Prep Baseball Report

Indy Summer ID: Quick Hits


Cooper Trinkle
Indiana Scouting Director

On Sunday, August 10th, our staff hosted 45-plus prospects from the state at Grand Park for a pro-style workout. Read along to learn about top performers from this event, separated by grad class.

Full event statistics can be found at this link.


Uncommitted Seniors

+ Ethan Glassman, SS/RHP, Chesterton
Strong, 6-foot-3, 210-pound frame with some projection left. Burned a 7.00 60-yard dash before showing the ability to drive the ball to all parts with authority in batting practice. The ability to impact the baseball derives more from barrel strength than pure twitch, with the short, upward swing proving to provide flashes of real heaviness with 100+ exits on the top end. Shows solid hands on the dirt with 3B likely the best profile considering the frame and 88 mph arm across. The arm plays from the mound, as well, with Glassman looking the part of a true two-way follow. Clean, in-line operation with full, moderate-lengthed arm action. Fastball plays with low-spin at 84-86 to set up a diving 73-75 SPL. Spun a low-70s breaking ball with shorter shape and glove side feel shown at times. In summation, the frame keeps projection on the table and he shows quality traits/actions on both sides of the ball. 

+ Austin Kelly, LHP/1B, Homeschool
Uber-twitchy LHP/LHH standing at 6-foot-1, 180 pounds. Burned an event-best 6.48 60-yard dash, a plus run time that provides serious intrigue to the profile. On the mound, works from a stretch-only, hinged setup. Shorter, simple lift with a loose wrapping arm action that plays from a 3/4 slot. 80-82 FB plays with significant arm-side run and sets tunnel for two solid average secondaries. Mid-70s SPL provides a FB look out of the hand and upper-60s SL plays with big-shaped sweep. Also showed some intrigue at the dish, using a bigger wrapping load before uncoiling with obvious twitch in an upward, flicky path. High, two-handed finish hinted at some ability to lift. Exits peaked at 97.8 mph. 

+ Drew Fredenburg, SS, Shenandoah
Fundamentally sound LHH/MIF that has posted solid numbers for Shenandoah to this point in his career. Stocky-framed, 6-foot, 180-pounder. Left-handed bat is the best tool here, shows well-paced moves with a connected launch that works on-plane to extension. Best impacts came to the pull-side but hands are accurate enough to spray it, exits peaked north of 95 mph. Shows the same sound actions on the dirt with a sure-handed nature. Average natural athleticism with fringy run times set a bat-first profile, could likely play multiple infield spots at the next level. Regardless, the bat is the carrying tool here and brings a solid mix of impacts and accuracy from the left side. 

+ Trey McManama, SS, Hamilton Southeastern
Some physicality in an athletic-looking, 6-foot, 180-pound frame. Solid average runner who posted a 7.03 60-yard dash. Stood out with accuracy and hints of pull-side impact during batting practice with near-94 mph exits and a short, direct, right-handed stroke. Shows feel to shrink the lead arm and decel to get barrel to ball, as well as feel to get the ball in the air to his pullside. Offensive-oriented 2B type profile at next level. 

+ John Zangrilli, OF, Carmel
Starts in a strong, balanced, slightly-hinged setup before a well-paced gather/load is paired with a shorter leg lift stride. Hands load down slightly before a twitchy launch delivers an on-plane barrel. Slightly-more impact than the 5-foot-9 frame suggests with exits topping at 92 mph, swing is geared more toward line drive contact than power. 7.15 runner. 

+ Evan Shelton, RHP, Jeffersonville
Lean, wiry-framed, 6-foot-1, 180-pounder with room for strength gains. Methodical gather before a quicker, tall lift as hands lift with it before break. Slight drop-and-drive from the top of the lift as the arm works loose on a deeper path and turns over to a high 3/4 slot. Fastball played 83-85 with armside run and above average control. 75-77 SL plays with sweep and tunnels with the fastball, spinning in the 2100s with good shape. SL is best secondary and has out-pitch upside, also showed a 77-79 CH. 


