a drop/drive movement pattern downhill. His arm plays long out of the glove into a quick over-the-top slot, producing a fastball that clocked in at a max of 89.1 mph with late life through the zone. Grams’ most impressive offspeed offering is a fading changeup, thrown with identical fastball intent and with advanced feel for the zone, 79-81 mph. The first of two breaking balls Grams showed was a curveball, 70-72 mph, that plays off an 11/5 plane with slurve-type shape and sharp finishing action, landing it for strikes consistently. His slider plays off a shorter shape than his curve, breaking off a 10/4 plane with some sweep, 73-74 mph. This was our first look at Grams, who can now be considered among the top arms inside the state’s 2024 class. His athleticism showed positionally as well, after he ran a 6.71 in the 60 and topped an exit speed of over 93 mph from the right side in BP.

Positional Profile: RHP/OF
Body: 5-11, 175-pounds. Athletic looking frame.
Hit: RHH. Stock setup. Hang and drift leg kick.  Lower hand set. Trapped rotation. Throwing the hands. Low backside flights.
Power: 93 max exit velocity, averaged 83.3 mph. 256’ max distance.
Arm: RH.  OF - 86 mph. high 3/4 slot with arm speed.
Defense: Slow to gather, footwork alignment.
Run: 6.71 runner in the 60. 

Delivery: Smooth tempo, controlled leg-lift with an athletic lower-half, slight drop/drive movement pattern while remaining in-line.
Arm Action: RH. Long arm out of the glove into a quick over-the-top slot.
FB: T89.1, 85.3-88.6 mph. Late arm-side life, explodes out of the hand.  T2034, 1847 average rpm.
CB: 69.8-72.4 mph. Sharp 11/5 shape, feel for the zone with slurvy action at times.  T1806, 1757 average rpm.
SL: 73.1-73.6 mph. Sharp 2/8 shape, sweeping action with slurve qualities at times.  T2029, 1919 average rpm.
CH: 79.2-81.4 mph. Thrown with intent, advanced feel with fading action to the arm-side.  T1631, 1557 average rpm.