Keaton McKinney
7-2-13 - 50. Keaton McKinney- RHP/1B, Ankeny (IA) HS
7-24-13 -
Keaton McKinney, rhp, Ankeny (Iowa) High/Marucci Elite - At 6-foot-5,
220 pounds, McKinney has a physical build with a strong lower half and still
has room to grow into his upper body and large frame. With a quick, whip-like
arm action from a three-quarter arm slot, McKinney sits 89-92 mph, touching 93.
An Arkansas signee, he also throws a two-seamer with above-average armside run
and sink and pitches aggressively off his fastball. His low-80s changeup with
fade is his most advanced secondary offering. His 76-79 mph slider with tight
rotation shows the makings of an average pitch. http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/tyler-koleks-heavy-fastball-among-tournament-of-stars-standouts/
8-7-13 -
Kendall Rogers @KendallRogersPG
- #Arkansas commit @TGold_PG: 2014 RHP Keaton McKinney (Ankeny, IA)
showing the best changeup of #ACGames. Makes good hitters look bad
8-16-13 - 11th All-American
Classic - Keaton McKinney | RHP | Ankeny HS (Ankeny, IA) - Height/Weight:
6-foot-5/220 pounds - B/T: R/R - Draft Day Age: 18 years, 5 months Commitment: Arkansas - History: McKinney
started the summer in style, sitting upper-80s to low-90s with a heavy fastball
at the Perfect Game National Showcase in June, while showing off a highly
deceptive changeup a grade better than he’d shown in past showcase outings, and
among the best off-speeds of any arm at the Metrodome over those five days.
McKinney maintained his stuff through USA Baseball’s Tournament of Stars,
earning himself an invite to the 18U Team Trials along side Reid-Foley. He
showed well at the Area Code Games last week, as well, and entered the Perfect
Game All-American Classic as an arm of interest, but not necessarily one of the
big names in the class. - Development: McKinney breezed through his inning of
work on Sunday, striking out three and walking one. The big Iowan set the tempo
for the outing in his first four pitches, going changeup, fastball, changeup,
changeup to big slugger, and Vanderbilt commit, Justin Bellinger, drawing empty
swings on each of the off-speeds and sending Bellinger to the bench. As
impressive as McKinney’s changeup has been thus far this summer, it was at its
best at PGAAC, and the deceptive quality of the offering, along with the late
tumble, left the East Squad hitters helpless. It’s a deep crop of high school
arms this year, with a number of potential impact hurlers at the college ranks
as well, but a dominant outing in front of the right collection of evaluators
can do wonders for a players draft stock—McKinney’s inning was just such an
outing, solidifying for him a prominent spot on follow lists for next spring. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=21537
8-20-13 - LOS
ANGELES - The Blue team used a pair of home runs and a five-run first inning to
beat the Red team, 10-2, in Game 3 of the 2013 USA Baseball 18U National Team
Trials at Dodger Stadium on Monday evening – RHP Keaton McKinney (Ankeny, Iowa) followed suit
in the bottom of the second, ripping a pitch into the left field bleachers to
lead off the inning for the Blue team and pushing the lead to 6-0. http://web.usabaseball.com/article.jsp?ymd=20130820&content_id=57577990&vkey=news_usab
9-1-13 – Petco Game - Keaton
McKinney (RHP) (R/R) 6’5″ 220; Grad: 2014
Ankeny, IA Tall, XL frame with durable pitchers build. Avg. athlete that
repeats his delivery w/quick arm from HTQ slot. Ball comes out of hand well and
showed ability to manipulate both sides of plate. FB91-93 and uses 2-seamer
88-90 with sink. Advanced CH880-82 that remains his best secondary offering.
Plus feel to repeat fading action with swing and miss potential. Uses SL78-80
as third pitch and has a tendency to wrap and action will get slurvey.
Intriguing, fresh arm w/feel for strikes who could continue to boost his stock
if the SL develops this spring. Shows the ingredients for 3-pitch mix w/the FB
and CH being plus offerings. http://bigleaguefutures.net/1/2013/09/01/aflac-game-wrap-up-better-late-than-never/
9-11-13 - Sully’s 2014 Top 100 MLB
HS Draft Prospects – 32.Keaton McKinney – RHP/INF, Ankeny (IA) HS http://www.ninebaseball.org/Wordpress/sullys-2014-top-100-mlb-hs-draft-prospects/
10-15-13 – Baseball America - 43.
Keaton McKinney, rhp, Ankeny (Iowa) HS: Six-foot-5, 223-pounder has a low-90s
fastball that has touched 94 and one of the better changeups in the class. http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/2014-draft-top-50-october-2013-carlos-rodon/
11-21-13 – BA Top 100 High School
Players - 31 Keaton McKinney RHP R/R 6-4 223 Ankeny (Iowa) HS Arkansas http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/2014-high-school-top-100-with-commitments/
12-10-13 – TTF – Top 50 HS Players
- 28. Keaton McKinney, RHP, Ankeny HS (IA) - At 6’-5” and 220 pounds, the
right-hander has the ideal size for a frontline starter. His fastball can touch
93 mph and he also shows the makings of a plus change-up that sits in the low
80s with good tilting action. He also is a very good athlete, which bodes well
for future projection and mechanics. Another member of Team USA Baseball.
Committed to Arkansas. http://throughthefencebaseball.com/2014-mlb-draft-top-50/40532#zz88YJZTOG8iEa1Z.99
12-9-13 – Pine Tar Press -
49-RHP Keaton McKinney Ankeny HS (Arkansas Commit)- He will be a two way
player at Arkansas as his bat has some boom to it and he should be a big time
college run producer given the opportunity. But, his stuff on the mound, which
includes an advanced change up, and solid curve ball make him a big upside pick
for someone in June. (Out of first round- Royals selection) http://pinetarpress.com/early-look-2014-mlb-draft/
1-3-14 – TTF Baseball - 38. Miami
Marlins — Keaton McKinney, RHP, Ankeny HS (IA) - At 6’-5” and 220 pounds, the
right-hander has the ideal size for a frontline starter. His fastball can touch
93 mph and he also shows the makings of a plus change-up that sits in the low
80s with good tilting action. He also is a very good athlete, which bodes well
for future projection and mechanics. Another member of Team USA Baseball.
Committed to Arkansas. http://throughthefencebaseball.com/2014-mlb-draft-2/40753#ppGUqI6CbWFvzsPf.99
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