At 30th overall the Yankees selected high school RHP Ty Hensley out of Santa Fe High School in Oklahoma. Baseball America has Hensley at #23 in their top 500 and Kevin Goldstein has Hensley ranked #19 in his
top 30. His father was Mike Hensley a former Cardinal and he will more than likely sign despite committing to Mississippi aka Ole Miss.
ESPN wrote about Ty saying: Hensley is a big right-hander with two above-average pitches now and the
size to pitch at the top of a rotation, but the effort in his delivery
and lack of command have him a cut below the top tier of prep arms.
Hensley will hit 98 but pitches now at 93-94, pairing it with a power
curveball at 77-81 with hard 12-to-6 break. The fastball doesn't sink or
tail but does have some late life up, running up and in to right-handed
batters.
He gets on top of the ball well and really gets out over his front side,
although he doesn't close that front side cleanly after release. He
drifts off the rubber early and starts his arm very late, making up for
it with big arm acceleration, but it's hard for him to repeat the
delivery. There's huge potential here in the raw material if a club
feels like they can clean him up and get him to throw more consistent
strikes.
Ty will more than likely start in the Gulf coast league and could be a very exciting prospect. Check him out on twitter @Tyhensley17
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