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2018 Sunshine West Showcase
Shaydon Kubo is a 2019 SS/2B with a 5-8 165 lb. frame from Waipahu, HI who attends Iolani HS. Medium frame with an athletic build. Ran a 7.17 sixty-yard dash. Primary shortstop, plays low through the baseball with fluid glove actions. Flashed solid range to each side with the ability to throw on the run. Ball comes out quickly producing accurate carry to the bag, topped at 82 miles per hour. Right handed hitter with a slightly crouched, open stance and simple leg lift trigger. Compact, direct hand path to contact with a clean line drive barrel plane. Displayed good feel for the barrel and consistently produces solid line drive contact to the middle of the field and pull side gap. Also pitched utilizing a rock step to medium leg lift delivery. Stays flexed on back side at gather with slight coil over back leg. Hides baseball well with a compact arm circle and released from a high three-quarters slot. Consistently filled the zone with a fastball offering that produced occasional downhill tilt with run in the low to mid 80's, topped at 84 miles per hour. Curveball showed softer spin with some depth in the low 70's. Very deceptive arm action with a changeup offering that created late sink to the bottom of the zone in the low 70's as well. Aggressively attacked the strike zone with each pitch. Good student as well.