Player Profile: Mason Robbins

 

     Mason Robbins is a freshman at the University of Southern Mississippi. He wants to receive his Bachelors in Construction Engineering. This 6 foot 2 inch 196 pound CF/LHP was drafted in the 20th round (612 overall) by the Mets in the 2011 MLB Amateur Draft. He played his high school baseball at George County High. He acquired quite the reputation as a dominant pitcher and centerfielder. Stan Caldwell a writer for the Hattiesburg American commented on one of Robbins’ hits: "It's the darnedest thing I've ever seen, it had to go at least 420 feet in the air. I'd never seen a ball hit like that." The ball one-hopped a wall 445 feet from home plate.  The 2011 Mississippi Mr. Baseball is an apparent five-tool player.  His ability to hit for power and average was on display when he batted .500 his senior year and hit 14 home runs and 14 doubles. He has been clocked at 91mph from the outfield by Perfect Game USA. On the mound at George County, Mason won 7 games with a 1.83 ERA and struck out 99 batters in 65 innings of work. He was the Conference-USA Freshman of the Year for the Golden Eagle baseball team leading the team in average at .332 to go along with 3 HRs, 36 RBIs. He appears to be excellent on the base-paths because he was second on the team with 7 stolen bases in 8  attempts, and he led Conference-USA in triples with 7. Not to discount, he has a 4.13 ERA as a left-handed pitcher for Southern Miss.

    The video I posted above was taken at the Baseball Factory Under Armour All-America Game on August 14, 2010. Robbins’ slows down and concentrates on fielding the ground ball, but you can notice he is diligent in catching it on the outside of his foot. Even though he is using a small crow hop he shows off an excellent arm from the outfield (0:42). While hitting, he small toe-tap with his front foot. It appears he is an excellent rhythm hitter as the foot allows his hands to hit sharply into the ball. His hands are in the perfect hitter’s slot and move in a direct path to the ball. He does a good job of hitting the ball out in front. I am excited to see him use all of his tools this summer at Doran Park the home of the Braves.