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BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. - Earlier this month on Saturday, December 6th, the Prep Baseball California team hosted our final Fall ID of the 2025 calendar with the Bakersfield Fall ID hosted at CSU-Bakersfield in Bakersfield, CA. This open event was for all high school classes (2026-2029), and provided our staff an opportunity to expand our knowledge on some of the area's top rising players.

Around 20 players made their way to Hardt Field on the campus of CSU-Bakersfield to participate in a pro-style workout, gathering unrivaled access to data through our state-of-the-art tech partners, as well as in-depth scouting analysis from our Prep Baseball California staff. This group featured some interesting underclass names to keep eyes on out of the region with some strong performances out of the upperclass products in attendance. 

Today, we will be looking at the analysis of the pitchers in attendance of the event, found below.

PITCHERS:

Martin Castro, Ridgeview High (CA), 2027
Positional Profile: RHP/3B Four pitch mix RHP with starter potential and interesting present stuff.
Body: 5-11, 228-pounds. Sturdy build with strength in lower half and room to improve
Delivery: Controlled load in delivery, sits deep into back hip after reaching balance point, front hip leads down, balanced at foot strike with hip rotation through delivery, blocks well over front leg, maintains direction well, lower effort operation with strength
Arm Action: RH. Full clean arm path with depth below belt, stays behind the body working up to 3/4 arm slot, quickness in arm speed with looseness through release, does have recoil, repeats release height consistently
FB: T87, 85-87 mph. Shows high quality present shape with solid present velocity, flashes spin with ride on four seam and run on two seam T2223, 2144 average rpm.
CB: 72-74 mph. Quality shape with quality spin, shows depth with two plane shape, feel to throw for strikes, has power potential T2416, 2276 average rpm.
SL: 72-74 mph. Aggressive sweeper shape with life to glove side, sound spin traits, flashes potential T2434, 2311 average rpm.
CH: 78-80 mph. Kick CHG offering with aggressive vertical separation off FB shape, shows whiff potential T984, 921 average rpm.

Cash Coffman, Sunny Hills High (CA), 2026
Positional Profile: RHP/OF Intriguing four pitch mix with sound delivery, shows starter traits with upside in profile
Body: 5-11, 184-pounds. Solid present build with some strength to it, room to fill/polish
Delivery: Clean mover, gets to balance point with tempo, sits into rear leg with hip hinge working to foot strike, medium stride with balance at foot strike, sequences well with hips into upper body, flashes feel to block lead leg, medium effort operation
Arm Action: RH. Shorter path out of glove, hand gets to hip height, stays behind body, small pause in path out of glove, high 3/4 slot, flashes arm speed, recoil after release, deceptive path with ability to hide ball
FB: T83, 79-82 mph. Softer spin offering with feel to throw in zone, has riding life which plays to deceptive arm path T1993, 1936 average rpm.
CB: 68-69 mph. Two-plane shape with softer spin, solid cross count offering T2105, 1966 average rpm.
SL: 69-70 mph. Sweeper shape with feel to control offering, plays well, better spin offering T2133, 2086 average rpm.
CH: 74-75 mph. Kills spins with vertical separation off FB shape, shows potential T1601, 1542 average rpm.

Rylan Graves, Highland High (CA), 2028
Positional Profile: C/RHP Interesting two-way profile which flashed sound tools with upside
Body: 5-10, 165-pounds. Athletically built with some emerging strength and room to fill
Delivery: Athletic operation with tempo, hands remain quiet in load with quick knee lift, front hip leads down the mound with small sit into rear hip as he works to foot strike, hips rotate aggressively, stays behind his front leg at release, does leak to glove side at times
Arm Action: RH. Compact arm path out of glove, works to hips with quick path to release point, lower 3/4 release height close to his body, creates deception, has recoil after release
FB: T79, 77-79 mph. Sound present spin traits, shows run and ride will need to polish shape, flashes upside T2078, 2039 average rpm.
CB: 68-69 mph. solid spin with vertical depth on offering, flashes control T2298, 2204 average rpm.
SL: 68-69 mph. Tighter shape with gyro like action, softer spin T2249, 2184 average rpm.

