Jon Illif  
Starting Pitcher | Port Hope Battery

Pitching
He has the ability to coax groundballs, which helps him succeed. Illif also has a decent changeup. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. If you're going in to face Illif, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Illif has a lousy move to first, and opposing managers will run against him all day. Illif is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Illif has some pop in his swing.

2025 Outlook
I can't say I know what The Port Hope Battery were doing locking this guy up to a long term contract. A questionable call at best. AA isn't the right place for Illif. Expect the Port Hope Battery to send him down for some minor retooling. I just don't know if The Port Hope Battery are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout

 

Player Skills Yearly Scouting Report Cards
Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2021 USF 61 48 20 20 54 45 47 48 50 43 43 0 66 0 0 0 18 0 Overhand College 0 0 6 33 128
2022 USF 67 50 25 24 54 45 47 48 50 43 43 0 66 0 0 0 19 1 Overhand College 0 0 0 37 151
2023 POR 69 57 29 26 54 45 47 48 50 43 52 0 66 0 0 0 20 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 41 170
2024 POR 71 62 32 27 54 45 47 48 50 48 58 0 71 0 0 0 21 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 44 197
2025 POR 73 64 33 31 54 45 47 48 50 52 62 0 74 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 48 217
Ratings Delta +2 +2 +1 +4           +4 +4   +3       +1             +4 +20

CBL Collegiate League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2021 18 USF 3 9 0 0 18 18 3 5 104.2 5.2 125 20 122 47 0 0 4.06 0.39 2.37 .298 .512 .289 .303 9.63
2022 19 USF 2 6 7 13 70 0 0 0 137.1 2.0 169 18 147 60 46 23 3.94 0.41 2.30 .302 .460 .315 .292 9.57
2023 20 USF 5 24 0 0 40 40 6 2 171.1 4.1 206 28 162 83 0 0 4.37 0.51 2.15 .302 .508 .274 .324 8.72
Totals     10 39 7 13 128 58 9 7 413.1 3.1 500 66 431 190 46 23 4.14 0.44 2.25 .301 .493 .291 .308 9.22

CBL Pioneer League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
Totals     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

CBL Major League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
Totals     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Jon Illif's Career Highlights
Year Details
2023 2nd round - 45th overall selection by Port Hope Battery in the 2023 Amateur Draft

Jon Illif's Comparable Players
Player Names
Paxton Mada 95.6% Pep Righi 94.7% Ellsworth Owchinko 94.6% John Bullock 94.1% Welcome Flavell 94.1%

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