On Monday, October 2nd, the PBR Missouri staff traveled to the campus of Maryville University to host the USA Prime Scout Day. More than 30 players from the USA Prime Missouri program participated in a pro-style workout in front of our staff, collecting unrivaled data through the help of our tech partners.

To see a full roster of those that attended, click HERE and HERE.

For statistics from this event, click HERE and HERE.

Shortly after the event our staff highlighted some of the day's stat leaders from this event within our traditional 'Stat Story', which you can find HERE.

We then took a look at some of the day’s batted ball leaders with the help of our tech partners at TrackMan. You can find those leaderboards HERE. 

Now we’re going to shine some light on a handful of standouts from this event within these ‘Takeaways’. Below you’ll learn more about a few names that popped to our staff at the USA Prime Scout Day. 

TAKEAWAYS

+ Perhaps the day’s biggest standout, INF Osar Tate (Lutheran North, 2026) came away from this event as a follow prospect in the state’s sophomore group. Tate has all sorts of athleticism and he showed that in all facets of his game, starting with an event best 60 time (6.85). He showed easy balance with a loose, level right-handed swing that was on the barrel to the left-center gap, spraying line drives that way throughout his round. Tate’s hardest ball came off his bat at 89.4 mph, while his furthest traveled 340 feet - good for the event lead. Defensively, Tate plays with natural bounce on the infield and moves freely to both sides, particularly up the middle. He’s confident in his hands and feet, playing around the baseball with a soft, steady glove to pair. Tate also threw the day’s hardest fastball, touching 81.1 mph on his highest bullet. With plenty more to come from a physicality standpoint, Tate figures to be a high follow sophomore into this off-season and beyond.

Osar Tate

+ INF Seaton Thompson (Ladue Horton Watkins, 2026) was another winner from this event. Thompson stands at a well-proportioned 6-foot, 160-pounds with present lean strength, and he’s plenty capable of adding more muscle mass as he continues to mature physically, too. A switch-hitter, Thompson brings a quiet and collected presence at the plate with loose easy hands that work uphill to contact from both sides of the plate. Thompson was on the barrel some throughout his round, squaring his hardest ball up at 92.7 mph. On the infield, Thompson plays with natural bounce pre-pitch and gets around the baseball on the move.

Seaton Thompson

+ 3B/RHP Carson Howard (Francis Howell North, 2026) is a strong-bodied 6-foot, 160-pound athlete that led this event in a few statistical categories. Howard barreled the day’s hardest ball (94 mph) and he posted the highest average exit velocity (88.6 mph) as well. His strength showed positionally too, as Howard paced infielders in throwing velocity (80 mph) and he was also up to 81 mph on the mound.

+ C/OF Charlie Basta (Vianney, 2026) offers plenty of projection on a lanky, lean-limbed 6-foot-1, 165-pound frame. The left-handed hitting sophomore backstop worked on the barrel (75%) to the middle of the field from a level swing that should add more thump as he fills out his frame.

+ C/INF Brady Vermilye (Vianney) looks like an athletic backstop to follow in Missouri’s 2027 class. The 5-foot-10, 145-pound left-handed hitter swung an uphill barrel through the zone, favoring the pull-side throughout his round with balance through contact. Vermilye is quick to release from behind the plate, and he’s an active defender on the infield too, playing through the baseball with a sure-handed glove to pair.

+ A pair of strong right-handed hitters that flashed bat strength at this event were CIF William Gorski (Francis Howell North, 2025) and 1B William Jackson (Hazelwood West, 2025).

+ There were a handful of 2028 grads that came away from this event as future follows for our staff: INF Jace Bateman (Hazelwood West, 2028), OF/2B Dominic Johnson Jr. (N/A, 2028), OF Kingston McPike (Northpoint, 2028), OF/INF Kyler Reno (N/A, 2028), and INF Drake Romans (Wright City, 2028).

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