Morgan Hester, Kingsburg High (CA), 2028
Positional Profile: 1B/LHP Flashes strength in profile as RHH while adding interesting profile on mound
Body: 6-0, 181-pounds. Broad shoulder build with emerging strength in lower 1/2, room to fill throughout
Delivery: Coils with front knee in leg lift bringing knee beyond rear hip, shows tempo in load, hands remain quiet, front hip leads down the mound with small sink into rear leg, length in stride to reach foot strike, aggressive hip rotation/upper body in delivery, does pull to glove side, solid lead leg block
Arm Action: RH. Full clean arm path with depth below hips and slightly behind his body, fluid path with flashes of present quickness, high 3/4 release point with minimal recoil after release
FB: T80, 79-80 mph. Controls offering with softer spin shape playing more to an arm side run shape, can improve shape to tap into potential T1874, 1816 average rpm.
CB: 63-65 mph. Two-plane shape with vertical depth and action to his glove side, softer velocity/spin at present T1939, 1815 average rpm.
CH: 72-73 mph. Effectively kills spin with arm side fade, tunnels well off running FB shape, controls offering at high level T1487, 1360 average rpm.

Bryson Lewis, Frontier High (CA), 2028
Positional Profile: OF/RHP Fluid mover with interesting present tools across the board that show high ceiling upside
Body: 5-11, 141-pounds. Wiry, athletic present build with plenty of room to dream on adding strength
Delivery: Athletic operation with hands/front knee syncing in load, front side leads down the mound with sink into rear hip, longer stride to foot strike, hips and upper body rotate effectively through release, does pull to glove side at times, flashes ability to block on front side
Arm Action: RH. Fluid arm stroke with loose present quickness, depth behind him and out of glove with higher 3/4 release point, has some recoil after release
FB: T82, 79-81 mph. Straighter shape with sound present velocity and ride, throws for strikes T1880, 1805 average rpm.
SL: 73-74 mph. Flashes solid present spin traits with life to glove side and two-plane shape, interesting upside T2477, 2413 average rpm.
CH: 75-77 mph. Kills spin efficiently with vertical separation off his FB shape, will improve with polish T1570, 1476 average rpm.

Jack Lundberg, Liberty High (CA), 2027
Positional Profile: RHP Solid 3 pitch mix with intriguing spin traits and upside to profile
Body: 5-10, 174-pounds. Solid present build with strength in lower half room to fill in upper body
Delivery: High leg kick with sync between knee and hands, stays taller in posture as he moves down the mound, clean operation with some athleticism, length in stride, sequences well from foot strike, maintains direction, can improve lead leg block
Arm Action: RH. Full clean arm path with depth below his hips and slightly behind his back, 3/4 release point with ability to repeat, quickness in arm path, some recoil after release, arm works with upside
FB: T80, 76-79 mph. Strong spin traits with riding life and straight, almost cut like shape, shows potential with added velocity T2370, 2255 average rpm.
CB: 66-67 mph. strong spin traits with two plane shape, feel to land in zone, has potential with added velocity T2633, 2498 average rpm.
CH: 73-75 mph. effectively kills spin, vertical separation off FB shape, shows upside T1804, 1720 average rpm.

Maxwell Sheue, Central East High (CA), 2027
Positional Profile: RHP/1B 
Body: 6-1, 178-pounds. Broad shouldered with length in limbs, emerging strength in lower 1/2, room to fill
Delivery: Controlled load to balance point, front hip leads down the mound, stays taller in posture to foot strike, hips rotate effectively, stays behind front leg, flashes feel to block lead leg, maintains direction, lower effort operation
Arm Action: RH. Depth below hips out of glove, stays behind body at deepest point, clean circle to high 3/4 release point, sound arm speed, medium recoil after, repeats effectively
FB: T76, 74-76 mph. Flashes emerging spin traits with straight shaped riding FB, potential as he adds velocity T2097, 2039 average rpm.
CB: 63-65 mph. Soft spin with SLV like shape to break, throws for strikes T2007, 1928 average rpm.
CH: 69-72 mph. Effectively kills spins when executed, vertical separation of FB shape with increased arm side fade T1781, 1569 average rpm.
CUT: 66-68 mph. 

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