Recapping 2020 Metro Scout League Week 3
Week 3 of the 2020 Metro Scout League is now in the books after concluding 12 games at the Melissa Sports Complex on Sunday and three at Zadow.
Five Tool will be covering the 2020 Metro Scout League this Fall providing social media coverage live during the games. As Five Tool provides highlights and more, college coaches and professional scouts watch and scout the players participating in the league. Let’s take a look at the top performers from Week 3 as marked and noted by the college coaches and professional scouts.
*26 college coaches and professional scouts in attendance for Week 1
*29 college coaches and professional scouts in attendance for Week 2
*26 college coaches and professional scouts in attendance for Week 3
Home to First top times (4.0-4.1 range)
Matthew Lau, Five Star Performance Woytek, Frisco Reedy (TX) 2022
Chase Haley, Five Star Performance Woytek, Plano West (TX) 2022
Caden Liebenstein, Five Star Performance Brand, Frisco Lone Star (TX) 2022
Cameron Hartman, Stix Baseball, Braswell (TX) 2021
Cole Riley, Five Star Performance Cruz, Richardson (TX) 2023
Jack Bryan, Five Star Performance Brand, Frisco Wakeland (TX) 2022
Cam Wheeler, Frozen Ropes Florence, Denison (TX) 2021
Kevin Duran, Frozen Ropes Florence, Cleburne (TX) 2021
Jake Warren, Baseball Nation Rios, Allen (TX) 2023
Matthew Williams, D-BAT Elite Tompkins, Coppell (TX) 2023
Catcher POP Times
Jaxson Crow (1.9s), D-BAT Elite Smith, Waxahachie (TX) 2023
Ayden Franco (1.91s), D-BAT Elite Smith, Mansfield (TX) 2022
Jacob Lang (1.97s), Frozen Ropes Florence, Braswell (TX) 2022
Brydan Hernandez (1.98s), D-BAT Elite Tompkins, Corsicana (TX) 2023
Dylan Blyleven (2.00s), Baseball Nation Andrews, Frisco Reedy (TX) 2022
Benjamin Greer (2.01s), Five Star Performance Woytek, Allen (TX) 2022
Caden Mitchell (2.08s), D-BAT Elite Tompkins, Celina (TX) 2023
.@DBAT_Elite 18U Tompkins’ Caden Mitchell (@CadenMitchell19) shows off the hose piece and guns out the runner. #FiveToolArm
Celina (TX) 2023 #uncommitted @msldallas Week 3 pic.twitter.com/5HfWEa8iJD
— ✭Five Tool Texas✭ (@FiveToolTexas) September 27, 2020
Jake Warren (2.01s), Baseball Nation Rios, Allen (TX) 2023
Conan Cassidy (2.12s), D-BAT Elite Bailey, McKinney (TX) 2023
Pitcher Velocity
Ben Abeldt (89 MPH), Frozen Ropes Florence, McKinney Boyd (TX) 2022
.@FrozenRopesTX Florence’s Ben Abeldt (@AbeldtBen) strikes out the side and has dominated hitters.
FB: 86-88
BB: 75-77Mckinney Boyd (TX) 2022 • @TCU_Baseball commit@msldallas Week 3 pic.twitter.com/t7JxAnDvWE
— Five Tool Baseball (@FiveTool) September 27, 2020
Desmond Squalls (87 MPH), Baseball Nation Counts, McKinney North (TX) 2022
Caden Cline (87 MPH), Frozen Ropes Florence, Lubbock Cooper (TX) 2022
Chase Haley (86 MPH), Five Star Performance Woytek, Plano West (TX) 2022
Ryan Lindsey (86 MPH), Stix Baseball, Flower Mound Marcus (TX) 2021
Brandt Corley (85 MPH), Baseball Nation Andrews, Lovejoy (TX) 2022
Ayden Franco (85 MPH), D-BAT Elite Smith, Mansfield (TX) 2022
Carson Baugh (85 MPH), Frozen Ropes Florence, Denison (TX) 2021
Cole Landgraf (85 MPH), Stix Baseball, Flower Mound Marcus (TX) 2021
Colin Huspen (85 MPH), Five Star Performance Woytek, Allen (TX) 2022
.@FiveStarPB 17U Woytek’s Collin Huspen (@colinhuspen2022) is looking good early on. Really attacking the zone and mixing pitches well.
