2011 Under Armour Firecracker Classic - Day 5 Scouting Blog
Page last updated on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 12:00:00 AM Eastern Time
Justin Roswell
Team One Baseball

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SCOUTING REPORTS BY TEAM

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Five Tool Baseball Academy (Team #1)

#16 Anthony Santos - OF/LHP / 5'11-170 / L/L / 2011 / Bayside (FL) HS
Had a great approach with runners in scoring position - drilled a ball off the right field fence for a 2RBI double - keeps hands inside and squares ball up

#7 Tyler Ream - 1B / 5'10-175 / L/L / 2012 / Eau Gallie (FL) HS
Power bat - good balance - hits off speed well - solid around the bag - strong defensively - plus arm

Fox Valley Royals (Team #11)

#5 John Brodner - SS/RHP / 6'1-180 / R/R / 2012 / St. Charles North (IL) HS
Good smooth delivery - threw three pitches all for strikes - FB 82-86, CB/SL 72-74, CH 70-74 - good balance point and late run on his fastball

Lawrence Titans (Team #22)

#9 Nick Casciola - 3B / 5'9-185 / R/R / 2013 / Allentown (NJ) HS
Smooth fielding thirdbaseman - plus arm - nice range - line drive gap to gap

Mizuno Edge (Team #12)

#50 Matt Marek - 1B / 6'3-215 / L/L / 2012 / Coral Springs Charter (FL) HS
Big power bat - pull side - has idea at the plate - Travis Haffner type power - polished at first

Palm Beach Baseball 16 (Team #4)

#24 Sean Gabel - RHP / 6'1-152 / R/R / 2014 / West Boca (FL) HS
Command of all three pitches - FB 80 - 82, CB 68 - 70, CH 70 - showed good poise on the mound - has a good live loose arm with a high ceiling

Prosource Select (Team #23)

#13 Peter Castillo - SS/RHP / 5'8-145 / R/R / 2013 / American Heritage (FL) HS
Uses both sides of thye plate very well - did a great job pitching out of jams - was able to induce a couple of double plays with bases loaded - good pickoff move to 1B

# Tyler Frank - 2B / 5'5-114 / R/R / 2015 / American Heritage (FL) HS
For a young player he has a great glove - works ground up with hands out in front - fields left to center - very solid defensively - has a good approach at the plate - sees ball deep - potential to use whole field