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2018 Northeast Indoor Showcase
Casey Takemura is a 2019 C/2B, 3B, OF with a 5-9 155 lb. frame from Edison, NJ who attends J P Stevens High School. Medium, athletic frame with square shoulders and a lean, projectable build with room to fill throughout moving forward. Ran a 5.38 40-yard dash. Primary catcher, wider base in crouch behind the plate, shows flexibility to actions along with quickness, gains some ground with lower half coming out, sound transfer and gets on top of throws well, true down to second base, receives well out front. Righthanded hitter, begins with a high hand set and back elbow at the plate; utilizes a leg lift trigger for timing in the box. Sound approach at the plate, nice quickness to hands and looks to elevate the ball at the point of contact. Stays short and direct to the ball, jumps hard when squared with back spun contact and can work all fields. Named to Northeast Indoor Top Prospect List. Very good student.