Ben
Schroth

2/16/15
5-foot-10, 162-pound thin body frame with room left to fill out. While listed primarily as a first-baseman his services may be more needed as pitcher being left-handed. From first base he has good hands doing a good job picking the baseball on short hops. He uses good athletic footwork around the bag, his arm works well from the position throwing from a ¾ slot reaching a top velocity of 78 mph throwing across the field. On the mound his delivery requires regular effort while bringing his leg back for leverage during his leg lift. He throws using a shorter arm action with average arm speed coming through a ¾ arm slot. His fastball showed natural tail at times ranging from 77-80 mph. His curveball has a sharp breaking action showing signs of late bite on the pitch thrown at 1/7 tilt from 66-68 mph, the pitch tends to have sharper break when he throws it with more velocity. His slider shows cutting movement across the plate at 74 mph. He threw his changeup using fastball arm speed showing some sink at 70-71 mph. Left-handed hitter that starts even and steps closed. Short compact swing and produced line drives during batting practice. Registered top exit velocity of 76 mph and ran 7.90-60.