For two years straight now, St. Francis' Jack Leeper has done everything you could possibly ask for, and more, in Long Beach. A longtime standout performer and talent, Leeper is now maturing into impact tools on all sides of the ball, and is becoming one of the best players in the country.
Leeper is a player I have prior experience with. When I watched Area Codes Underclass in 2025, Leeper was perhaps the guy at the event. He pummeled the baseball, in what was an explosive summer campaign for him, resulting in a .380/.500/.494 slash line in 59 plate appearances.
The numbers paint a contact hitter, but the eye test has always shown something much different; someone who was always hitting the ball hard. He utilized the entire field, on spin, on fastballs, even ripping a Striker Pence upper-90s fastball for a hit. He hit balls on a line, seemingly …