The athlete's fastest 60-yard dash time in the given event year. Measured in seconds (s)
6.88
Outfield Velocity
The athlete's maximum throwing velocity from an outfield position in the given event year. Measured in miles per hour (MPH).
90.0
Power / Speed Score
A simple calculation that divides the athlete’s Exit Velocity Max by the athlete’s 60 Yard Dash time for the given event year. For example, 98 MPH / 7.00s = 14.00.
14.0
60 Yard Dash
The athlete's fastest 60-yard dash time in the given event year. Measured in seconds (s)
7.32
Outfield Velocity
The athlete's maximum throwing velocity from an outfield position in the given event year. Measured in miles per hour (MPH).
85.0
Power / Speed Score
A simple calculation that divides the athlete’s Exit Velocity Max by the athlete’s 60 Yard Dash time for the given event year. For example, 98 MPH / 7.00s = 14.00.
13.2
Outfield Velocity
The athlete's maximum throwing velocity from an outfield position in the given event year. Measured in miles per hour (MPH).
The highest Edge Score within the given year. Edge Score is a comprehensive score that takes the core-six visual skills into account, providing an assessment of an athlete’s overall visual ability.
Brady Ekdall, Lake Creek (TX), 2027 Positional Profile: OF/3B LHH/OF Good build to add strength. Athleticism, speed present will continue to increase. Defensively will be solid player, CF. Shows arm strength. Hard contact off barrel with power coming. Body: 6-2, 192-pounds. Solid build with room to add strength in future. Hit: LHH. Open stance, lands in good position to hit after stride. Rotational back foot, shows some linear movement. Work to firm ability to drive back forward hitting into firm front side, at times falls back not maximizing lower 1/2 at all times. Body falls back during swing, would like to see more upright posture at contact. Launches from good position with barrel/hands. Swing works. 66.7 mph bat speed with 16 G's of rotational acceleration. Power: 96 max exit velocity, averaged 87.9 mph. 367' max distance. Solid bat/power combo in future. Opportunities for adjustments present to maximizing ability. Shows solid base with hit approach and swing to work with. Arm: RH. OF-90 mph. Arm works well with carry to throws. Defense: Moves well to baseball, steady fielding baseball and getting on way to infield. Makes it look easy for big build. ATH: 6.88 runner in the 60. Solid star, runs well. Will continue to improve with added strength. Vizual Edge: 58.21 Edge Score
1/05/25
Brady Ekdall (Lake Creek, 2027), a 6'2", 192-pound sophomore, is a LHH OF/3B with a strong, athletic frame and room to add more strength. At the plate, Ekdall looks imposing in the box, showing a developing bat/power combo highlighted by a max exit velocity of 96 mph and a max distance of 367 feet. His swing is built on a solid base and approach, with the potential to tap into even more power as he matures. Defensively, Ekdall moves well for his size, showing smooth actions in the outfield and arm strength up to 90 mph with carry. A 6.88 runner in the 60, he brings athleticism and speed that will only improve with added physicality.
11/02/24
Brady Ekdall, Lake Creek (TX), 2027 Positional Profile: OF/3B LHH/OF…will add needed strength in future. Solid athleticism present. Will steady defender in OF. Like future bat/power combo. Opportunities for adjustments present. Nice upside, will fun player to watch develop in future. Body: 6-2, 193-pounds. Great build/frame to add needed strength. Projects to have really good build in future. Hit: LHH. Lands in good position to hit after stride. Rotational back foot that gets stuck in rotation, inconsistent getting fully turned. Foot slides away from plate losing effectiveness of lower 1/2. Work to get foot fully rotated and develop linear movement forward increasing lower 1/2 use and ability to impact baseball. Lays back body slightly at point of contact creating uphill path, hit into firm front leg, working to get more upright in swing. Barrel/hands in good launch position. Solid swing into zone with both hands and barrel with uphill path. Good swing, would like to see more on plane working for line drive contact. 71 mph bat speed with 16 G's of rotational acceleration. Power: 97 max exit velocity, averaged 89.0 mph. 364' max distance. Good bat/power in future with upside. Expect to see development of raw power. Opportunities for adjustments present. Arm: RH. OF-85 mph. Arm works fine with fair arm speed. Could use long toss program to improve arm speed and raw arm strength. Defense: Avg defender in OF in future. Moves fine to baseball, breaks down to field. Will improve aggressiveness fielding ball/playing thru baseball as he continues to play. ATH: 7.32 runner in the 60. 1.80 and 4.14 in the 10 and 30 yard splits. Moves well. Time will improve with added strength and physical maturity.
