Prep Baseball Report

AR Preseason All-State: Pitcher's Data Dive


Arkansas Staff

We wrapped up our preseason slate with our Preseason All-State event this past Sunday February 18th, featuring 77 players from all across the state.  The event featured prospects from the 2025 class to some up-and coming 2027 grads ahead of opening day next week.  The event featured laser timed 60's, jumping metrics, BP with Trackman and Blast Motion, defensive evaluations with radar gun readings, pop times, bullpens with Trackman data, and Vizual Edge testing.  Today we take a look at the top pitching data captured from the event by Trackman.   Velos, spin rates, horiztonal breaks, and induced vertical breaks on the top fastballs, curveballs, sliders and changeups found down below.

Full event stats and details can be found by clicking HERE

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

2024's and 2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Maddox Hampton AR Nettleton 2025 RHP 87.8 mph
2 Logan Ward AR Sheridan 2025 SS 87.1 mph
3 Greyson Westbrook AR Wynne 2025 3B 86.0 mph
4 Grayson Porter AR Ashdown 2024 RHP 84.9 mph
5 Carter Allan AR BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 RHP 83.4 mph
6 Jack Burns AR Rogers 2025 RHP 83.1 mph
7 Ethan Norris AR NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL 2025 RHP 82.9 mph
8 Klayton Clark AR Farmington 2025 1B 80.8 mph

2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 William Svoboda AR PULASKI ACADEMY 2026 RHP 86.7 mph
2 Shaun Cover AR Conway 2026 3B 85.0 mph
3 Owen Davenport AR Conway 2026 LHP 83.0 mph
4 Brodie Ryan AR Greene County Tech 2026 RHP 82.7 mph
5 Ace DeWese AR Pulaski Academy 2026 LHP 82.0 mph
6 Elijah Nester AR Bentonville West 2026 2B 81.7 mph
7 Coleman Barnett AR Marion 2026 3B 78.6 mph
8 Willy Voss AR Conway 2026 OF 78.0 mph

2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Luke Weatherley AR Jonesboro 2027 C 84.8 mph
2 Benton Farmer AR Greene County 2027 OF 80.0 mph
3 Layton Holt AR VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 79.8 mph
4 Aiden Grimes AR THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL 2027 1B 72.7 mph

PEAK FASTBALL SPIN RATE

2024's and 2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Logan Ward AR Sheridan 2025 SS 2467 rpm
2 Maddox Hampton AR Nettleton 2025 RHP 2450 rpm
3 Ben Arnold AR Bentonville West 2025 OF 2344 rpm
4 Jack Burns AR Rogers 2025 RHP 2227 rpm
5 Carter Allan AR BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 RHP 2207 rpm
6 Greyson Westbrook AR Wynne 2025 3B 2133 rpm
7 Klayton Clark AR Farmington 2025 1B 2021 rpm
8 Ethan Norris AR NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL 2025 RHP 2006 rpm

2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Owen Davenport AR Conway 2026 LHP 2334 rpm
2 William Svoboda AR PULASKI ACADEMY 2026 RHP 2214 rpm
3 Brodie Ryan AR Greene County Tech 2026 RHP 2154 rpm
4 Blade Dykes AR Mayflower 2026 OF 2074 rpm
5 Cooper Bode AR Brookland 2026 1B 2009 rpm
6 Coleman Barnett AR Marion 2026 3B 2007 rpm
7 Elijah Nester AR Bentonville West 2026 2B 2002 rpm
8 Willy Voss AR Conway 2026 OF 1997 rpm

2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Benton Farmer AR Greene County 2027 OF 2238 rpm
2 Layton Holt AR VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 2128 rpm
3 Luke Weatherley AR Jonesboro 2027 C 2026 rpm
4 Aiden Grimes AR THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL 2027 1B 1849 rpm

AVG FASTBALL SPIN RATE

2024's and 2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Logan Ward AR Sheridan 2025 SS 2378 rpm
2 Maddox Hampton AR Nettleton 2025 RHP 2352 rpm
3 Carter Allan AR BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 RHP 2187 rpm
4 Ben Arnold AR Bentonville West 2025 OF 2149 rpm
5 Jack Burns AR Rogers 2025 RHP 2091 rpm
6 Greyson Westbrook AR Wynne 2025 3B 2067 rpm
7 Ethan Norris AR NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL 2025 RHP 1935 rpm
8 Klayton Clark AR Farmington 2025 1B 1895 rpm

