Kai
Rice

Kai Rice, Cedar Ridge (TX), 2026
Positional Profile: OF/1B LHH/OF: Width through shoulders and back with solid middle and lower half; projects well to add strength. Plus runner with solid stride length and efficient start; speed should continue to improve. Balanced setup with a toe tap load into the lower half. Hands work rhythmically into a solid hit position with back elbow working well through the zone. Barrel stays on plane with present bat speed. G2G hitter with developing power and present hit ability; impact should continue to firm with adjustments. Defensively, aggressive getting to the ball with solid breakdown and footwork. Fields off the left foot and out front with hands, showing consistent preparation and ability to throw through the cutoff. Arm works well with present carry and accuracy.
Body: 5-9, 178-pounds. Width to back and shoulders. Good middle and lower. Will add strength.
Hit: LHH. Balanced setup with a toe tap load in lower. Hands work into solid hit position. Can shift more weight on stride to get more 50/50. Back elbow works into slot. Barrel flattens. Uses hands well to strike ball. Weight shift adjustments will create more plate coverage and power. 65 mph bat speed with 10 G's of rotational acceleration.
Power: 90 max exit velocity, averaged 76.6 mph. 309' max distance. Projects to solid bat/power combo in future. Hit ability present. Impact will firm with adjustments.
Arm: RH. OF-85 mph. Arm works well, sets feet to throw. Firm ability throwing thru cutoff.
Defense: Aggressive getting to baseball, breaks down well to field. Fields ball off left foot, out front. Nice job setting feet to field.
ATH: 6.85 runner in the 60. 1.68 and 3.84 in the 10 and 30 yard splits. Solid start and stride length. Upright runner, develop lean forward with head and shoulders. Plus runner now. 23.70 max vertical.
Vizual Edge: 68.01 Edge Score

Kai Rice, Cedar Ridge (TX), 2026
Positional Profile: OF/1B LHH/OF solid build with ability to add strength in future. Solid mover on field, look for speed to increase some in future, chance he can develop into fringe avg guy down the road. Solid bat/power combo in future with adjustments to hit approach and swing. Showed ability to put baseball in play in games. Developing player.
Body: 5-9, 184-pounds. Solid build/frame with width to shoulders and back. Solid lower. Projects well physically.
Hit: LHH. Rotational back foot, gets stuck in rotation, work to get foot turned fully and on time. Drive foot forward getting onto ball of foot. Hits into firm front leg. Stride foot rotates open and onto heel hindering balance. Stay into ground with stride, hit from ground up. Body lays back at contact, work to get posture upright with swing. Laying back of body contributes some to uphill path of barrel. Barrel/hands in nice position to launch. Length to swing created with barrel work down and around with uphill path. Work to develop ability to take more direct path with hands/barrel to zone looking to get on plane for line drive contact. Bat/hand speed should increase with added strength. 65.5 mph bat speed with 14 G's of rotational acceleration.
Power: 95 max exit velocity, averaged 80.8 mph. 317' max distance. Project solid bat/power combo in future with adjustments. Opportunities for changes to hit approach and swing. Contact consistency and impact will firm with changes.
Arm: RH. OF-82 mph. Arm works fine, fair arm speed. Recommend long toss program to develop arm speed and raw arm strength. Project avg future HS arm.
Defense: Moves well to baseball, nice job of breaking down and fielding baseball. Solid exchange. Steady corner OF.
ATH: 7.09 runner in the 60. 1.68 and 3.91 in the 10 and 30 yard splits. Nice start. Hard runner, good stride length. Runs upright, develop slight lean forward with head and shoulders when running. Speed can increase some in future. 21.70 max vertical.

Kai Rice, Cedar Ridge (TX), 2026
Positional Profile: OF/1B LHH OF with good build/frame to add strength. Moves well in OF, arm strength will improve. Shows solid contact off barrel with opportunity to increase hard contact. Solid tools present, interesting player to watch develop.
Body: 5-9, 172-pounds. Solid build, will add increased strength in future for good build.
Hit: LHH. Lands in good position to hit after stride. Rotational back foot, does a nice job of using lower 1/2 with opportunity to improve. Hits off firm front side, body lays back at point of contact, would like to see body bit more upright at contact. This will result in increased ability to impact baseball. Barrel/hands in good launch position, knob/hands take solid path to baseball. Bat/hand speed will increase with added strength. 64.4 mph bat speed with 14 G's of rotational acceleration.
Power: 93 max exit velocity, averaged 84.8 mph. 315' max distance. Solid bat/power combo in future. Opportunity for adjustments present resulting in improved ability to impact baseball.
Arm: RH. OF-81 mph. Arm works with fair arm speed, elbow get low occ. Recommend long toss program to increase arm speed.
Defense: Moves well to baseball, does a solid job of breaking down to field baseball.
ATH: 6.92 runner in the 60. Good start, upright runner. Work to get head and shoulder lean forward. Shows foot speed. Run time can improve. Plus runner