Jake
Barker

VA/DC PreSeason All-State Central

Barker is 5-11 lankier 155 pound athletic frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an open balanced athletic stance, leg kick stride on line, smooth load back to a slight bar. Hips rotate completely with some violence and he maintains good lower half balance. Hands stay inside, short to the ball, slightly uphill line drive swing path with a high finish, some strength at contact and some extension through the ball, showed a pull approach with some natural loft built in and power present that way, exit velocity was 94. In the outfield, gets body behind the ball and fields through it with above average hands, clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short loose arm action, position velocity was 82. Ran a 7.16 60 yard dash. On the mound, he throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, short loose quick arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Drop and drive delivery, shoulders are uphill and closed, lands open with an athletic finish. Fastball was 79-81, with some armside run that gets depth to it. Curveball was 66-70 with good armspeed and sharp 10/4 break to it, break has more power when down. Change-up was 70-73 with good armspeed and heavy fade to it.

VA/DC State Games

Barker is 5-11 with a lankier athletic frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an open balanced athletic stance, strides on line, smooth load back. Hips rotate completely and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, goes straight to the ball, level line drive swing path, showed a good approach using the entire field, exit velocity was 79. In the outfield, gets body behind the ball and fields through it with above average hands, clean exchange, throws from a high three-quarters arm slot, short arm action, position velocity was 82. Ran a 7.47 60 yard dash. On the mound, he throws from a lower three-quarters arm slot, short loose arm action and easier effort to his delivery. Shoulders are uphill and on line, lands open with an athletic finish and some recoil. Fastball was 76-80, with heavy late sink. Curveball had some armspeed and was 63-64 with sharp 11/5 break to it. Change-up was 71-74 with good armspeed and some heavy fade.

TPG West

Barker is 5-11 with a lankier athletic frame that has a lot of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from an open balanced athletic stance, strides on line, smooth load back. Hips rotate completely and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, quick to the ball, level line drive swing path, showed a good approach using whole field, some strength at contact, exit velocity was 85. In the outfield, gets behind the ball and fields with average hands, clean exchange, throws from a low three-quarters arm slot, position velocity was 81. Ran a 7.39 60 yard dash. On the mound, he throws from a lower three-quarters arm slot, longer loose arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Shoulders are level and closed, lands square with an athletic finish. Fastball was 78-82, touching 83, with some late cut to it. Curveball had good armspeed and was 65-68 with sharp 11/5 break. Showed ability to throw both for strikes.

Preseason All-State I

Barker is 5-11 with a lankier athletic frame that has plenty of projection left to it. He hits from the right side from a tall open stance, strides on line, loads back to a wrap. Hips rotate completely and he maintains some lower half balance. Hands stay inside, slightly uphill line drive swing with some strength at contact, exit velocity of 89. In the outfield, gets behind ball to field it with average hands, throws from a three-quarters arm slot, position velocity was 80. On the mound, he throws from a three-quarters arm slot with shorter free arm action and normal effort to his delivery. Shoulders are level and closed, lands square with an athletic finish and some recoil. Fastball sat 78-80, touching 81 with some late sink to it. Curveball had some armspeed and was 63-65 with sharp 10/4 break. Change-up had some armspeed and was 70-71 with late fade.