2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Owen Davenport AR Conway 2026 LHP 2258 rpm
2 Blade Dykes AR Mayflower 2026 OF 2072 rpm
3 William Svoboda AR PULASKI ACADEMY 2026 RHP 2067 rpm
4 Brodie Ryan AR Greene County Tech 2026 RHP 2022 rpm
5 Cooper Bode AR Brookland 2026 1B 1923 rpm
6 Willy Voss AR Conway 2026 OF 1897 rpm
7 Elijah Nester AR Bentonville West 2026 2B 1895 rpm
8 Coleman Barnett AR Marion 2026 3B 1881 rpm

2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Luke Weatherley AR Jonesboro 2027 C 1982 rpm
2 Layton Holt AR VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 1963 rpm
3 Benton Farmer AR Greene County 2027 OF 1896 rpm
4 Aiden Grimes AR THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL 2027 1B 1771 rpm

PEAK FASTBALL HORIZONTAL BREAK

2024's and 2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (max)
1 Carson Taylor AR Rogers 2025 RHP 18.4 in
2 Ben Arnold AR Bentonville West 2025 OF 17.3 in
3 Brady McEntyre AR Central Arkansas Christian 2025 LHP -16.6 in
4 Riley Templin AR Rogers Heritage 2025 LHP -15.3 in
5 Maddox Hampton AR Nettleton 2025 RHP 14.2 in
6 Klayton Clark AR Farmington 2025 1B 12.8 in
7 Cale Slaten AR MOUNTAIN PINE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 SS 12.1 in
8 Quintavious Person AR Jacksonville 2025 1B 11.9 in

2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (max)
1 Maddoxx Bradley AR Brookland 2026 LHP -20.8 in
2 Coleman Barnett AR Marion 2026 3B 20.5 in
3 William Svoboda AR PULASKI ACADEMY 2026 RHP 16.3 in
4 Owen Davenport AR Conway 2026 LHP -16.1 in
5 Cooper Bode AR Brookland 2026 1B -15.7 in
6 Elijah Nester AR Bentonville West 2026 2B 15.2 in
7 Shaun Cover AR Conway 2026 3B 15.2 in
8 Chase Kimball AR PULASKI ACADEMY 2026 LHP -14.6 in

2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (max)
1 Aiden Grimes AR THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL 2027 1B 18.3 in
2 Benton Farmer AR Greene County 2027 OF 16.6 in
3 Luke Weatherley AR Jonesboro 2027 C 13.9 in
4 Layton Holt AR VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 9.9 in

PEAK FASTBALL INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK

2024's and 2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (max)
1 Klayton Clark AR Farmington 2025 1B 23.0 in
2 Jack Burns AR Rogers 2025 RHP 22.1 in
3 Cale Slaten AR MOUNTAIN PINE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 SS 21.9 in
4 Ben Arnold AR Bentonville West 2025 OF 21.9 in
5 Maddox Hampton AR Nettleton 2025 RHP 21.2 in
6 Quintavious Person AR Jacksonville 2025 1B 20.5 in
7 Carter Allan AR BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 RHP 20.1 in
8 Greyson Westbrook AR Wynne 2025 3B 19.5 in

2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (max)
1 Elijah Nester AR Bentonville West 2026 2B 21.6 in
2 Cooper Bode AR Brookland 2026 1B 20.2 in
3 Willy Voss AR Conway 2026 OF 19.1 in
4 Coleman Barnett AR Marion 2026 3B 19.0 in
5 Ace DeWese AR Pulaski Academy 2026 LHP 19.0 in
6 Owen Davenport AR Conway 2026 LHP 18.0 in
7 Cooper Holmes AR Heber Springs 2026 SS 17.7 in
8 Chase Kimball AR PULASKI ACADEMY 2026 LHP 17.6 in

2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos IVB (max)
1 Benton Farmer AR Greene County 2027 OF 18.0 in
2 Aiden Grimes AR THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL 2027 1B 16.7 in
3 Luke Weatherley AR Jonesboro 2027 C 16.2 in
4 Layton Holt AR VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 14.0 in

