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2016 Midwest Top Prospect Showcase
Brett McCleary is a 2017 C/RHP with a 6-2 208 lb. frame from Iowa City, IA who attends City High. Large frame with long limbs and a strong, athletic build. Projects for additional strength with continued physical development. Ran a 7.81 sixty yard dash. Primary catcher, shows a low set with good hip flexion while setting up to receive. Gains ground to the bag while working out of crouch with an extended front side stride. Shows a compact, low exchange and arm circle while working through transfer. Arm comes through finish quickly on an uphill plane creating accurate, on line carry to the bag. Topped at 76 mph with a best workout pop time of 1.87. Right handed hitter with an upright, straight stance and high back elbow set. Shows a naturally leveraged swing plane on an extended path to contact. Swings with extreme intent to drive the baseball deep into the pull side gap. Generated very good jump off the barrel when on time and squared. Also pitched showing a short rock step delivery to leg lift. Creates coil with front side at gather showing back pocket. Utilizes lower half well while driving to the plate and creating good downward angle. Compact arm circle back at separation and released from a high three-quarter to near over top arm slot. Fastball has good downhill angle to the plate with occasional cutting action in the upper 70's to low 80's, topped at 83 mph. Curveball has 11/5 shape with tight rotation and sharp, late depth when located down in the zone. Flashed a changeup as well with some sinking action down in the zone. Maintained arm speed with changeup offering proving to be very deceptive to hitter. Consistently filled the strike zone with developing command to the edges of the plate. Effectively kept hitter off balanced while missing barrels and inducing weak contact. Good student. Named to the 2016 Midwest Top Prospect Showcase, Top Prospect List.