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Ben Taxdahl
2021 GRAD
 |  RHP/OF
 |  Prior Lake, MN
COMMITMENT
Best PG Grade
9
ABOUT PG GRADES
NATIONAL RANKING MN STATE RANKING
500 414
14 5
OVERALL RHP OVERALL RHP
St. Thomas Academy
HIGH SCHOOL
6-1
  197

HEIGHT/WEIGHT
R/R
BATS/THROWS
21 and 4 mos
AGE
19 and 0 mos
Age at 2021 Draft
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PG EVENT RESULTS
90 mph
FB VELO 10/7/2020
7.13 sec
60 YARD DASH 8/22/2020
1.59 sec
10 YARD SPLIT 8/10/2019
87 mph
OF VELO 8/22/2020
79 mph
C VELO 8/10/2019
2.01 sec
C POP 8/17/2019
93 mph
EXIT VELO 8/22/2020
LATEST PG SHOWCASE REPORT
2020 Central Prospect Showcase  
Ben Taxdahl is a 2021 RHP/OF with a 6-1 197 lb. frame from Prior Lake, MN who attends St. Thomas Academy. He ran a 7.13 second sixty. A primary right-handed pitcher with a large physical frame showing present strength throughout. He showed the ability to mix pitches and work with a plan, He sat 86-89 mph with his fastball with occasional arm side run that he used well in on righties, he showed two distinct breaking balls, a slider with good horizontal break at 77 and a true 12-6 curveball with late depth, competes well on the mound and fills up the zone. Int eh outfield he fields the ball off the side bringing it in with a clean transfer, foot work is still developing but he does a nice job getting rid of the ball with a quick release on his strong throws at 87 mph. At the plate he showed real bat speed with a 93 mph exit velocity from the right side, uses low leg lift rider with a slight coil in the load, has solid power to the pull side. Named to the 2020 Central Prospects Top Prospects List. Good student.
PG CAREER PROGRESSION
+7 MPH
FB Velo since 08/10/2019
-0.07 SEC
60 Time since 08/10/2019
+1 MPH
OF Velo since 08/10/2019
-0.02 SEC
Pop Time since 08/10/2019
+4 MPH
Exit Velo since 08/10/2019
+16.90 MPH
Max Barrel Speed since 08/10/2019
+6.37
Impact Momentum since 08/10/2019
+15.16 Gs
Max Acceleration since 08/10/2019
Best PG Grade: 9
PERCENTILE RANKINGS
CLASS OF 2021 in the recorded year
CATEGORY TOP RESULT CLASS AVG PERCENTILE
FB 90 mph 79 mph
96.09%
60 7.13 sec 7.53 sec
68.86%
10 SPL 1.59 sec 1.72 sec
87.11%
OF 87 mph 80 mph
84.54%
C 79 mph 72 mph
88.92%
Pop 2.01 sec 2.07 sec
60.86%
CATEGORIES TOP RESULT CLASS AVG PERCENTILE
Exit Velo 93 mph 81 mph
94.44%
CATEGORY TOP RESULT CLASS AVG PERCENTILE
Max Barrel Speed 80.191 mph 64.51 mph
99.23%
Impact Momentum 30.227 23.95
99.15%
Max Acceleration 44.003 g's 31.89 g's
95.97%
BEST SINGLE GAME STATS
BATTING STATSLAST OCCURRENCE
At bats: 3 Jul 30, 2020 vs. Royals Scout Team 2021
Runs: 1 Jul 29, 2020 vs. Pro Player Canes 2021
Hits: 1 Jul 29, 2020 vs. Pro Player Canes 2021
Doubles: 1 Jul 29, 2020 vs. Pro Player Canes 2021
Total bases: 2 Jul 29, 2020 vs. Pro Player Canes 2021
PITCHING STATSLAST OCCURRENCE
Inn. pitched: 0.2 Oct 10, 2020 vs. Houston Astros Scout Team
Runs allowed: 0 Oct 10, 2020 vs. Houston Astros Scout Team
Earned runs: 0 Oct 10, 2020 vs. Houston Astros Scout Team
Hits allowed: 1 Oct 10, 2020 vs. Houston Astros Scout Team
Strikeouts: 0 Oct 10, 2020 vs. Houston Astros Scout Team
Walks allowed: 2 Oct 10, 2020 vs. Houston Astros Scout Team