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Silicz

Silicz burst on the scene in the summer with an impressive showcase circuit which earned him one of teh few underclass spots at this event and while his day was not overwhelming it was solid. A two-way player who shows legitimate RHH power in the profile although there is swing/miss in the bat profile and he appears mainly to a be a 1B defender the future for the 6'5 210 lbs. Bakersfield product appears to be brigther on the bump. His operation on the mound is relatively low effort using the strength in his frame and solid present arm speed/strength to generate a high quality arsenal. Utilizing an over the head move with his hands he stays relatively balanced in the load of his delivery before featuring a delivery with "drop and drive" traits to how his lower half gets down the mound into foot strike. He blocks well on his front side maintaining direction with his lower and upper body through the delivery staying online over the front leg repeatedly. The arm path is medium in length getting to the hips before working rearward into a high 3/4 release point and minimal if any recoil after release to the arm stroke. I've seen sharper more lively stuff from Silicz in the past, but on this day he worked mainly at 89-91 MPH on the FB that he controls well in the strike zone although it looked better to the arm side on this day than glove side with more life and better location. He backed it up with two-plane shaped SLD in the 76-79 MPH range and dropped in a developoing 81-82 MPH CHG. The results and effectiveness of his arsenal could be best described as solid, but not spectacular, although similar to Cervantes it showed his ability to be effective without his top end stuff. He induced a fly ball out to SS from the LHH Landon Hodge before Ethan Porter turned on an inner half FB that he kept fair past the 3B for a double. After that he went into a deep battled with the talented Anthony Pack Jr. who was able to work a BB out of the plate appearance before retiring the next hitter on a F-7 and then after getting CJ Hughes to swing through a FB in the zone buried a FB down in the zone that Hughes hit on the ground to the SS to begin a 6-4-3 double to close out a solid outing. Silicz will likely continue his two-way profile throughout his high school career, but the Ole Miss commit should eventually see his focus shift full time to the mound and I wouldn't be surprised that when that moment comes we sees gains across the board to the consistency of the life on his arsenal, his control/command and overall feel for pitching. His physical build, solid athleticism, sound delivery and foundation on his pitch mix all profile to a future as a starter with a leverage reliever fallback.