Prep Baseball Report

East Arkansas Preseason ID: Blast Board


Scott Hood
OK/MO/KS/ARK Assistant Scouting Director

Our final stop on the Preseason ID tour took us to Jonesboro featuring a loaded roster of 33 players from the 2023 class to a handful of 2027's including 6 already committed prospects.  The event saw multiple guys put up big numbers on the day and turned into one of the stronger events PBR Arkansas has run.  The event featured a pro-style workout with 60 times, exit velos, positional velos, and bullpens with data capture.  Today we take a look at the leaders from the event in the swing metric data captured by Blast Motion.  We go into to the top hand speeds, bat speeds, rotational acceleration, and on plane %. 

Full event stats and details can be found by clicking here


 

MAX HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Noah Roberson AR Benton 2026 OF 25.6 mph
2 Jace Ruffner AR Bryant 2024 3B 24.6 mph
3 Major Jackson AR Pulaski Academy 2026 OF 23.8 mph
^ Nolan Belcher AR Walnut Ridge 2024 C 23.8 mph
4 Jayde Taylor AR Valley View 2025 OF 23.7 mph
5 Slade Caldwell AR Valley View 2024 OF 23.5 mph
6 Easton Dickson AR Gosnell 2027 OF 22.5 mph
7 Mark Brissey AR Batesville 2025 RHP 22.4 mph
^ Maddoxx Bradley AR Brookland 2026 LHP 22.4 mph
8 Drew Gartman AR Valley View 2025 SS 22.3 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Jace Ruffner AR Bryant 2024 3B 22.9 mph
2 Noah Roberson AR Benton 2026 OF 22.8 mph
3 Nolan Belcher AR Walnut Ridge 2024 C 22.3 mph
4 Jayde Taylor AR Valley View 2025 OF 22.3 mph
5 Major Jackson AR Pulaski Academy 2026 OF 21.8 mph
6 Mark Brissey AR Batesville 2025 RHP 21.6 mph
7 Easton Dickson AR Gosnell 2027 OF 21.5 mph
8 Slade Caldwell AR Valley View 2024 OF 21.3 mph

PEAK BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Mark Brissey AR Batesville 2025 RHP 77.6 mph
2 Robert Hall AR Marion 2026 OF 77.5 mph
3 Jayde Taylor AR Valley View 2025 OF 76.6 mph
4 Slade Caldwell AR Valley View 2024 OF 76.1 mph
5 Noah Roberson AR Benton 2026 OF 75.7 mph
6 Jace Ruffner AR Bryant 2024 3B 75.1 mph
7 Nolan Belcher AR Walnut Ridge 2024 C 74.4 mph
^ Aiden Jones AR Cedar Ridge 2025 C 74.4 mph
8 Conner Vaughn AR Rivercrest 2024 OF 72.4 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Mark Brissey AR Batesville 2025 RHP 73.5 mph
2 Slade Caldwell AR Valley View 2024 OF 70.9 mph
3 Noah Roberson AR Benton 2026 OF 70.7 mph
4 Nolan Belcher AR Walnut Ridge 2024 C 70.0 mph
5 Jace Ruffner AR Bryant 2024 3B 69.6 mph
6 Jayde Taylor AR Valley View 2025 OF 69.3 mph
7 Aiden Jones AR Cedar Ridge 2025 C 69.1 mph
8 Conner Vaughn AR Rivercrest 2024 OF 68.0 mph

PEAK ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Major Jackson AR Pulaski Academy 2026 OF 30.1 g
2 Jayde Taylor AR Valley View 2025 OF 30.0 g
3 Easton Dickson AR Gosnell 2027 OF 27.6 g
4 Cannon Driskill AR Green County Tech 2026 SS 27.0 g
^ Noah Roberson AR Benton 2026 OF 27.0 g
5 Jace Ruffner AR Bryant 2024 3B 26.7 g
6 Hudson Rodgers AR Valley View 2025 1B 24.0 g
7 Chase Perkins AR Gosnell 2026 OF 23.2 g
8 Slade Caldwell AR Valley View 2024 OF 23.1 g
^ Rogan Tyler AR Brookland 2027 C 23.1 g

AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Jayde Taylor AR Valley View 2025 OF 25.4 g
2 Major Jackson AR Pulaski Academy 2026 OF 24.9 g
3 Noah Roberson AR Benton 2026 OF 23.8 g
4 Easton Dickson AR Gosnell 2027 OF 23.8 g
5 Cannon Driskill AR Green County Tech 2026 SS 22.3 g
6 Jace Ruffner AR Bryant 2024 3B 21.8 g
7 Rogan Tyler AR Brookland 2027 C 19.9 g
8 Slade Caldwell AR Valley View 2024 OF 19.6 g

ON PLANE PERCENTAGE

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Easton Dickson AR Gosnell 2027 OF 88 %
2 Rogan Tyler AR Brookland 2027 C 81 %
3 Coleman Barnett AR Marion 2026 3B 79 %
4 Mark Brissey AR Batesville 2025 RHP 78 %
5 Major Jackson AR Pulaski Academy 2026 OF 77 %
6 Taylor Hyneman AR Jonesboro 2027 SS 77 %
7 Hudson Rodgers AR Valley View 2025 1B 76 %
8 Chase Perkins AR Gosnell 2026 OF 75 %

 

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