PEAK CURVEBALL SPIN RATE 

2024's and 2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Carter Allan AR BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 RHP 2403 rpm
2 Logan Ward AR Sheridan 2025 SS 2393 rpm
3 Ethan Norris AR NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL 2025 RHP 2158 rpm
4 Landen Fain AR Siloam Springs 2025 C 2135 rpm
5 Jack Burns AR Rogers 2025 RHP 2124 rpm
6 Cale Slaten AR MOUNTAIN PINE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 SS 2106 rpm
7 Brady McEntyre AR Central Arkansas Christian 2025 LHP 1969 rpm
8 Quintavious Person AR Jacksonville 2025 1B 1928 rpm

2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 William Svoboda AR PULASKI ACADEMY 2026 RHP 2721 rpm
2 Blade Dykes AR Mayflower 2026 OF 2640 rpm
3 Brodie Ryan AR Greene County Tech 2026 RHP 2389 rpm
4 Owen Davenport AR Conway 2026 LHP 2318 rpm
5 Cooper Bode AR Brookland 2026 1B 2095 rpm
6 Cooper Holmes AR Heber Springs 2026 SS 2066 rpm
7 Coleman Barnett AR Marion 2026 3B 1941 rpm
8 Willy Voss AR Conway 2026 OF 1927 rpm

2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Luke Weatherley AR Jonesboro 2027 C 2344 rpm
2 Benton Farmer AR Greene County 2027 OF 2312 rpm
3 Aiden Grimes AR THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL 2027 1B 2243 rpm
4 Layton Holt AR VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 2050 rpm

AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE 

2024's and 2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Carter Allan AR BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 RHP 2336 rpm
2 Logan Ward AR Sheridan 2025 SS 2279 rpm
3 Landen Fain AR Siloam Springs 2025 C 2135 rpm
4 Ethan Norris AR NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL 2025 RHP 2125 rpm
5 Jack Burns AR Rogers 2025 RHP 2086 rpm
6 Cale Slaten AR MOUNTAIN PINE HIGH SCHOOL 2025 SS 2016 rpm
7 Quintavious Person AR Jacksonville 2025 1B 1826 rpm
8 Brady McEntyre AR Central Arkansas Christian 2025 LHP 1712 rpm

2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Blade Dykes AR Mayflower 2026 OF 2587 rpm
2 William Svoboda AR PULASKI ACADEMY 2026 RHP 2577 rpm
3 Owen Davenport AR Conway 2026 LHP 2300 rpm
4 Brodie Ryan AR Greene County Tech 2026 RHP 2283 rpm
5 Cooper Holmes AR Heber Springs 2026 SS 2051 rpm
6 Cooper Bode AR Brookland 2026 1B 2050 rpm
7 Willy Voss AR Conway 2026 OF 1862 rpm
8 Coleman Barnett AR Marion 2026 3B 1850 rpm

2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Luke Weatherley AR Jonesboro 2027 C 2274 rpm
2 Benton Farmer AR Greene County 2027 OF 2272 rpm
3 Aiden Grimes AR THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL 2027 1B 2181 rpm
4 Layton Holt AR VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 2011 rpm

PEAK SLIDER SPIN RATE 

2024's and 2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Maddox Hampton AR Nettleton 2025 RHP 2398 rpm
2 Logan Ward AR Sheridan 2025 SS 2370 rpm
3 Grayson Porter AR Ashdown 2024 RHP 2345 rpm
4 Greyson Westbrook AR Wynne 2025 3B 2187 rpm
5 Riley Templin AR Rogers Heritage 2025 LHP 2078 rpm
6 Xander Kane AR Pangburn 2025 LHP 2059 rpm
7 Carson Taylor AR Rogers 2025 RHP 1971 rpm
8 Klayton Clark AR Farmington 2025 1B 1961 rpm

2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 William Svoboda AR PULASKI ACADEMY 2026 RHP 2544 rpm
2 Shaun Cover AR Conway 2026 3B 2293 rpm
3 Cooper Holmes AR Heber Springs 2026 SS 1918 rpm
4 Chase Kimball AR PULASKI ACADEMY 2026 LHP 1858 rpm
5 Maddoxx Bradley AR Brookland 2026 LHP 1731 rpm
6 Ace DeWese AR Pulaski Academy 2026 LHP 1542 rpm

