Spotlight: Uncommitted 2022 Cam Love

Preseason All-State Session II

Positional Profile: LHP/1B
Body: 5’11”, 158 pounds. Athletic
Hit: LHH. Hits from a balanced, slightly crouched stance from the left side. Smooth back load with a small leg kick and short stride. Creates good hand separation with a more level swing path. Stays short to the ball with some lower half involvement. Shows solid balance with good extension through the zone and past contact. Quick hands and fast bat speed with a solid middle to pull side approach. Barreled up ball after ball during BP rounds. 
Power: 89 mph exit velocity from the tee. Pull side pop present with more projected. 
Arm: LH. INF - 73 mph. Throws with longer arm action from a mid three quarter arm slot. 
Defense: Surrounds the ball well, funneling it to the belt. Fields the ball out in front with a solid, athletic base. Shows soft hands and the ability to square shoulders to the bag on double play feeds. 
Run: 4.51 home-to-first time.

Delivery: Starts with a controlled, side rocker step into a chest high leg kick. Arm works well with the body. Hand separation is on time and fluid. Generates solid drive off his back leg and gets down the hill well. Nice, fluid mechanics. Ends in athletic fielding position.
Arm Action: LH. Throws out of a high three-quarter arm slot.
FB: T74 mph, 72-74 mph.
CB: 58-59 mph. Mostly loopy, swooping 2/8 action.
CH: 66-67 mph. Thrown with arm-side fade at the plate.

Athletic frame standing 5-foot-11, 158-pounds. Low effort delivery on the mound that starts with a higher leg lift to balance, hips elevated, shoulders closed, and strides down the mound landing on line. Firm front side at landing and falls off to third base side. Average arm circle and throws from a low three-quarter arm slot. Fastball ws 72-75 with some crossfire to the glove side and flashed arm side run when thrown to arm side. Breaking ball had 2/8 shape with a slurve look to it and sat 57-60 mph. Changeup was 63-64 and worked across the body.

MD MoCo Fall Review 

Athletic body type and 5’11’’, 155 pound frame with room to grow and fill out. Hits from a balanced, square stance at the plate from the left side. Uses a small leg kick to load and creates some hand separation. Generates some lower half involvement and showed quick bat speed through the zone with a more level swing path. Gets good extension through contact and stays behind the ball well with a strong two-handed finish. Uses the whole field well with a nice gap-to-gap line drive approach. Showed some pop and recorded an 84 mph exit velocity. Works through the ball at first base fielding it out in front with an athletic base and set-up. Throws with shorter arm action from a mid three-quarters slot at 71 mph. Ran a 7.39 60-yard time. Controlled, small, side-step wind-up and high leg kick into a tall, compact balance point. Clean hand separation and strong down-to-out lower half drive off the rubber. Lands square to the plate with an upright finish. Creates quick arm speed through release throwing with shorter arm action from a low three-quarters slot with some effort. Fastball sat 71-73 mph and breaking ball was 56-58 mph with tight spin and hard 11/5 shape. Change-up ranged 61-64 mph.

MD Freshman Free Showcase 1.26.19

Athletic body type and 5’10’’, 148 pound frame with room to grow and fill out. Hits from a balanced, open stance with bat resting on back shoulder. Medium sized leg kick with a quarter turn into backside load. Short stride and creates nice hand separation. Showed quick bat speed and some lower half involvement. Stays behind the ball well and get uphill through contact in finish. Attacks the ball with a level swing path and recorded a 85 mph exit velocity. Fields the ball at first base with a solid, fundamental base. Funnels ball to chest and throws with long arm action from a high three-quarters slot at 71 mph on balls right at him. Gets rid of the ball quick on double play turns and showed the ability to make throws from various arm angles and throw with shorter arm action on such type plays. Controlled small side-step wind up from a stretch position. High leg kick into a quarter corkscrew turn in balance point. Clean hand separation and lands closed to the plate with an upright finish. Pitches against a stiff front side with little bend. Throws with short arm action from a mid three-quarter slot with slight effort. Fastball sat 69-70 mph and touched 71 mph. Change-up was 61-62 mph and breaking ball showed gradual big 1/7 shape at 53-55 mph.