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Tournaments  | Story  | 7/3/2022

16u National Elite Scout Notes: Day 4

Perfect Game Staff
Colton Olinger
Tim Redding
Photo: Matthew Champion (Perfect Game)
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William Schmidt (2024, Baton Rouge, La.) was really good in his second outing of the week as the Mississippi State commit got the ball in Saturday's second round play off game. He had made short one-inning outing early in the week in preparation for his 5 1/3 innings in the bracket play. Schmidt struck out seven over those five-plus innings with a fun-to-watch two-pitch mix. He ran the fastball up to 89 mph early and settled in around the mid-80s with good arm-side movement at the bottom of the zone. The game changer was being able to throw his breaking ball off the fastball as it left hitters taking awkward swings or uncomfortable takes as it seemingly dropped straight down on them. The curveball was in the low-70s but the amount of depth he is able to generate with very little horizontal action makes the pitch extremely tough for hitters to get on plane with it and make any sort of contact. At 6-foot-2 and 170 pounds, the frame is more than projectable with plenty of room to fill out when we you pair that with some movement on the fastball and the big hammer curveball the future looks pretty bright for the young right-hander.

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