6. RHP-1B Jake Hanley

Name: Jake Hanley

Hometown: Mason, Ohio.

Born: Toledo, Ohio.

Height/Weight: 6’ 5”, 232 lbs.

Bats/Throws: L-R

School: William Mason High School Comets.

Coach: Curt Bly.

Committed: Indiana and Hall of Famer Scott Rolen.

Twitter: @JakeHanley34

Previous teams: Cincinnati Reds Scout Team, East Cobb Astros, Alpha Baseball, FB21-Brewers, Brewers Langley Blaze, Cincy Flames, Midwest Prospects, Ohio Nationals, Cincinnati Riverbats.

Previous coach: Doug Mathieson.

Rankings: Ranked No. 2 prospect in state of Ohio ... listed 206th on Perfect Game’s combined list of high schoolers and college players ... Ranked 423rd on Baseball America’s top 500 combined ranking of high school and college players.

Good genes: His father, RHP Todd Haney (Dartmouth, NS), left the Maritimes in 1989 to pitch for the University of Toledo Rockets, which means Jake will be eligible to play for Canada at a World Baseball Classic down the road. Said Jake, “Ah, yes ... my father has mentioned it once or twice.” Mom Susan had an option to run track but concentrated on physical therapy classes.

LHP Evan O’Toole (Bridgewater, NS), a second cousin, pitched for Oklahoma State this spring. O’Toole gained Canadian Baseball Network Third Team honours when he went 9-0 with a 1.31 ERA for the Iowa Western Reivers in 2021 and transferred to Oklahoma State. He was 2-0 with one save and a 5.83 ERA in 17 games, walking 11 and striking out 34 in 29 1/3 innings.

Brother Ben Hanley, two years younger, also made Greater Miami Conference First Team.

Canadian connection: Hanley pitches with a Canadian Maple Leaf stitched on his glove.

The most influential person in my baseball career, besides my parents: “Joey Votto was my favorite player growing up. I’m a left-handed hitter, like Joey. And I’m big on the knowing the strike zone. I spent a lot of time watching Joey and the Reds before I started with travel ball. We’d go to three or four games a year, plus watch the Reds on TV. We were able to get autographs from both Brandon Phillips and Chris Heisey, but I wasn’t able to get Joey Votto’s autograph.”

Best day on the ball field: “The game that sticks out was a regional semifinal my freshman year against Vandelia-Butler. In my second at-bat I hit a triple off the right centre-field wall, next time up I singled past the second baseman, the third time I lined out. Now, with two out in the seventh their guy throws a 2-2 pitch right on the corner. I took the borderline pitch. There was a lot of emotion from their fans. Next pitch I hit for a two-run double to right centre. Our whole football team was there watching, it was a big deal playing in that big of a tournament. It was kind of making a name for myself and it stuck with me.”

What teams have shown the most interest: Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates and Toronto Blue Jays.

Players with Nova Scotia roots: A year ago, LHP Kyle Carr, whose father Darcy Carr (Sydney, NS) is Canadian, was selected in the third round from Palomar College by the New York Yankees, signing for $692,000 ... Todd Haney played age 9-to-18 for the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry, Kentville Wildcats and Pelham Electric. He was a teammate of 1B Darren Doucette (Dartmouth, NS), a 25th rounder from Ulster County Community College of by the St. Louis Cardinals. Doucette played three seasons in the Cards organization and four of indy ball, hitting 58 homers in 450 games.

