- Full name Ty Kaunas
- Born 10/24/2006 in
- Profile Ht.: 5'10" / Wt.: 175 / Bats: R / Throws: R
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School: Brunswick (Md.) HS Drafted/Committed: Maryland
Age At Draft: 18.7
Kaunas is a 5-foot-10, 175-pound righthanded hitter and shortstop with a skills-over-tools high school profile. Nothing jumps off the page with Kaunas from a physical perspective, but scouts have been impressed with his feel for the game. In the box, Kaunas employs a crouched setup and has a big, aggressive swing that starts with a large, leaking leg kick that becomes a real step-in-the-bucket lower half move. Kaunas will get into a deeper crouch in two-strike counts and his leg kick turns into more of a toe-tap action. He has a solid understanding of the zone and makes a decent amount of contact, but lacks impact raw power presently. He’s a solid defender at shortstop with a good internal clock. His arm might be a tick light for the position but he has a quick exchange and knows how to get rid of the ball quickly. As a right-right middle infielder who lacks loud tools or much physical projection, Kaunas might need to head to campus at Maryland and prove his hitting chops.
