Notes From the South Atlantic: Ryan Mountacstle

[weams]

http://notesfromthesally.com/2016/05/09/1st-look-ryan-mountcastle-ss-delmarva/

Mountcastle is age 19, listed 6'3″ 195 lbs that looks accurate, he bats and throws right. Mountcastle was drafted 36th overall in the 2015 draft out of high school in Oviedo, Fl (Orlando area).

Mountcastle is long and lean, with a lot of projection left. At the dish he has an upright closed stance, quick wrists, a long level swing and above average bat speed. His quick wrists were on display early yesterday when he lined a 93 MPH inside fastball into the left field corner for a double. That ball got out there in a hurry. He's got above average raw power right now, with the potential for more as he gets stronger.

Mountcastle's raw offensively, he was getting beat with soft away yesterday. His pitch recognition skills will need to improve and they likely will. But I could see him having some growing pains at this level as college arms will be sequencing him to death. Too soon for me to say whether he can pick up spin or not.

[backwardsk]

He's hitting over .350 his last 10 games.

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[Palmoripken]

He's very young but I'm excited about the offensive potential. He's a big kid like Machado and Schoop are.

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