The 2014 Nine Baseball Select Showcase was held Tuesday, July 22 at Peoples Natural Gas Field home of the AA Altoona Curve. Here are some thoughts on some of the best performances from 2015 grads in attendance. (Note: thick, soft grass track for 60’s) See all results here
2015’s
- Derek Cursio 5’8″ 165 LHP Bishop Guilfoyle Prototype pitchability LHP with polished repeatable delivery. Shows command with all offerings FB 80-82, CB 68, CH 72-73
- Eric Ford 6’1″ 175 RHP Cambria Heights Raw RHP with a live arm. Potentially an interesting prospect with some cleaned up mechanics. 82-84 upto 86, CB 63-66, CH 72-75
- Quinn Fulton 6’1″ 186 C Cumberland Valley Left hand hitting catcher with solid mechanics and arm behind the plate. 7.07 60 and 2.03 pop
- Cole Kephart 6’1″ 210 3B Clearfield Runs well for bigger framed player (7.19). Nice hands and solid arm in the field.
- Tristan Lingafelt 5’11” 182 SS Tyrone Live bodied MIF. Very good arm and bat speed (85-86) 7.22/60
- John McGinley 5’9″ 180 MIF/OF Altoona Easy actions on field, athletic with good speed (6.81/60)
- Joe Olish 6’0″ 165 OF Northern Cambria Thin but athletic. Room for upside with maturity. (6.9/60)
- Kyle Peterson 6’5″ 255 RHP State College Very large frame that can run fastball thru the mid 80’s with a unusually good split finger FB for the HS level.
- Hunter Price 5’10” 170 C Huntington Very good arm from behind the plate (87mph/ 2.06 pop)
- Cole Reese 6’0″ 185 OF Greensburg Central Catholic 6.63/60 from left side of the plate
- Ryan Reid 5’11” C St John Neumann Very quick behind the plate with solid arm (83 mph 1.94 pop)
- Zach Skrtich 6’2″ 190 RHP Central Mountain Athletic frame with loose arm and life to FB 83-85, CB 68-71, CH 73-75
- Jeffrey Yordy 6’1″ 175 OF Nativity BVM Very good all around numbers and game. (arm 84 mph, 87 mph, 7.03/60)