Justin Fields is now not a baseball participant, however that does not imply the Chicago Bears' QB cannot nonetheless hit massive flies.
Fields and his Bears paid a go to to the Cubs' Wrigley Discipline on Thursday throughout the group's three-game sequence in opposition to the New York Yankees, and the Bears QB1 confirmed off his long-ball energy with a number of homers throughout the squad's pre-game batting follow.
Fields nonetheless clearly has some remnants of the diamond prowess he flashed throughout his highschool days at Harrison Excessive Faculty in Kennesaw, Ga.
A shortstop and second baseman, Fields was ranked because the 237th-best prospect within the nation in line with Excellent Sport for the Class of 2018. He in the end selected soccer and Georgia after popping out of highschool that 12 months, however rumblings of him double-dipping in each sports activities resurfaced as soon as he transferred to Ohio State.
One scout wrote this about Fields throughout his highschool tenure:
"Excellent athletic construct, sturdy and free. 6.63 runner, has fast toes within the center infield with creating footwork, has the actions to remain within the center infield with continued work and repetitions, will get good keep on his throws. Proper-handed hitter, hand hitch load, tends to be late getting his arms shifting ahead, has late bat pace and may affect the ball laborious when on time. 4.29/4.35 house to first. At the moment, the primary ranked 2018 soccer prospect within the nation as a twin risk quarterback and doesn't have many baseball repetitions. Superb pupil."
Fields clearly nonetheless has a knack for getting the barrel to the baseball, as evidenced by his current spotlight movies. And though he stays tied to the Bears, he'll make one heck of a slow-pitch softball draft decide going ahead.