2024 season with Mason High, as a senior _ Hit .388 (40-for-103) with eight doubles, four triples, five homers, 25 RBIs, nine stolen bases and a 1.189 OPS ... On the mound, he was 9-1 with a 1,79 ERA and four saves. In 11 games -- four starts -- he walked 24 and struck out 87 in 58 2/3 innings ... His career included 29 doubles, 11 triples, nine homers and 86 RBIs. In 123 games he stole 19 bases and had a 1.099 OPS ... In his four years at school he was 16-4 with a 0.94 ERA and four saves. In 26 appearances -- he had 14 complete games walking 45 and striking out 137 in 102 2/3 innings ... Doubled and singled in an 8-1 win against Twinsburg ... Doubled in only run in win over Perrysburg as he pitched a complete game, walking four and striking out 11 ... Singled twice in 3-0 win against Moeller ... Singled 9-5 win against Elder as well as picking up the win working 6 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run, walking four and striking out eight ... Two solo homers in 5-0 win against Troy pitching a complete-game no hitter walking two and fanning nine ... Worked another complete game in a 4-2 victory over Walnut Hills allowing two runs on two hits and two walks, while striking out 10 ... Homered and singled in a 4-1 triumph over St. Xavier ... Two singles in 5-3 loss to La Salle ... Hit two-run homer in 4-3 loss to Centerville as he was tagged with the loss, pitching 5 1/3 innings giving up four runs on seven hits and two walks, as he struck out nine ... Doubled in 5-4 loss to Grove City ... Run-scoring single in 10-6 victory over Sycamore ... Tripled in a run in a 3-2 win against Sycamore ... Run-scoring single in Singled in a run 9-3 win against Lakota East ... Singled home a run in 13-0 romp over Princeton ... Tripled in a run in an 11-5 win facing Princeton, pitching four innings, allowing four runs and striking out four ... Three hits, including a double and three RBIs in a 9-7 setback to Lakota East ... Tripled home two runs in an 11-2 win against Middletown ... Tripled and singled in 7-5 loss to Moeller ... Had two doubles knocking in a pair of runs in 8-2 win over Oak Hills ... Singled in a run and pitched a scoreless inning in a 3-2 win against Oak Hills ... He picked up the win in a 4-1 win over Lakota West, pitching three scoreless, allowing one hit while striking out five to run his record to 4-0 with an 0.40 ERA, as well as 33 whiffs in 17 2/3 innings ... Had two hits in a 6-2 win over Kings ... Singled in a 1-0 win against Fairfield ... Pitched a complete game one-hitter against Fairfield in a 2-0 win, walking one and striking out 13 ... Had two hits in a 9-2 win against Hamilton as he drove in a pair and walked ... Knocked in a run and walked twice in an 11-1 romp over Hamilton ... Gained the win in a 6-5 victory against Lakota East pitching four innings allowing three runs -- one earned -- on two hits and a walk, as he fanned nine. At the plate, he singled and walked ... Singled and walked in an 11-5 win over Blackman ... Went 3-for-5 with a double, homer and four RBIs in an 11-9 victory against Tullahoma ... Picked up the win in a 6-0 victory over Colerain, pitching 3 2/3 scoreless allowing one hit and walking four, while he struck out six. He also singled ... Walked three times and plated a run in a 4-1 season-opener victory against Strongville.

2023 season as a junior _ Hit .393 with six doubles, four triples, a homer and 20 RBIs. He had a 1.094 OPS in 29 games ... Was 7-1 with an 0.98 ERA in eight games -- four starts -- as he walked 13 and struck out 44 in 35 2/3 innings ... With Cincy Flames 2024 _ Earned All Tournament Team at WWBA 2024 Grads or 17U National Championship ... With Cincinnati Reds Scout Team _ All-Tournament Team at Perfect Game Midwest Select at Marion, Iowa.

2022 season as a sophomore _ Batted .340 with eight doubles, a triple, two homers and 25 RBIs. Had a .986 OPS in 31 games ... Was 0-1 with one save and an 8.47 ERA walking 11 and whiffing seven in 5 2/3 innings ... With East Cobb Astros 17U _ Underclass Perfect Game Southeast Labor Day Classic champions at Marietta, Ga. ... With East Cobb Astros 17U _ Earned all-tournament team at Underclass PG Southeast Labor Day Classic in Marietta, Ga. ... With Cincy Flames 2024 _ Gained All-Tournament honors at WWBA 2024 Grads or 16U National Championship in Marietta ... With Alpha Baseball _ Earned All-Tournament honors at WWBA Ohio Valley Qualifier in Batavia, Ohio.

