UPDATED RESEARCH - 2023 Draft Prospect - C - Raffsele Velazquez

 

 Raffsele Velazquez                    @RalphyVelazquez 

C              Huntington Beach

  

3-3-23 - Keith Law’s MLB Draft 2023 Rankings: -

#25 Raffaelle Velazquez, C/3B, Huntington Beach (Calif.) High

Velazquez has improved his conditioning since last summer and shows great feel to hit with present power, despite a deep load where he nearly bars his arm, very rarely chasing anything out of the zone. As a left-handed hitting catcher he’ll be highly rated by scouts if he continues to show improvement behind the plate, which he did last fall and early this spring, and he benefits from a weak catching class in this draft as well.


2-17-23 - Shooter Hunt @ShooterHunt

‘23 C Ralph Velazquez (CA)

6’1” 210 ASU Baseball recruit

A big reason for the MLB Draft buzz is the simplicity of the approach that still enables power & bat speed.

Nothing new here: dude can hit


2-6-23 - Prospect Live - Top 100 Prospects -

44 C/1B/OF

Raffaele Velazquez

Huntington Beach

Velazquez has a super-simple left-handed swing with plenty of present loft and significant present power. He's a pure hitter with a long track record of putting barrel to ball. There's bat speed here, but much of Velazquez's power is currently coming from an innate feel for finding the big part of the bat. Velazquez gets extremely high marks for his maturity in the batters box featuring a calm demeanor and patient approach. He's not jumpy and waits back for his pitch. He really gets into a firm front side and extends beautifully through the baseball. A catcher now, "Ralphy" may ultimately be forced to first base or left field as his body continues to mature. It's an average arm, though the frame lacks much physical projection in terms of tools behind the plate. Still, the case can be made this is a plus bat, and those generally don't last long in any draft.


2-4-23 - Cameron Emamian @CameronEmamian

‘23 C/INF Ralphy Velazquez had scouts saying audible “wow”s with several rocket homers, loudest contact in the park tonight. Swing is smooth, uses lower half very well with a compact upper half, good extension on follow through


12-28-22 - 2023 MLB Draft – Top 50 High School Prospects

https://www.prospects1500.com/general/2023-mlb-draft-top-50-high-school-prospects/

27. Raffaele Velazquez, C/1B, Huntington Beach HS (CA) – Better known as Ralphy, the current catcher will probably end up at first base, but the arm is very accurate and could help him stay behind the dish longer than some may think. Regardless of where he plays, there is one big piece to his game it takes no time to discover, dude has power! The ball absolutely flies off the bat and has plus plus power potential from a left handed swing that has a good low hand load and real bat speed. He has a knack for finding the barrel so the are Ks in the bat, but not as much as you expect from a your power hitter. He will get greedy at times and pull off the ball, but he typically stays closed and mashes.


2-1-22 - Joe Doyle @JoeDoyleMiLB 

I scraped HS data from everywhere I could. Synergy, TruMedia + PG. Got sample sizes of 80+ PAs for most. Here are guys that *really* stood out this summer: 

Kendall George

Colt Emerson

Ethan Mendoza

Rafaelle Velazquez

Michael Perazza

Max Clark

Zion Rose

Ashton Larson

Casey Borba

 

11-28-22 - Joe Doyle @JoeDoyleMiLB 

Huntington Beach C/OF Raffaele "Ralphy" Velazquez was the most unlucky prospect in baseball this summer. In 58 PAs, Valazquez slashed .160/.310/.229 w/a 5% K-rate, an 84% Contact%, and a 15.5% BB%. Hits the ball as hard as anyone too. Kid rakes. No. 91 overall at Prospects Live. https://t.co/8eZnjDTnFz 

 

All the 2023 Draft Prospects in the Mack’s Mets database can be viewed by going to www.macksmets.blogspot.com and clicking on 2023 DRAFT PROSPECT DATABASE found on the top, left of the front page of the site.

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