Rising Juniors

*event highlights linked to players' name*

Three position players showed well amongst the 2027s in attendance in OF Sully Fleming (Chesterton), OF Brayden Smith (Shelbyville), and MIF Greyson Gregory (Heritage Christian). Fleming is an athletic Chesterton product that hits from the right-side and turned in a sub-7 60-yard dash. The lower-half works in a simple, repeatable fashion while the upper takes a bigger, rhythmic load to time up the baseball. There is some whip in the barrel head as quick hands deliver it with exits at the 90 mph mark. Smith brings some projection along with wiry athleticism, standing at 6-foot-1, 185-pounds. He showed best at the dish with flashes of pull-side juice shining as his best present trait. Beginning crouched, Smith uses a bigger leg kick stride to pair with strong hands that remain simple until launch. He turns the barrel well with feel to match plane and drive the ball to his pullside with authority, 93.3 mph peak exit velocity. Gregory showed a quality offensive profile by turning in a 6.88 60-yard dash and a solid batting practice round. He hits from a more-crouched stance with a simple load/stride timing mechanism before turning connected with whip to the delivery. Gregory was able to impact the ball from gap-to-gap with exits near 95 mph at his peak. A pair of corner infielders, Jackson Edwards (Noblesville) and Max Foulke (Carmel), showed impact as well. Edwards showed off a projectable frame at 6-foot-4, 185 pounds with flashes of strength in batting practice that peaked at 94.4 mph, as well as a 6.98 60-yard dash to pair. Foulke torched a few pullside homers with a 97+ peak exit, showing clear strength at the dish. All five prospects put up performances worthy of a follow, with sights set on making a strong impact to their respective varsity clubs next spring to continue to boost prospect status. 


Underclass Names-to-Know

+ Leon Torres, OF, Andrean HS, 2028
A rising sophomore that walks away as the top prospect from this event, Torres has asserted himself as a name-to-know left-handed bat in this 2028 class this summer across multiple positive showings. It is a premier frame at 6-foot-2, 175 pounds with a high-waisted, projectable look and plenty of room to fill out the frame. Added strength will only amplify the heaviness that his barrel delivers at impact, with exits already reaching 95+ for the rising sophomore. Beginning upright with some rhythm in the hands, Torres counters a controlled forward move with an exaggerated barrel tip-to-trigger, a bigger move that when synced allows for serious whip to the barrel head. He stays behind the ball well throughout, which helps him to keep the ball in the air to the big part, though there is a tendency for some sync issues with the moving parts that the operation consists of now. Strength will likely bring more consistency, but Torres shows every ingredient of a future high-level bat. The run tool is developing (7.37) and he shows above average arm strength for the class (84 mph). 

Two 2029 grads from Northern Indiana showed well while showing off an advanced tool for their grad class at this event in '29 CINF Micah Kendall (Penn) and '29 OF/SS Jackson Dutcher (New Prairie). Kendall shined in batting practice with a 6-foot-2, 225-pound frame that holds advanced strength for the age. That strength was shown with exits that peaked north-of 97 mph and reached into the mid-90s on several batted balls. It is a wide-stanced setup with the bat resting perpendicular to the back shoulder, making a small back shift into the back leg with tension gradually built in the upper body before launch. He turns the barrel with a pull-side approach and intent to do damage. While the bat is the tool that shined most, Kendall also brought an above average fastball for the age, touching 79 mph in his bullpen with feel to spin a breaking ball for strikes. Dutcher's best tool is his feet, turning in a 6.90 60-yard dash, one of the more advanced times we've seen to date in Indiana's very young 2029 class. The wiry, 5-foot-10, 155-pounder then showcased switch-hitting abilities with a handsy, direct swing from both sides geared towards line drive contact. The feet look to be a middle of the diamond tool with Dutcher showcasing as both a CF and SS, with arm strength still developing to this point.