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Thursday, May 15th

By: Steven Hardesty, Associate Director SoCal

San Dimas vs. Calabasas

Vaughn Coleman, CF, San Dimas, 2025

Coleman is a 2024 ProCase West Alum and this was my first opportunity to see the talented CF defender and top of the order bat play live since that event. Needless to say the talent for Coleman did not disappoint as he was a one-man highlight reel all over the field. A dynamic athlete who shows an impactful run tool he knows how to utilize his athleticism to impact the result of a game. It started immediately when he was hit by the first pitch of the game and then stole second on the next pitch before waiting one more pitch to steal third base and came around to score on a SAC FLY. His next at bat he lofted a shallow fly ball to RCF which was dropped and Coleman hustling out of the box ended up on second base without a play. His next two at bats flashed the dynamic upside to his strong present bat speed and leveraged bat path when he smoked a deep drive to the LCF that narrowly missed leaving the yard and then smoked a hard line drive through the middle which the Coyotes pitcher slowed down out of self-defense as it lined past his head and then an ill-advised throw from the Coyotes INF defense after Coleman had handedly beat the ball to first base that went slightly down the RF line opened the opportunity for Coleman to demonstrate his run tool as he pushed the error into him standing on third base. Coleman then scored on a single to help push the San Dimas lead. His run tool doesn’t only impact the game on offense, but when combined with his athleticism, body control, instincts and aggressive nature in CF give him an impact defensive profile which he showed off twice with spectacular diving catches on shallow flares that generally fall for singles, but he turned into a pair of outs. With speed, athletic ability, impact in the bat and room to continue adding strength to his athletic build there is long-term power speed profile for Coleman with a CF defensive future.