Unsigned Senior Spotlight: RHP/OF Cael Kidman
April 3, 2025
The winter schedule has come to a close as players and players are fully into the regular season swing. The 2025 preseason showcase schedule got started in January with the Utah Preseason ID that featured roughly 60 prospects. We follow up the Preseason ID with our marquee event ahead of the HS season, the prestigeous Utah Preseason All-State that featured roughly 130 prospects with a large crop of the top talent in the State participating.
Our staff had eyes on over 190 players these past couple months and with the season finally here, there is still a ton of quality uncommitted talent still on the board in Utah's senior class. Over the next couple weeks, our staff will begin highlighting some of these names who need to be on the radar of college coaches looking to roundout their 2025 class.
We continue our Top Uncommitted Senior Spotlight Series with '25 RHP/OF Cael Kidman of Ridgeline HS. Kidman is a top unsigned two-way player in the State and flashed his capabilities on both sides at the Utah Preseason All-State in February.
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Upcoming Events
| Showcase | State | Date | Location |
| Utah Rising Stars ID | UT | 04/12 | The Hive (Juab HS Fieldhouse) - Nephi, UT |
| 2025 ProCase - West | UT | 06/01 | Loyola Marymount University - Los Angeles, CA |
| Utah Top Prospect Games (Invite-Only) | UT | 07/14 | BYU (Miller Park) - Provo, UT |
| Senior Future Games (Class of 2026) | NATIONAL | 07/22 | LakePoint Sports |
| Future Games (Class of 2027) | NATIONAL | 07/23 | LakePoint Sports |
| Junior Future Games (Class of 2029/30) | NATIONAL | 07/24 | LakePoint Sports |
Scouting Report
Cael Kidman, Ridgeline (UT), 2025
Positional Profile: OF/RHP A small town kid who shines at the plate and his mound work is now rounding into focus. The Ridgeline product shows an upper 80's EZ FB and loft power at the plate with considerable projection to both and now it's just a matter of one separating itself to magnify which way he will go at the next level. A high JC type talent at present, that needs a couple of years to let his vast toolbox to turn into in-game performance with better use of hos tool to turn into useable skills
Body: 6-3, 182-pounds. One of the better bodies at the event. A Prep Baseball staple attendee, featured long arms and legs with some muscular features to give promise for 6-3 200 at full maturity
Delivery: A tall high kick to delivery with a stretched out lower 1/2 in the power position at foot strike
Arm Action: RH. Clean HTQ arm that Biomechanist wise works properly and shows good ext out front
FB: T87, 84-87 mph. FB plays avg and must command and locate and stay ahead in counts T2210, 2153 average rpm.
CB: 74-74 mph. Late TQ tilt with proper velo spacing off the FB. Flashes shape and definition with depth and at times gets around the breaking ball and it flattens out. Raw to the mound and coming into his own T2131, 2087 average rpm.
SPLT: 78-80 mph.
ATH: 7.19 runner in the 60. Runs better than his 7.19 as he has run better in the past. Long legs with a gliding stride and runs the bases with a heads up mentality
An intriguing arm and bat, the Ridgeline product, had a strong 2024 as he was named one of our Utah Players of the Week this past spring. Kidman hit .365 with 6 HR’s as a junior and now that the pitching is coming into focus, it adds a layer of intrigue that a 90+ mph arm is in the making. With a 100 mph EV, coupled with a max distance of 379 which was 3rd at the event. But the arm on the mound is what took me by surprise. Kidman has a loose live arm that is raw and un-developed as he touched 89 to lead the event and gives indications of a 90-93 as when strength, weight and added strength take over. Kidman avg’ed 88 with the FB with a spin of 2,222 and a CH up, that sat at 77 with an absurd 1,011 kill of the spin rate. It will be interesting to see where the bat and arm take him over his senior year and where he starts to separate the arm or bat to make it to the next level, of which he should be on top JC coaches follow lists!