Miles
Herbert

Herbert popped on my radar with an impressive showing over the MLK weekend in January of 2025 and then in my first look this spring did not have his best game which made for an important third look this time around. The RH hitting SS displayed all of the initial tools that caught my eye again during this third look, but even more interestingly has ticked up across the board in his defensive acumen, hit tool and flashing interesting power potential. During my second look at Herbert he had some issues moving around at SS playing a bit “out of control” when going up the middle or downhill, but on this day he demonstrated improved body control, more consistent footwork, confidence in playing in rhythm instead of going “too fast” while still being able to get downhill aggressively when needed (went downhill on a ball in 5-6 hole and made a solid accurate throw to 1B). The arm plays at SS to a solid level with carry and accuracy to his throws going to the forehand/backhand sides or when coming downhill. In addition to the better defensive look the RH hitter controlled his at bats much better this time around with better barrel awareness to pick up a pair of hits and flashed interesting loft with carry to the pull side. His first at bat resulted in a single down the LF line when he got inside of a backup breaking ball from the Seraphs RHP which was a step forward as he had swung through spin during my second look. During his second at bat he barreled a FB on the inner portion of the plate, but was just underneath it for a deep fly ball out to LF (San Marcos plays deep to LF with the wind blowing in towards the 1B dugout) and then ended his day by ambushing a FB out over the plate that he launched to deep LCF through the wind for an easy double. The upward trend between by second and third looks at Herbert has me even intrigued with his profile and confident in him being a strong college land in the 2026 class who can stick at SS while showing offensive impact potential.