2021 season as a freshman _ Batted .432 with seven doubles, two triples, a homer and 16 RBIs. He had a 1.110 OPS in 29 games ... Went 0-1 with three saves and a 10.50 ERA, walking four and striking out one in 2 2/3 innings ... With FB21-Brewers _ Earned All-Tournament honors at 2021 WWBA Ohio Valley Qualifier in Hamilton, Ohio ... With Brewers Langley Blaze _ Earned All Tournament honors at the WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla. ... With Cincy Flames 2024 _ Earned All-Tournament honors at 2021 WWBA 2024 Grads or 15U National Championship in Marietta, Ga.

2020 summer with Midwest Prospects _ Gained All Tournament Team honors at Regional Team WWBA 2023 Grads or 15U National Championship in Marietta, Ga.

2019 season, with Midwest Prospects _ Perfect Game Super25 14u Ohio Valley Super Qualifier champion at Lexington, Ky. ... Gained All-Tournament honors at Perfect Game Super25 14u Ohio Valley Super Qualifier in Lexington, Ky.

2017 with Ohio Nationals _ Perfect Game Super25 11U Midwest Super Qualifier champion at Westfield, Ind.

2015 season with Cincinnati Riverbats _ Perfect Game Super25 Ohio Valley 9u Mother’s Day champions at Elizabethon, Ky.

Honours

2024 with Mason High _ Named Ohio High School Player of the Year ... Earned First Team All-State honours … Greater Miami Conference Player of the Year … First Team honours … Rawlings/Perfect Game Central - All Region First Team ... 2023 with Mason _ Rawlings/Perfect Game Central - All Region First Team ... 2022 with Mason _ Rawlings/Perfect Game Central - All Region First Team ... 2021 with Mason _ Rawlings/Perfect Game Central - All Region Honourable Mention.

Scouting reports ...

The second-rated 2024 first baseman in the nation was second in overall Max Grip Strength right-handed (198.8) and fourth left (175.2) at the Prep Baseball Super 60 event in McCook, Ill. He was second in both max batted distance (397 feet) and highest average batted distance (312 feet), while finishing sixth in highest average exit velocity (96.9) and eighth in max exit velocity (103.4).

Jake Hanley, RHP-1B, Mason (Ohio) HS

Commit: Indiana

“A large-framed two-way player, Hanley is a 6-foot-6, 232-pound left-handed hitter and right-handed pitcher. While he touched 94 mph and showed solid feel to spin the ball this summer, he also had a loud offensive showing at the Area Code Games, where he went 5-for-11 (.455) with two doubles, three singles and four balls in play hit harder than 90 mph.

“Hanley has more strength than bat speed, and he also employs a slight hand hitch that can cause timing issues in his load—in addition to a bat path that can get a bit lengthy at times—but he showed impressive ability to get on time and utilize his strength in games and hit balls deep to both gaps. He’s not a great runner, but he moves well underway and turned in fringe-average times from home to first from the left side.”

_ Baseball America.

“Jake Hanley (2024, Mason, Ohio) is one of the premier two-way players in the class of 2024, profiling extremely well as both a power-armed righthander and a power-hitting left-handed hitter. An Indiana commit, Hanley is very physical at 6-foot-5, 232 pounds, and had a very good weekend both ways as a player. He struck out six in four innings in his start on the mound, missing a lot of bats in the zone with his fastball, which was overpowering in the 87-91 mph range. He’s able to work it north/south in the zone, and was successful at missing bats in all quadrants of the strike zone. He can sink the fastball down and blow up barrels with it, and showed a better slider than we’ve seen from him before, with late-biting tilt that got whiffs out of the zone. He had a successful weekend with the bat as well, picking up a couple hits and walking a lot, and has substantial left-handed power that should play huge at the college level once he arrives in Bloomington.”

_ Perfect Game Scouting Service.