SCOUTING & REPORTING
Tool Grading Scale
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Tools are the main abilities of a baseball player. Below are the tools that are traditionally graded out by professional scouts and college coaches.

Position Players                   Pitchers
•Hitting Ability                     •Fastball
•Raw Power                            •Breaking Ball
•Fielding Ability                   •Changeup
•Arm Strength                       •Other Pitch
•Running                                  •Control

Our tool grading scale is based on the Average Varsity High School player.

Our main goals with this scale are: to provide the player with a realistic evaluation of his “present” abilities, and to provide college coaches with information they can use to identify and/or compare potential recruits.

Tools will be graded for all players, regardless of graduation year, on the scale below. This allows us to consistently evaluate and report on “present” ability. For Underclassmen, this allows us to establish a baseline from which we can evaluate and report on development and improvement of abilities.

Grade Description 60 yds Home to 1B Velocity
(mph) Catcher
Release
LHH RHH
20 Poor 8.10+ 5.10+ 5.20+ 69- 2.60+
25 Well Below Average 8.00 5.00 5.10 70 2.50
30 Below Average 7.90 4.90 5.00 71-72 2.40
32 – 7.80 4.85 4.95 73-74 2.35
35 Near Average 7.70 4.80 4.90 75 2.30
38 – 7.60 4.75 4.85 76-77 2.25
40 Average 7.50 4.70 4.80 78-79 2.20
42 – 7.40 4.60 4.70 80-81 2.15
45 Solid Average 7.30 4.50 4.60 82-83 2.10
48 – 7.20 4.45 4.55 84 2.08
50 Above Average 7.10 4.40 4.50 85-86 2.05
52 – 7.00 4.35 4.45 87 2.02
55 Well Above Average 6.90 4.30 4.40 88 2.00
58 – 6.85 4.25 4.35 89 1.95
60 Oustanding 6.80 4.20 4.30 90 1.90
62 – 6.75 4.15 4.25 91 1.88
65 Near Superior 6.70 4.10 4.20 92-93 1.85
68 – 6.60 4.05 4.15 94 1.82
70 Superior 6.50- 4.00- 4.10- 95+ 1.80-

PLEASE NOTE: It is our policy that we only use information gathered by Regal Athletic on our scouting reports. This is in our players’ best interest, as it allows us to maintain the integrity of our scouting reports by reporting only on what we see.