FB: 82-84
CB: 75Allen (TX) 2022 #uncommitted @msldallas Week 3 pic.twitter.com/kBRapiMsoK
— ✭Five Tool Texas✭ (@FiveToolTexas) September 27, 2020
Miguel Andres De Leon-Ceballos (85 MPH) Five Star Performance Cruz
Spotlight Players Identified by College Coaches
RHP/C Ayden Franco, D-BAT Elite Smith, Mansfield (TX) 2022
RHP Keaton High, Frozen Ropes Florence, Bells (TX) 2021
3B Ben Tryon, D-BAT Elite Smith, Southlake Carroll (TX) 2023
1B Cade Tucker, Stix Baseball, Krum (TX) 2021
RHP/C Brydan Hernandez, D-BAT Elite Tompkins, Corsicana (TX) 2023
MIF Nate Arterburn, D-BAT Elite Smith, Southlake Carroll (TX) 2023
Moonshot! 🌙@DBAT_Elite 18U Smith’s Nate Arterburn (@ArterburnNate) wallops a home run to deep left field. #FiveToolPower
Southlake Carroll (TX) 2023 #uncommitted @msldallas Week 3 pic.twitter.com/nnbpyYcx9Y
— ✭Five Tool Texas✭ (@FiveToolTexas) September 27, 2020
IF Parker Ibrahimi, D-BAT Elite Smith, Mansfield Legacy (TX) 2023
C/OF Reid Tucker, D-BAT Elite Bailey, Frisco Wakeland (TX) 2023
.@DBAT_Elite Bailey’s Reid Tucker (@ReidTucker4) gets the inning started with a bang as he crushes a lead off double.
Wakeland (TX) 2023 #uncommitted @msldallas Week 3 pic.twitter.com/pJsGXDZwb3
— ✭Five Tool Texas✭ (@FiveToolTexas) September 27, 2020
LHP/1B Joshua Nicholas, Baseball Nation Rios, Melissa (TX) 2023
RHP Brandon Huff, D-BAT Elite Bailey, Frisco Reedy (TX) 2023
RHP Caden Cline, Frozen Ropes Florence, Lubbock Cooper (TX) 2022
C Caden Mitchell, D-BAT Elite Tompkins, Celina (TX) 2023
IF Lane Allen, D-BAT Elite Tompkins, Denton Guyer (TX) 2023
OF/RHP Hunter Smith, Frozen Ropes Florence, McKinney Boyd (TX) 2022
RHP Mac Rose, D-BAT Elite Tompkins, Rockwall (TX) 2023
RHP Chase Haley, Five Star Performance Woytek, Plano West (TX) 2022
.@FiveStarPB 17U Woytek’s Chase Haley (@itsChaseHaley) has shown a nasty fastball-curveball combo thus far.
FB: 82-84
CB: 66-70Plano West (TX) 2022 #uncommitted @msldallas Week 3 pic.twitter.com/LLkrX7LLYd
— ✭Five Tool Texas✭ (@FiveToolTexas) September 27, 2020
OF Cam Wheeler, Frozen Ropes Florence, Denison (TX) 2021
.@FrozenRopesTX Florence’s Cam Wheeler (@WheelerCamden) cranks an opposite field triple in the gap. #FiveToolHitting
Denison (TX) 2021 • @GraysonBaseball commit@msldallas Week 3 pic.twitter.com/XGpUWWRUUa
— ✭Five Tool Texas✭ (@FiveToolTexas) September 27, 2020
OF/LHP Bennett Fryman, D-BAT Elite Tompkins, Frisco Lone Star (TX) 2023
LHP Carson Baugh, Frozen Ropes Florence, Denison (TX) 2021
C Jaxson Crow, D-BAT Elite Smith, Waxahachie (TX) 2023
SS/RHP Andrew Loera, Baseball Nation Counts, Princeton (TX) 2022
LHP Brandt Corley, Baseball Nation Andrews, Lovejoy (TX) 2022
LHP Ben Abeldt, Frozen Ropes Florence, McKinney Boyd (TX) 2022
SS/RHP Matthew Lau, Five Star Performance Woytek, Frisco Reedy (TX) 2022
RHP/1B Brian Hallum, Five Star Performance Woytek, Plano West (TX) 2022
LHP/1B Robert Darroch, Five Star Performance Brand, Frisco Centennial (TX) 2022
.@FiveStarPB 17U Brand’s Robert Darroch gets two punchouts in his first inning of work.
Centennial (TX) 2022 #uncommitted @msldallas Week 3 pic.twitter.com/hFBtMxEvV1
— ✭Five Tool Texas✭ (@FiveToolTexas) September 27, 2020
C Jake Warren, Baseball Nation Rios, Allen (TX) 2022
OF/SS Kevin Duran, Frozen Ropes Florence, Cleburne (TX) 2021
SS Tyler Abrego, Stix Baseball, Argyle (TX) 2021
.@StixBaseballTX 2021 Lockwood’s Tyler Abrego (@_TylerAbrego_) rips an RBI single through the hole.
Argyle (TX) 2021 • @UIWBaseball committ@msldallas Week 3 pic.twitter.com/H3k0vB2fAm
— ✭Five Tool Texas✭ (@FiveToolTexas) September 27, 2020
RHP Ryan Lindsey, Stix Baseball, Flower Mound Marcus (TX) 2021