Hunter
Gaddis

4/11/19: Six-foot-6, 210 pounds. Large, proportional, athletic frame. Stays tall with delivery. Controlled belt-level balance point; uses glove-pat timing at the peak. Above average effort. Finish falls off towards first base, which looked a bit different from his finish in the Cape last summer. Fastball was in the 88-92 mph range and maintained 88-90 into the seventh. Had a tendency to overthrow and miss up and out to RHH, although FB was hitting spots, especially early on; felt comfortable running the outer half of the plate to both sides. Flashed a slider and 11/5 curveball. Slider was 85-87, but fell down to 79-81 in the 5th through 7th. Showed SL to both LHH and RHH. Curveball was 72-73, threw some get-me-overs, but relied on SL to get strikeouts, if using offspeed. Changeup set the tone for the rest of his pitches; made low 90’s look a lot faster. Significant difference in speed at 65-72 mph. Kept the Troy hitters off-balance the first couple times through the order. Looked like a FB out of the hand and had dying fade. Showed good athleticism getting off the mound; moved well for his size. Guy that uses four-pitch mix well, throws strikes, and has confidence in his stuff. Statline: 6.2IP, 7H, 5ER, 9K, 3BB. (Colletta)

10/10/18: Gaddis figures to be one of the biggest movers when we update our College Top 150 at the end of the fall, because he looked really good in his two scoreless frames, striking out four and allowing one hit. The 6-foot-5, 202-pound Gaddis looks the part of a workhorse starter, and he attacked the zone with an 89-92 fastball that bumped 94 from a high three-quarters slot. He also showed off a legitimate four-pitch arsenal, highlighted by a late-breaking 83-85 mph slider that flashed above-average, a bigger 11-to-5 curveball at 74-77 that he threw for a strike effectively and even used for two strikeouts, and an effective fading changeup at 73-75. Such a huge velocity separation between fastball and changeup is uncommon, but he did throw the pitch with good arm speed, and it was very effective; he even used it as the putaway pitch on UT No. 3 hole hitter Andre Lipcius, right-on-right. Gaddis’ repertoire has gotten a lot better since the last time I saw him during his freshman year, and he looks like a potential top-three-rounds pick heading into his junior year. There’s a lot to like about a 6-foot-5 righthander with four legitimate pitches and a heater that can touch 94-95 or even 96 when he’s at his best. (Fitt)

8/1/18: Tall and athletic at six-foot-five, 215 pounds Gaddis is aggressive and throws with effort. Attempts to leverage the ball with a shoulder tilt delivery and a high three-quarters slot. Has a quick arm out front. Rushed through his delivery, landed off-balance with a bent lead leg. Fastball had some cut at 91-93 mph. Dropped some velo by the fourth inning, worked more 89-91 mph. Threw his slider hard with good intent. Even flashed an average one at 85 mph, yet most of them backed up showing poor shape and played well below average due to a combination of break and control. Mixed in a couple low-70s curveballs and slow changeups at 72-74 mph which was 17-18 mph off his fastball. During the game he flew open with his change, but between innings was much more on-line with the pitch showing good fade/sink. Fielded his position well and showed real quick feet on his pickoffs move to first base. Overall, a lot to like with Gaddis; he’s competitive, athletic and has some deeption with a quick arm and a low-90s fastball. In order to be a mid-Day Two pick, he must clean up and control the lower half in his delivery, while developing a secondary pitch to keep hitters off his fastball. (Seifert)