2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Luke Weatherley AR Jonesboro 2027 C 2267 rpm
2 Benton Farmer AR Greene County 2027 OF 2087 rpm

AVERAGE SLIDER SPIN RATE

2024's and 2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Logan Ward AR Sheridan 2025 SS 2327
2 Grayson Porter AR Ashdown 2024 RHP 2281
3 Maddox Hampton AR Nettleton 2025 RHP 2250
4 Greyson Westbrook AR Wynne 2025 3B 2091
5 Riley Templin AR Rogers Heritage 2025 LHP 2042
6 Carson Taylor AR Rogers 2025 RHP 1963
7 Xander Kane AR Pangburn 2025 LHP 1959
8 Klayton Clark AR Farmington 2025 1B 1851

2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 William Svoboda AR PULASKI ACADEMY 2026 RHP 2495
2 Shaun Cover AR Conway 2026 3B 2230
3 Cooper Holmes AR Heber Springs 2026 SS 1835
4 Chase Kimball AR PULASKI ACADEMY 2026 LHP 1825
5 Maddoxx Bradley AR Brookland 2026 LHP 1715
6 Ace DeWese AR Pulaski Academy 2026 LHP 1516

2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Luke Weatherley AR Jonesboro 2027 C 2215
2 Benton Farmer AR Greene County 2027 OF 2070

PEAK CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL 

2024's and 2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (max)
1 Carson Taylor AR Rogers 2025 RHP 19.9 in
2 Logan Ward AR Sheridan 2025 SS 18.4 in
3 Maddox Hampton AR Nettleton 2025 RHP 18.0 in
4 Landen Fain AR Siloam Springs 2025 C 16.7 in
5 Grayson Porter AR Ashdown 2024 RHP 16.4 in
6 Greyson Westbrook AR Wynne 2025 3B 15.0 in
7 Ethan Norris AR NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL 2025 RHP 14.4 in
8 Brady McEntyre AR Central Arkansas Christian 2025 LHP -14.2 in

2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (max)
1 Maddoxx Bradley AR Brookland 2026 LHP -17.0 in
2 Coleman Barnett AR Marion 2026 3B 16.6 in
3 Chase Kimball AR PULASKI ACADEMY 2026 LHP -16.3 in
4 Elijah Nester AR Bentonville West 2026 2B 16.1 in
5 Cooper Bode AR Brookland 2026 1B -14.9 in
6 Blade Dykes AR Mayflower 2026 OF 10.9 in
7 Ace DeWese AR Pulaski Academy 2026 LHP -8.3 in
8 Luke Bradford AR Harding Academy 2026 RHP 6.5 in

2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (max)
1 Aiden Grimes AR THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL 2027 1B 19.0 in
2 Layton Holt AR VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 17.7 in
3 Luke Weatherley AR Jonesboro 2027 C 14.5 in
4 Benton Farmer AR Greene County 2027 OF 11.9 in

AVERAGE CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL 

2024's and 2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Logan Ward AR Sheridan 2025 SS 18.1
2 Carson Taylor AR Rogers 2025 RHP 17.7
3 Maddox Hampton AR Nettleton 2025 RHP 16.2
4 Landen Fain AR Siloam Springs 2025 C 14.7
5 Greyson Westbrook AR Wynne 2025 3B 12.9
6 Grayson Porter AR Ashdown 2024 RHP 12.1
7 Riley Templin AR Rogers Heritage 2025 LHP -11.8
8 Ethan Norris AR NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL 2025 RHP 10.8

2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Coleman Barnett AR Marion 2026 3B 15.9
2 Maddoxx Bradley AR Brookland 2026 LHP -15.6
3 Elijah Nester AR Bentonville West 2026 2B 13.0
4 Chase Kimball AR PULASKI ACADEMY 2026 LHP -9.7
5 Blade Dykes AR Mayflower 2026 OF 9.6
6 Cooper Bode AR Brookland 2026 1B -8.9
7 Ace DeWese AR Pulaski Academy 2026 LHP -7.9
8 Luke Bradford AR Harding Academy 2026 RHP 6.5

2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Aiden Grimes AR THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL 2027 1B 18.2
2 Layton Holt AR VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 15.8
3 Luke Weatherley AR Jonesboro 2027 C 12.6
4 Benton Farmer AR Greene County 2027 OF 10.4

 

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