Haigen
Reed

West Coast Games

The surprise position player of the event for me! After posting a .400 BA as a sophomore this past spring, Reed flew under my radar for a myriad of reasons, but after attending the CBA Scout Day, he caught my attention with an EV of 100.8 and his ability to square up the baseball and find the sweet spot. Built like a ball player w/strong well defined features and a strong lower ½ that he utilizes well in his swing. The body shows rhythm and timing as he gets his hands into the proper position to load the bat, in getting to a solid 45 and then sinks into his legs and shows plus bat speed in firing his lower ½ and core, to get the knob inside the baseball. Shows barrel release and acceleration through contact into a firm front side and stays behind the baseball to get his hands extended and looks to do damage with violent intentions. At the WCG’s, Reed went off at the plate and finished the 3 games 7-9 with 5 2B’s and a 3B while creating energy and anticipation when he stepped into the box, that something was about to happen! The only 2025 on the roster, and he played well beyond his age class in performance and how he carried himself and went about his business. Reed also turned in an 84 mph OF arm velo and one that I can see making the jump near 90 in the next couple of years. Plays hard and was aggressive on the bases and looked for the extra base hit out of the box. A definite name to follow in the state over the next 2 years and one that excited me enough to place at #6 in our next 2025 state rankings release after his showing in Las Vegas. Definitely a D1 bat moving forward!

Another surprise, that I was not able to watch in length throughout the ‘23 spring, Reed put up a .400 batting avg during the spring and showed projs raw power, in putting up an event best 101.5 exit velocity and 84 mph arm strength from RF. A semi spread out and square stance at the plate, Reed loads the bat in a solid 45 degree angled launch, and fires his hands through the baseball with a quick bat and efficient swing plane with natural strength to impact the baseball. Is a bit upright and spins through the ball, Reed can and needs to get into his lower ½ better, to utilize his full impact potential and to drive pitches in the bottom part of the zone. A bit raw in his movement patterns in the OF on approach to the ball, the footwork can be synced up better, yet does show fringe to avg online arm strength with flashes of one hop accuracy. A 7.12/60 and fringe overall runner, with added lower ½ leg strength and further physical projections, Reed can and should projs to be an avg raw runner with an overall solid gate to run.