BATS - Bowie July AM
Prince George's Stadium
7/17/2002
Grad Year
2003
Primary Pos
2B
Bats
Right
Height
5'11"
Birth Date
11-06-84
Secondary Pos
3B
Throws
Right
Weight
185
ACADEMIC INFORMATION
High School
Bowie
Planned Major
GPA
0
SAT(M)
0
SAT(V)
0
SAT (Total)
0
ACT
0
BASEBALL ABILITY INFORMATION
Based on High School Standards
2=poor 3=below avg
4=avg 5=above avg 6=plus
Running
60 yds
7.8 sec
Rating
4* (Dogertown Assessment)
Throwing
Velocity
73 mph
Rating
4
Infield
Fielding
4
Plays on balls of feet. Displays efficient footwork. Little heavy footed chasing balls far away from
body. Shows good side to side movements and footwork and third base.
Enough ability to get job done at third. Plays with hands low to the
ground. Craddles ball softly. Uses both hands. Needs to quicken transfer.
Would like to see him work on his agility and quickness in his lateral
movements in order to improve his range. Gives soft feeds to the
shortstop when feeding the pivot in the double play. Comes off the front of
the bag in the pivot with a quick release. Quick arm action at third when
throwing to second for the double play. Good crisp throw. Methodical
actions. Gets the job done. A very hard worker. Displays good body control.
Very short backside arm action. Snapping wrist type frontside action. Good
release, needs to work on arm strength. James fits better at third
base than second base. He needs to continue to work on his footspeed and
agility. Quick release but needs to add arm strength. A hard worker who
gets into position well.
Right
Handed Hitting
Hitting
4.5
Power
4
Open stance. Tense back leg. Weight is in middle of
stance. Gripping bat tightly. Rocks weight back and then foward as he
strides. Stride is soft and he closes off a little to more of an even stance.
Hands stay in a nice hitting position. Collapses backside as he
starts his swing. Hands lead and take hands out in front of the plate.
Barrell gets through the zone and makes contact out in front of the plate.
Full extension of arms as he makes contact. Will hit the fastball
well. Needs to stay back more for the offspead pitches. Very level
swing. Good bat speed. Hits through the ball. Smooth lower body
actions. Turns on contact. James is a good contact hitter. Same bat
path on each swing. Line drive hitter. Shows occasional power.
Projection
James projects as a third baseman. At the plate he will
put the ball in play. Hard worker.
