Outfielder’s Scouting Report
Name: Bryce Brentz School: MTSU City: Murfreesboro State: TN
Position: OF B/T: R/R Grade: SO Opponent: Florida Atlantic University Date: 3-21-09
-Height and Weight: 6’0’’ 185lbs
-Body Description: Athletic, slim build with room to fill out a little and thicken up some.
-Body Comparison (Current or Former Major Leaguer that played same position): David Wright except a little slimmer right now. When he fills out and thickens up a little, he will look a lot like Wright.
-Athleticism: Extremely good athlete. He is also the team’s Friday starting pitcher for conference games.
-Offense
-Bat Potential (20-80): 45
-What type of hitter is he? He has a power hitter’s mentality and swing. He has a slight uppercut and looked to be a dead pull hitter during BP and the game.
-Bat Speed: Incredible Bat Speed, probably some of the quickest hands I have seen at the college level.
-Bat Strength: Very strong with his hands and swing. Uses his legs and hips real well. He is extremely strong and powerful for his size.
-Power Potential (20-80): 55 (Due to his incredible bat speed and room to fill out and get stronger)
-Plate Discipline: He was aggressive in the strike zone. He did not take a strike the entire night. However, he also did not chase anything out of the strike zone and did take a 4 pitch walk.
-Pitch Recognition: He was never fooled by a pitch. He had nice cuts on fastballs and curveballs. His quick hands allowed him to wait longer to recognize the pitch.
-Defense/Running
-Range (20-80): 50 (The only balls hit his direction that he had to move quickly was a line drive down the left field line which he got to quickly and held the runner to a single and a deep fly ball hit down the line to the warning track which he got to easily).
-Instincts: Showed good first step on both balls hit his diretion
-Arm Strength (20-80): N/A
-Arm Accuracy (20-80): N/A
-Baserunner (20-80): 50 (good jumps)
-Time to 1B: N/A
-Steal Time: 3.4
-Box Score 1 for 3 with 1 HR 1BB 1 HBP and 2 RBI’s.
Comments: I went to see Bryce Brentz, and left with more excitement about him than I had expected mainly because of his bat speed. I liked everything I saw from him. He had a very healthy, strong swing. When he missed balls he did not get jammed or hit it off the end of the bat, he would just miss them hitting them on top of the barrel popping them straight up. He popped out twice, but had very good swings on both of them just missing the middle of the baseball. I did not get to see him throw from the outfield because he pitched the day before, so I am assuming his arm was too sore to make throws during pre-game warm-ups, but he must have a good arm to be one of their top pitchers. I was not able to judge his speed any except for on one stolen base attempt but the pitch was hit so there was not a play made. What I could tell he had average speed at the worst, but I think it is a little above average. He looked, appeared, and seemed to be an incredible athlete. He seemed to be by far the best athlete and player on the field.