Fri February 3, 2023
Prep Baseball Report Arkansas hosted the Northwest Arkansas Preseason ID on January 18th featuring 46 players from the 2023 class to a few up-and-coming 2027 grads. The event featured the traditional showcase metrics as well as data collected by Trackman, Blast Motion, and the Swift lasers for the 60 times. Today we take a look at the top leaders in swing metrics with the data collected by Blast Motion. We cover the top bat speeds, hand speeds, rotational acceleration, and ability to match plane with the incoming pitch.
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MAX HAND SPEED
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (max) |
| 1 | Graham Jones | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2023 | 3B | 24.4 mph |
| 2 | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 24.3 mph |
| 3 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 23.7 mph |
| 4 | Andrew Lind | AR | Springdale | 2024 | SS | 23.6 mph |
| 5 | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 22.9 mph |
| 6 | Mason Eiland | AR | Bentonville | 2026 | 1B | 22.7 mph |
| 7 | Aidan Linson | AR | Rogers | 2025 | 22.6 mph | |
| 8 | Ben Arnold | AR | Bentonville West | 2025 | OF | 22.5 mph |
AVERAGE HAND SPEED
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (avg) |
| 1 | Graham Jones | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2023 | 3B | 23.3 mph |
| 2 | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 22.8 mph |
| 3 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 22.7 mph |
| 4 | Ben Arnold | AR | Bentonville West | 2025 | OF | 21.6 mph |
| 5 | Mason Eiland | AR | Bentonville | 2026 | 1B | 21.5 mph |
| 6 | Andrew Lind | AR | Springdale | 2024 | SS | 21.4 mph |
| 7 | Jack Burns | AR | Rogers | 2025 | RHP | 21.3 mph |
| 8 | Alexander Salter | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2026 | OF | 20.9 mph |
PEAK BAT SPEED
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (max) |
| 1 | Caleb Smith | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | 1B | 83.8 mph |
| 2 | Klayton Clark | AR | Farmington | 2025 | 1B | 80.1 mph |
| 3 | Adam Fairbetter | AR | Bentonville West | 2024 | LHP | 79.0 mph |
| 4 | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 75.4 mph |
| 5 | Ben Arnold | AR | Bentonville West | 2025 | OF | 75.2 mph |
| 6 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 71.7 mph |
| 7 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 71.5 mph |
| ^ | Jackson Lanning | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | OF | 71.5 mph |
| ^ | Aaron Taylor | AR | Greenwood | 2027 | LHP | 71.5 mph |
| 8 | Graham Jones | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2023 | 3B | 71.2 mph |
AVERAGE BAT SPEED
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (avg) |
| 1 | Adam Fairbetter | AR | Bentonville West | 2024 | LHP | 73.2 mph |
| 2 | Caleb Smith | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | 1B | 71.9 mph |
| 3 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 68.8 mph |
| 4 | Joshua Hinds | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | 3B | 68.0 mph |
| 5 | Ben Arnold | AR | Bentonville West | 2025 | OF | 68.0 mph |
| 6 | Luke Askew | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2024 | 2B | 67.5 mph |
| 7 | Klayton Clark | AR | Farmington | 2025 | 1B | 67.5 mph |
| 8 | Kaleb Ceola | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | C | 66.3 mph |
PEAK ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Rot. Acc (max) |
| 1 | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 33.3 g |
| 2 | Andrew Lind | AR | Springdale | 2024 | SS | 31.0 g |
| 3 | Adam Fairbetter | AR | Bentonville West | 2024 | LHP | 24.8 g |
| 4 | Dylan Higgins | AR | Berryville | 2023 | 2B | 23.0 g |
| 5 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 22.8 g |
| 6 | Henry Thatcher Dover | AR | Bentonville | 2025 | C | 22.4 g |
| ^ | Jackson Lanning | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | OF | 22.4 g |
| ^ | Kaleb Ceola | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | C | 22.4 g |
| 7 | Ace DeWese | AR | Pulaski Academy | 2026 | LHP | 20.1 g |
| 8 | Jacob Maynard | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2027 | 3B | 20.0 g |
AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Rot. Acc (avg) |
| 1 | Andrew Lind | AR | Springdale | 2024 | SS | 27.1 g |
| 2 | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 22.1 g |
| 3 | Adam Fairbetter | AR | Bentonville West | 2024 | LHP | 22.1 g |
| 4 | Cade Miller | AR | Rogers Heritage | 2025 | RHP | 21.1 g |
| 5 | Kaleb Ceola | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | C | 20.9 g |
| 6 | Jackson Lanning | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | OF | 17.7 g |
| 7 | Jacob Maynard | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2027 | 3B | 17.4 g |
| 8 | Henry Thatcher Dover | AR | Bentonville | 2025 | C | 17.3 g |
ON PLANE PERCENTAGE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | On Plane Eff (avg) |
| 1 | Noah Abdullah | AR | Rogers | 2025 | OF | 96 % |
| 2 | Logan English | AR | Alma | 2026 | 3B | 94 % |
| 3 | Reeves Aunspaugh | AR | Har Ber | 2026 | C | 86 % |
| 4 | Austin Bercher | AR | Greenwood | 2024 | OF | 85 % |
| 5 | Dylan Higgins | AR | Berryville | 2023 | 2B | 81 % |
| 6 | Jacob Maynard | AR | Shiloh Christian | 2027 | 3B | 79 % |
| 7 | Jackson Lanning | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | OF | 79 % |
| 8 | Evan Curry | AR | Har-Ber | 2024 | SS | 78 % |
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