Prep Baseball Report

Fall Prospect Showcase: Statistical Analysis


Jordon Banfield
Arizona Scouting Director

The Fall Prospect Showcase took place on Sunday August 29th at the Kansas City Royals Complex in Surprise. Our inaugural event in the state featured over 50 prospects from the classes of 2018-2021. Yesterday, we kicked off the event coverage with our Quick Hits and today we look at the top statistical performers. As always contact [email protected] or direct message @PBRArizona on Twitter with any questions and/or information.

Complete testing data from the event is available HERE.

TOP 60 YARD DASH TIMES

Noah Nithman (O’Connor, 2020) burst on to the scene as a quick twitch athlete with a strong round of BP and posted the day’s top 60 time with a 6.97. Following closely behind were Nick Barendrick (Saguaro, 2018) and Thome Nickelson (Mountain View, 2019) with 7.0 and 7.08 respectively.

NAME 

STATE 

SCHOOL 

CLASS 

POS 

60 YARD DASH 

Noah Nithman

AZ

Sandra Day O’Connor

2020

OF

6.97

Nick Barendrick

AZ

Saguaro

2018

SS/2B

7.00

Thome Nickelson

AZ

Mountain View

2019

SS.3B

7.08

Jake Schulz

AZ

Prescott

2019

SS/2B

7.12

Holden Boyce

AZ

Desert Mountain

2018

OF/LHP

7.16

TOP FASTBALL VELOCITY

Tyler Magin (Desert Vista, 2019) and Daniele Di Monte (Italy, 2019) lead a group of impressive arms in attendance, both topping out at 89 with Magin consistently sitting in the upper 80’s and Di Monte reaching back for a little extra at the end of his bullpen.

NAME

STATE

SCHOOL

CLASS

POS

FASTBALL VELOCITY

Tyler Magin

AZ

Desert Vista

2019

RHP/OF

89

Daniele Di Monte

IT

Italy

2020

RHP

89

Jacob Henderson

AZ

Mesquite

2019

RHP/OF

87

Cal Lambert

AZ

Sandra Day O’Connor

2019

LHP/1B

87

Adam Parra

AZ

Perry

2019

RHP/3B

86


TOP EXIT VELOCITY

Tanner Keeley (Casteel, 2019), Seth Funderburk (Casteel, 2019) and Nick Modcrin (St. James Academy (KS), 2019) were three of the most physical prospects in attendance and tied for the highest exit velo at 91 mph. Jack Silverman (Desert Mountain, 2019) and David Utagawa (Corona del Sol, 2020) also posted 88 mph exit velos.

NAME

STATE

SCHOOL

CLASS

POS

EXIT VELOCITY

Tanner Keeley

AZ

Casteel

2019

1B/RHP

91

Seth Funderburk

AZ

Casteel

2019

1B

91

Nick Modrcin

KS

St. James Academy

2018

C/1B

91

Bryce Ulm

AZ

Gilbert

2018

3B/1B

89

Jordan Garcia

AZ

Agua Fria

2018

3B/SS

88


TOP INFIELD VELOCITY

Bryce Ulm (Gilbert, 2018) showed off surprising feet and hands on the infield along with the strongest infield arm on the day, just ahead of Nickelson, whose intriguing tool set also includes a solid arm.

NAME

STATE

SCHOOL

CLASS

POS

INFIELD VELOCITY

Bryce Ulm

AZ

Gilbert

2018

3B/1B

84

Thome Nickelson

AZ

Mountain View

2019

SS/3B

82

Adam Parra

AZ

Perry

2019

RHP/3B

81

Blake Berrett

AZ

Basha

2020

RHP/2B

79

Jake Schulz

AZ

Prescott

2019

SS/2B

77


TOP OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Drew Woody (Highland, 2020) was an interesting prospect in a number of areas on our first look and posted the highest outfield velo on the day along with Holden Boyce (Desert Mountain, 2018).

NAME

STATE

SCHOOL

CLASS

POS

OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Drew Woody

AZ

Highland

2020

LHP/OF

79

Holden Boyce

AZ

Desert Mountain

2018

OF/LHP

79

Augie Walters

AZ

Brophy Prep

2021

RHP/OF

78

Spencer Seigwroth

AZ

Valley Christian

2021

RHP/OF

76

Connor Robison

AZ

Basha

2020

OF/3B

76

TOP CATCHER POP TIMES

Jack Silverman posted the top pop time of the day at 1.94 with Dylan Skov (Cactus Shadows, 2019) also registering a sub-2.0 pop.

NAME

STATE

SCHOOL

CLASS

POS

POP TIMES

Jack Silverman

AZ

Desert Mountain

2018

C/1B

1.94-2.02

Dylan Skov

AZ

Cactus Shadows

2019

C/RHP

1.99-2.05

Ethan Snodgrass

AZ

Sunrise Mountain

2019

C/1B

2.02-2.09

Cade Kennedy

AZ

Shadow Ridge

2018

C/1B

2.08-2.15

Nick Modrcin

KS

St. James Academy

2018

C/1B

2.12-2.18

TOP CATCHER VELOCITY

Not a coincidence that Silverman and Skov registered the best pop times while also having the greatest arm strength behind the plate.

NAME

STATE

SCHOOL

CLASS

POS

CATCHER VELOCITY

Jack Silverman

AZ

Desert Mountain

2018

C/1B

78

Dylan Skov

AZ

Cactus Shadows

2019

C/RHP

78

Ethan Snodgrass

AZ

Sunrise Mountain

2019

C/1B

75

Nick Modrcin

KS

St. James

2018

C/1B

74