Draft Reports
Contact
Premium Content Area
To unlock contact information, you need to purchase a ScoutPLUS subscription.
Grip strength is a measure of a players bat control and ability to transfer power and speed during impact, measured in pounds of force generated; collected with elbow bent at 90 degrees.
Grip Strgth (RH)
Grip strength is a measure of a players bat control and ability to transfer power and speed during impact, measured in pounds of force generated; collected with elbow bent at 90 degrees.
Positional Profile: OF/3B LHH/OF Good build to add strength. Athleticism, speed present will continue to increase. Defensively will be solid player, CF. Shows arm strength. Hard contact off barrel with power coming.
Body: 6-2, 192-pounds. Solid build with room to add strength in future.
Hit: LHH. Open stance, lands in good position to hit after stride. Rotational back foot, shows some linear movement. Work to firm ability to drive back forward hitting into firm front side, at times falls back not maximizing lower 1/2 at all times. Body falls back during swing, would like to see more upright posture at contact. Launches from good position with barrel/hands. Swing works. 66.7 mph bat speed with 16 G's of rotational acceleration.
Power: 96 max exit velocity, averaged 87.9 mph. 367' max distance. Solid bat/power combo in future. Opportunities for adjustments present to maximizing ability. Shows solid base with hit approach and swing to work with.
Arm: RH. OF-90 mph. Arm works well with carry to throws.
Defense: Moves well to baseball, steady fielding baseball and getting on way to infield. Makes it look easy for big build.
ATH: 6.88 runner in the 60. Solid star, runs well. Will continue to improve with added strength.
Vizual Edge: 58.21 Edge Score
Brady Ekdall, Lake Creek (TX), 2027
Positional Profile: OF/3B LHH/OF…will add needed strength in future. Solid athleticism present. Will steady defender in OF. Like future bat/power combo. Opportunities for adjustments present. Nice upside, will fun player to watch develop in future.
Body: 6-2, 193-pounds. Great build/frame to add needed strength. Projects to have really good build in future.
Hit: LHH. Lands in good position to hit after stride. Rotational back foot that gets stuck in rotation, inconsistent getting fully turned. Foot slides away from plate losing effectiveness of lower 1/2. Work to get foot fully rotated and develop linear movement forward increasing lower 1/2 use and ability to impact baseball. Lays back body slightly at point of contact creating uphill path, hit into firm front leg, working to get more upright in swing. Barrel/hands in good launch position. Solid swing into zone with both hands and barrel with uphill path. Good swing, would like to see more on plane working for line drive contact. 71 mph bat speed with 16 G's of rotational acceleration.
Power: 97 max exit velocity, averaged 89.0 mph. 364' max distance. Good bat/power in future with upside. Expect to see development of raw power. Opportunities for adjustments present.
Arm: RH. OF-85 mph. Arm works fine with fair arm speed. Could use long toss program to improve arm speed and raw arm strength.
Defense: Avg defender in OF in future. Moves fine to baseball, breaks down to field. Will improve aggressiveness fielding ball/playing thru baseball as he continues to play.
ATH: 7.32 runner in the 60. 1.80 and 4.14 in the 10 and 30 yard splits. Moves well. Time will improve with added strength and physical maturity.