08/25/2012 - College PREP - Purchase, NY Michael is an athletic 2B that will graduate in 2013. Feet are active as he comes gets the ball and plays through displaying proper footwork through the fielding process. Hands are soft / clean but needs to present earlier and more out front to continue to improve defensive grade. Throws are accurate but needs to build more arm strength through a long toss program. At the plate, Hodges shows a balanced approach with rhythm. Hands work through a level swing path and he makes consistent contact, mainly to the pull side. For hitting / power grades to improve, he needs to work to keep hands inside the ball to utilize all fields and use lower half more. Michael has abilities with a lot of room to improve.