Scouting Report: Austin Kubitza, RHP, Colleyville Heritage (TX) HS (2010 Draft)
By The Baseball Beginnings Guy
December 24, 2009
Austin Kubitza won’t get the same national attention as his fellow Rice commit, Texas right-hander Jameson Taillon, but Kubitza is a legitimate pro prospect in his own right if he can continue developing. He’s got the components you want in your power-armed right-handed prospects – the right body, the balance, the arm speed. He was, without question, feeling things out when I saw him.
These are the kinds of guys who make or break a good scout. You have to be able to recognize the difference between projection and performance. As I like to say, the only place that stats matter are in the big leagues. I’m not really concerned with his balls-to-strikes ratio in the summer before his senior year. Kubitza is a pitcher who has the physicality to get far and will probably be able to mull his options over in June. Here’s a scouting report on the Colleyville Heritage HS (Texas) right-hander.
AUSTIN KUBITZA, RHP
6-5, 185
Colleyville Heritage, Colleyville, Tex.
Games Seen: 3, Innings: 6
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Tall, long, lean and loose, high hips, lanky body with physical projection.
STRENGTHS: Fastball 88-92 with run and movement and room for growth. Above-average arm speed, a lot of room for development here.
WEAKNESSES: Below-average fastball command, lack of defined secondary pitches. Just feeling things out.
SUMMARY: A good raw package of projectability, arm speed and size, plenty of more life in his arm. Needs smoothing out, but was not a max-effort guy. Felt this pitcher was pitching through growth cycles when I saw him, believe he possess the athletic ability to stabilize and find balance and rhythm. Very interested to see this pitcher in the future; spring season will help decide if he signs after HS or gets to Rice. If he gets to college, this is a guy to follow, and he has a chance to move up a notch on the OFP scale.
GRADES: (Future/Present)
Fastball velocity 45/65
Fastball movement 40/50
Fastball command 30/50
Delivery 30/50
Overall Future Potential (OFP): 53
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