Midwest Rebels Scout Day: Data Dive
October 10, 2023
On Friday, October 6th, the PBR Missouri staff traveled to CarShield Field in O'Fallon, MO, to host the Midwest Rebels Scout Day. This event featured 40+ players, representing the 2024-to-2027 grad classes, from the Midwest Rebels travel program. Those in attendance participated in a pro-style workout, collecting unrivaled data from our top-of-the-line tech partners in the process.
For all of the statistics from this event, click HERE. To see a full list of those in attendance, click HERE.
Shortly after the event, we rolled out stat leaders from the day, which you can find HERE.
We're diving deeper into the data, using our partners at TrackMan to look further into a few names that put together strong showings at this event.
MAX EXIT VELOCITY
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
| 1 | Aven Weaver | MO | Troy Buchanan | 2024 | RHP | 94.4 mph |
| 2 | Gabe Garcia | MO | Timberland | 2027 | C | 92.3 mph |
| 3 | Jesse Wilmes | MO | Troy Buchanan | 2025 | 3B | 91.1 mph |
| 4 | Brady Kilker | MO | Saint Charles West | 2025 | 3B | 91.0 mph |
| 5 | Matthew Bywater | IL | Mount Olive | 2026 | SS | 90.6 mph |
| 6 | Nathan Burkemper | MO | Troy Buchanan High School | 2024 | 2B | 90.0 mph |
| 7 | Nathan Skillman | MO | Troy Buchanan | 2024 | RHP | 89.5 mph |
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
| 1 | Matthew Bywater | IL | Mount Olive | 2026 | SS | 83.2 mph |
| 2 | Brady Kilker | MO | Saint Charles West | 2025 | 3B | 82.9 mph |
| 3 | Aven Weaver | MO | Troy Buchanan | 2024 | RHP | 82.7 mph |
PEAK BATTED DISTANCE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
| 1 | Aven Weaver | MO | Troy Buchanan | 2024 | RHP | 346 ft |
| 2 | Jesse Wilmes | MO | Troy Buchanan | 2025 | 3B | 335 ft |
| 3 | Matthew Bywater | IL | Mount Olive | 2026 | SS | 321 ft |
AVERAGE BATTED DISTANCE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
| 1 | Aven Weaver | MO | Troy Buchanan | 2024 | RHP | 276 ft |
| 2 | Matthew Bywater | IL | Mount Olive | 2026 | SS | 250 ft |
| 3 | Jesse Wilmes | MO | Troy Buchanan | 2025 | 3B | 238 ft |
MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
| 1 | Josh Wiedemann | MO | Troy Buchanan | 2024 | RHP | 84.2 mph |
| 2 | Aven Weaver | MO | Troy Buchanan | 2024 | RHP | 81.7 mph |
| 3 | James Kline | MO | TROY BUCHANAN HIGH | 2026 | RHP | 81.5 mph |
MAX CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
| 1 | Alex McCarthy | MO | Francis Howell | 2027 | RHP | 2310 rpm |
| 2 | Joey Pelikan | MO | St. Dominic | 2026 | RHP | 2211 rpm |
AVG CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
| 1 | Alex McCarthy | MO | Francis Howell | 2027 | RHP | 2246 rpm |
| 2 | Josh Wiedemann | MO | Troy Buchanan | 2024 | RHP | 2125 rpm |
MAX CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MVMT
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (max) |
| 1 | Seth Walton | MO | Montgomery County R2 | 2026 | SS | 23.4 in |
| 2 | Thomas Santry | MO | Francis Howell North | 2027 | 2B | 22.6 in |
| 3 | Josh Wiedemann | MO | Troy Buchanan | 2024 | RHP | 19.7 in |
| 4 | Lucas Zwicky | MO | Winfield | 2027 | RHP | 18.9 in |
| 5 | Joey Pelikan | MO | St. Dominic | 2026 | RHP | 18.3 in |
AVERAGE CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MVMT
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
| 1 | Thomas Santry | MO | Francis Howell North | 2027 | 2B | 21.7 |
| 2 | Seth Walton | MO | Montgomery County R2 | 2026 | SS | 20.5 |
| 3 | Lucas Zwicky | MO | Winfield | 2027 | RHP | 18.9 |
| 4 | Josh Wiedemann | MO | Troy Buchanan | 2024 | RHP | 18.0 |
| 5 | Joey Pelikan | MO | St. Dominic | 2026 | RHP | 16.3 |
For all of the statistics from this event, click HERE.
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