LATEST PG SHOWCASE REPORT
2017 Sunshine West Showcase
DJ Ackley is a 2018 RHP/1B with a 6-1 175 lb. frame from Poway, CA who attends Poway. Ackley has a lean athletic build with room to fill. He pitches from a 3/4 slot with a short arm circle in the back. Ackley works from the 1B side of the rubber and has a deliberate delivery. He has an easy delivery and repeats it well. Ackley threw an 11/5 curveball with some depth and shape to it. He gets some movement on his fastball with both cutting and running action on it at times. Ackley throws both pitches for strikes and worked down in the zone well. There's more velocity in there with more use of his lower half. At the plate he starts with a high back elbow and has a flatter path through the zone. He uses the middle of the field well and hit the ball to all fields with line drives. Ackley has a rotational swing and controls the barrel well. Defensively he showed clean glove actions at 1B. Excellent student.