Prep Baseball Report

Fox River Open: Statistical Analysis



By Phil Kerber
Associate Scout

The Fox River Open took place on Tuesday, June 13th at Judson University's Hoffer Field in Elgin, Illinois. The event featured over 40 prospects participating in a pro style workout in front of the PBR Scouting Staff. Today we start the event analysis with stats story. A number of players find their names on multiple leader boards. Dominic Listi (Prairie Grove, 2019) showed two-way power, logging the top fastball and outfield velocity, while placing highly in exit velocity. Matt Mier (Tri-Valley, 2018) featured a combination of power and speed, leading the way in exit velocity and finishing high in the 60 yard dash and infield velocity categories. Jimmy Friel (Grant, 2018) and Eric Nelson (Dekalb, 2018) also find their names sprinkled throughout the top metrics.

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Top 60 yard dash times
Five participants were able to crack the sub 7.00 second mark. Jackson Reuter (Larkin, 2018) posted the top time of 6.83 seconds.
Name State School Class Pos 60 Yard Dash
Jackson Reuter IL
Larkin 2018 OF 6.83
Patrick Keaty IL South Elgin 2019 SS/OF 6.87
Matt Mier IL Tri-Valley 2018 SS/3B 6.90
Jimmy Friel IL Grant 2018 2B/SS 6.93
Connor Lay IL Normal Community 2019 OF 6.94
Top Fastball Velocity
Of the seven players to post fastballs of 80 mph or better, Listi see's himself atop the leader board. Not far behind was Nelson.
Name State School Class Pos Fastball Velocity
Dominic Listi IL
Prairie Ridge 2019 LHP/OF 83
Eric Nelson IL DeKalb 2018 RHP/2B 82
Ryan Morrison IL Glenbrook South 2018 RHP 81
Jeffrey Maness IL Sycamore 2018 RHP/1B 81
Andrew Kost IL New Trier 2019 RHP/3B 81
Pete Burnside IL New Trier 2019 RHP/3B 81
Top exit velocity
Familiar names populate this list, as Mier, Friel, Listi, and Nelson showed their power in the field also translated to the offensive side.
Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity
Matt Mier IL
Tri-Valley 2018 SS/3B 97
Jimmy Friel IL Grant 2018 2B/SS 91
Dominic Listi IL Prairie Ridge 2019 LHP/OF 91
Eric Nelson IL DeKalb 2018 RHP/2B 90
Ryan Piontek IL St. Charles North 2018 3B/1B 90
Top infield velocity
Three players were able to crack the 80 mph mark. Patrick Keaty (South Elgin, 2019) posted the top velocity at 83 mph.
Name State School Class Pos Infield Velocity
Patrick Keaty IL
South Elgin 2019 SS/OF 83
Kyle Engstrom IL Glenbard West 2018 SS/2B 81
Michael Singley IL Forreston 2018 3B/RHP 81
Hunter Johnson IL St. Viator 2018 2B/OF 79
Nathan Smith IL South Elgin 2018 3B/1B 79
Matt Mier IL Tri-Valley 2018 SS/3B 79
Top outfield velocity
Listi once again leads the way, this time in outfield velocity. Adrian Del Valle (Glenbard West, 2018), joins Listi as the only other player to post 80 mph or better from the outfield.
Name State School Class Pos Outfield Velocity
Dominic Listi IL
Prairie Ridge 2019 LHP/OF 85
Adrian Del Valle IL Glenbard West 2018 OF/3B 81
Connor Lay IL Normal Community 2019 OF 79
Camden Begley IL McHenry 2019 OF/2B 79
Shane Layshock IL Cary Grove 2018 OF/1B 78
Top Catcher pop times
Name State School Class Pos Pop Times
Cy Kerber IL
Larkin 2018 C 2.12-2.23
Sam Mennella IL Wheaton Academy 2018 C 2.22-2.43