Grant Richardson
OF 6-2 186 Indiana @Grantr_1
2020 Indiana stat line - 14-G, 59-AB, .424/.453/.797, 5-HR
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Outfield - Grant Richardson, Indiana
After not being selected in the 2020 five-round draft, Richardson returns following a torrid four-week stretch to start the year where he hit .424 with five home runs. He’s got excellent physicality along with all the peripheral tools to be successful and the hit tool and power combination should pay dividends come this spring. There’s excellent bat speed along with the physicality and strength to posit double dight home run upside. Throw in the rest of his tools in that he can run, throw, and defend and you have a very well-rounded prospect who should be one of the top hitters in the Big Ten.
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Building upon an All Big-Team Freshman season in 2019 where he slashed .264/.335/.491, Richardson opened last season on a white-hot tear. After 15 games he was leading the conference in home runs (5), runs scored (21) and slugging percentage (.797). A cerebral hitter, he’s worked hard to ensure that he maintains a level swing path, an approach that allows him to stay in the swing plane as long as possible and backspin the ball to all fields. Additionally, he’s worked at rotating in a confined space, cutting down on his drift and, ultimately, his empty swings. He’s shown good instincts in centerfield, getting good jumps off the bat and using his straight-line speed to run down balls in either gap. In observing Richardson’s progression year-over-year, he’s displayed increased strike zone awareness over the summer and fall. Apart from being one of the more naturally gifted athletes on the team, Head Coach Jeff Mercer has lauded Richardson for his work ethic and leadership qualities. Like Barr, he enters the fall as a late Day Two/early Day Three draft candidate, but could improve his stock with another high-level production spring.
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2020 - SOPHOMORE
Third-Team All-America by Collegiate Baseball ... 2020 Perfect Game Honor Roll and Impact Sophomore by Perfect Game ... Most Impressive Hitter in the Big Ten by D1Baseball ... Ranked the No. 15 sophomore hitter by D1Baseball ... Started all 14 games in which he appeared … Led the Hoosiers with a .424 batting average, five home runs, 17 RBI, 21 runs scored and a .797 slugging percentage … Also had three doubles, two triples and an on-base percentage of .453 – second-best on the team … Led the Big Ten in homers, runs, runs per game (1.5), slugging percentage and total bases (47) … Ranked fifth in the nation in runs per game, ninth in hits per game (1.79), 11th in total bases, 12th
in slugging percentage and 19th in RBI … Totaled a team-high nine multi-hit and four multi-RBI games … Ended the season on a nine-game hitting streak and an 18-game reached-base streak … Earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors (2/17) after batting 6-for-12 (.500) with five RBI, a double, a triple, a home run, four runs scored and a stolen base in three-game series at No. 11 LSU (2/14-16) … Went 3-for-4 in win over San Diego (3/7), finishing a homer shy of the cycle, with three RBI and two runs scored … Had three hits, including a home run and a double, in win over Cincinnati (3/11) with four RBI and two runs scored.
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Grant Richardson is a 2018 OF/LHP with a 6-2 186 lb. frame from Fort Wayne, IN who attends Bishop Dwenger HS. Young athletic build, projects well physically. 6.76 runner, has nice actions in the outfield with good footwork and direction to his throws, uses his lower half well to help generate arm strength, throws have good carry and are accurate. Left handed hitter, low hand start, line drive swing plane, has strength in his swing and can drive the gaps. Has athletic twitch that will keep getting better with additional strength.
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