Cole
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Uncommitted. 6-foot-1, 190 pounds. What a treat it was to get an early look at a projectable arm with a ridiculous feel to spin for his age. When you see an underclassmen with this type of pitchability, it immediately sticks out. He faced a stacked Prince Ave lineup who is right on the bubble of our Power 25, and handled himself masterfully for his age. His delivery is extremely unique and creates a very tough angle with a deceptive crossfire that starts his breaking ball literally behind RHH’s and seemingly forever away from LHH. It makes his nasty SLV (71-74) look like a ball to both sides' hitters, but ends up in the strike zone on a consistent basis. When you add likely 20 inches of sweep to the deceptive crossfire, it’s easy to see why Cole gets so many freezes on the pitch. Not to mention he also throws the pitch from 2 different arm slots, one from a ¾ slot that gets late depth, and a pure sweeper from a near sidearm slot. This essentially gives him 2 different breaking balls, and makes him that much more unpredictable. The arm action works deep down the backside and kind of comes out of nowhere, but works in one piece. The FB has plenty of potential too, in the 80-83 range with a run+sink combo. The pitch shows similar life to both edges of the plate. Although he currently has better control of the breaking ball, there are no concerns about strike throwing in his future.