Prep Baseball Report

Preseason All-State: Blast Board


By: Diego Solares
Area Scout, Illinois & Missouri

On Saturday, February 4th, the PBR Missouri traveled to the Sports Barn in Wentzville, MO, to host the annual Preseason All-State. This invite-only event is the pinnacle of our winter calendar and featured several of the state's 2024, 2025, and 2026 graduates in a showcase setting. Attendees participated in a pro-style workout and received measurables collected through our staff, as well as the advanced metrics gathered via our tech partners.

To see a full list of players that attended this event, click HERE.

Shortly after the event’s conclusion, our staff posted a ‘Stat Story’ that highlighted some of the event’s stat leaders in our traditional categories, like the 60-yard dash, throwing velocities, and more. You can find that by clicking HERE.

We then compiled our notes and digested the day as a whole within our 'Quick Hits', where we highlighted over 30 names that impressed our staff. Those nuggets can be found HERE.

Earlier today our staff put together our 'Hitting Leaderboard' from this event, identifying several batted ball standouts with the help of our partners at TrackMan and turned to the mound shortly afterward, creating our ‘Pitching Leaderboard’, too. 

We’ll wrap up our tech coverage today by taking a look at some of the event’s most impressive offensive threats with our ‘Blast Board’. We captured this data via our Blast Motion sensors that aid our staff in analyzing both bat and hand speed metrics, while also measuring on-plane efficiency, rotational acceleration, and more. Learn more about the prospects whose swing data stood out at this event below. 

PEAK HAND SPEED 

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Trevor Lovall MO Wentzille Holt 2023 OF 28.8 mph
2 Leo Humbert MO Francis Howell 2025 OF 28.2 mph
3 Gray Fisher MO Rock Bridge 2024 RHP 26.4 mph
^ Jackson Carter MO Fort Zumwalt East 2024 OF 26.4 mph
4 Alex Bohl MO Lafayette 2025 2B 26.3 mph
5 Xander Schmitt MO Lafayette 2024 C 26.1 mph
6 Trace Harrington MO Republic 2024 1B 26.0 mph
7 Brody Kleffner MO FATIMA HIGH 2025 RHP 25.6 mph
^ Bryson Kline MO Troy 2024 C 25.6 mph
8 Ryker Benz MO Vianney 2025 3B 24.8 mph
^ Tyler Metz MO Rockwood Summit 2024 OF 24.8 mph
9 Owen Larrigan MO Francis Howell 2024 1B 24.6 mph
10 Jacob Robinson MO Liberty-Wentzville 2025 SS 24.5 mph
11 Peyton Locke MO CAPITAL CITY HIGH SCHOOL 2025 1B 24.4 mph
12 Peyton Kight MO Jackson R2 2025 OF 24.2 mph
13 Evan Damario MO Rockhurst 2025 C 24.1 mph
^ Nate Genthon MO Parkway South 2024 RHP 24.1 mph
14 Kody Brown MO Seckman 2024 C 24.0 mph
^ Clayton Eskra KS Blue Valley Southwest 2023 C 24.0 mph
^ Camren Stratton MO Glendale 2024 3B 24.0 mph
^ Andrew Lamb MO Lafayette 2025 C 24.0 mph
^ Max Guenther MO Francis Howell 2024 OF 24.0 mph
15 Carson Ramos MO Timberland 2025 C 23.7 mph
^ Grant Mehrhoff MO CBC 2026 LHP 23.7 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED 

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Trevor Lovall MO Wentzille Holt 2023 OF 26.9 mph
2 Leo Humbert MO Francis Howell 2025 OF 26.6 mph
3 Jackson Carter MO Fort Zumwalt East 2024 OF 25.8 mph
4 Trace Harrington MO Republic 2024 1B 24.7 mph
5 Bryson Kline MO Troy 2024 C 24.5 mph
6 Gray Fisher MO Rock Bridge 2024 RHP 24.4 mph
7 Xander Schmitt MO Lafayette 2024 C 24.0 mph
8 Ryker Benz MO Vianney 2025 3B 23.8 mph
9 Owen Larrigan MO Francis Howell 2024 1B 23.5 mph
10 Peyton Kight MO Jackson R2 2025 OF 23.2 mph

PEAK BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Casen Murphy MO Park Hills Central 2024 LHP 85.1 mph
2 Xander Schmitt MO Lafayette 2024 C 85.0 mph
3 Leo Humbert MO Francis Howell 2025 OF 83.5 mph
4 Bryson Kline MO Troy 2024 C 82.6 mph
5 Trace Harrington MO Republic 2024 1B 82.2 mph
6 Kody Brown MO Seckman 2024 C 81.9 mph
7 Will Gebhart MO Lafayette 2024 SS 81.3 mph
8 Brody Kleffner MO FATIMA HIGH 2025 RHP 81.0 mph
9 Trey Jozwiakowski MO Vianney 2025 3B 80.8 mph
10 Jake Greer MO Liberty 2025 C 80.6 mph
11 Gray Fisher MO Rock Bridge 2024 RHP 80.2 mph
12 Jackson McDowell MO Farmington 2025 OF 80.0 mph
13 Ryker Benz MO Vianney 2025 3B 79.3 mph
14 Peyton Kight MO Jackson R2 2025 OF 78.8 mph
15 Jackson Carter MO Fort Zumwalt East 2024 OF 78.6 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Casen Murphy MO Park Hills Central 2024 LHP 82.2 mph
2 Leo Humbert MO Francis Howell 2025 OF 82.0 mph
3 Xander Schmitt MO Lafayette 2024 C 80.0 mph
4 Trace Harrington MO Republic 2024 1B 79.0 mph
5 Trey Jozwiakowski MO Vianney 2025 3B 78.9 mph
6 Bryson Kline MO Troy 2024 C 77.0 mph
7 Will Gebhart MO Lafayette 2024 SS 76.5 mph
8 Ryker Benz MO Vianney 2025 3B 76.3 mph
9 Kody Brown MO Seckman 2024 C 76.3 mph
10 Brody Kleffner MO FATIMA HIGH 2025 RHP 76.1 mph

For a look at all the statistics collected at this event, click HERE

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