With the year coming to an end, our staff is taking some time to highlight and reflect on the most viewed profiles in Missouri throughout 2023. We’ll be counting down to the top spot, starting with No. 10 earlier in the week working our way down, releasing the most viewed name prior to the end of the year.  

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We've already released three stories, which you can find here: 

+ No. 5 Deacon Pomeroy
+ No. 6 Jack Jones
+ No. 7 Colton Sims
+ No. 8 Grady Westphal
+ No. 9 Whit Rhodes
+ No. 10 Jack Schwab

We’ll keep making our way to No. 1 on our list today with the fourth most viewed profile in the state this year INF/RHP Keaton Neal (Springhill, 2026). 

Neal is one of the more talented prospects we’ve seen come through Kansas in some time with legitimate explosiveness on both sides of the ball. Positionally, his athleticism and twitch for his age is highly advanced, with a premium 6-foot-3, 180-pound frame to pair. This past winter, in a workout setting, Neal ran a 6.98 60, posted a 98 mph max exit velocity, barreled his furthest batted ball 352 feet, and was 93 mph across the infield. 

(2/20/23)

Moving away from his talents as a position player, Neal’s also a power arm with all sorts of electricity and upside on the mound. He’s been up to 92 mph from a low-effort, yet still highly athletic downhill operation, and he’s able to land a tight mid-to-upper-70s slider for strikes with consistency. This summer, Neal really looked the part on the mound at the National Program Invitational, as well as the Upperclass Fall World Series in late September. 

National Program Invitational 2023

As things stand currently, Neal is the second ranked player in the Kansas’ 2026 class and he sits within the top-60 on a national level as well. Given his all-around advanced tools, physical projectability, and present skills on the diamond, Neal owns one of the highest ceilings in the entire Midwest for his class. 

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