Prep Baseball Report

St. Louis Preseason ID: Data Dive


By: Eliott Wilk
Midwest Operations Director

On Monday, February 19th, the PBR Missouri staff traveled to the Bud Dome in St. Louis, MO, to host the St. Louis Preseason ID. This event, in its second year, was open to all 2024-to-2027 with 50+ prospects in attendance.

All of our events offer players the opportunity to update their recruiting resume and showcase their talents in front of our staff. We also use these events as identifiers for future invite-only events, like the Preseason All-State, our summer Top Prospect Games, and the prestigious Prep Baseball Future Games that take place at the tail end of the summer.

For a full roster of those in attendance, click HERE

Shortly after the event, our staff posted several of the day's stat leaders within our traditional 'Stat Story', which you can find HERE

Today, with the help of our partners at TrackMan, Blast, and Swift, we're highlighting more data standouts collected at this event. You'll find those leaders below.

TOP 30-YARD DASH

Rank Name State School Class Pos H-1st
1 Deon Harrington IL Alton 2025 SS 3.90
2 Ethan Callison MO Francis Howell Central 2025 OF 3.91
3 Anden Hyde MO LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL OF ST CHARLES COUNTY 2026 3B 3.98
^ Joey Fentress MO Westminster Christian Academy 2025 3B 3.98
4 Jack Dothage MO Kirkwood 2025 SS 4.00
5 Mark (MJ) Portis MO Whitfield School 2026 SS 4.03
^ Patrick O'Donnell IL Waterloo High School 2025 3B 4.03
^ Cal Leighton MO Westminster Christian Academy 2025 C 4.03

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Anden Hyde MO LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL OF ST CHARLES COUNTY 2026 3B 101.6 mph
2 Joey Fentress MO Westminster Christian Academy 2025 3B 99.2 mph
3 Deon Harrington IL Alton 2025 SS 95.8 mph
4 Craig Ringe MO Eureka 2026 SS 95.4 mph
5 Patrick O'Donnell IL Waterloo High School 2025 3B 94.7 mph
6 Grayson Yank IL Triad High School 2026 RHP 94.5 mph
7 Grady Mueller IL Glenwood High School 2026 OF 94.4 mph
8 Collin Porter MO Timberland 2026 OF 93.6 mph
9 Keegan Durbin MO LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH 2024 2B 93.2 mph
10 Braden Fournie IL Belleville West 2026 C 93.2 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Joey Fentress MO Westminster Christian Academy 2025 3B 94.8 mph
2 Anden Hyde MO LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL OF ST CHARLES COUNTY 2026 3B 94.3 mph
3 Craig Ringe MO Eureka 2026 SS 90.8 mph
4 Grady Mueller IL Glenwood High School 2026 OF 88.3 mph
5 Braden Fournie IL Belleville West 2026 C 88.3 mph

PEAK BATTED DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Anden Hyde MO LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL OF ST CHARLES COUNTY 2026 3B 395 ft
2 Braden Fournie IL Belleville West 2026 C 366 ft
3 Joey Fentress MO Westminster Christian Academy 2025 3B 339 ft
4 Deon Harrington IL Alton 2025 SS 334 ft
5 Trenton Kossmann MO Union 2025 1B 331 ft

AVERAGE BATTED DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Braden Fournie IL Belleville West 2026 C 317 ft
2 Easton Martin MO ST. CLAIR HIGH 2026 1B 259 ft
3 Grayson Yank IL Triad High School 2026 RHP 247 ft
4 Jack Dothage MO Kirkwood 2025 SS 243 ft
5 Michael Strong MO SLUH 2026 RHP 236 ft

PEAK BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Anden Hyde MO LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL OF ST CHARLES COUNTY 2026 3B 82.4 mph
2 Joey Fentress MO Westminster Christian Academy 2025 3B 79.5 mph
3 Landon Montgomery MO West Plains High School 2026 C 79.1 mph
4 Dylan Minemann IL Red Bud 2024 3B 78.8 mph
5 Grayson Yank IL Triad High School 2026 RHP 76.8 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Joey Fentress MO Westminster Christian Academy 2025 3B 74.8 mph
2 Anden Hyde MO LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL OF ST CHARLES COUNTY 2026 3B 73.6 mph
3 Grayson Yank IL Triad High School 2026 RHP 73.6 mph
4 Craig Ringe MO Eureka 2026 SS 71.8 mph
5 Landon Montgomery MO West Plains High School 2026 C 68.8 mph

PEAK HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Anden Hyde MO LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL OF ST CHARLES COUNTY 2026 3B 26.4 mph
2 Jonathan Georger MO FOX SR. HIGH 2026 C 25.4 mph
3 Dylan Minemann IL Red Bud 2024 3B 25.3 mph
4 Deon Harrington IL Alton 2025 SS 24.4 mph
5 Michael Strong MO SLUH 2026 RHP 23.9 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Jonathan Georger MO FOX SR. HIGH 2026 C 24.2 mph
2 Anden Hyde MO LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL OF ST CHARLES COUNTY 2026 3B 23.4 mph
3 Deon Harrington IL Alton 2025 SS 22.7 mph
4 Michael Strong MO SLUH 2026 RHP 22.2 mph
5 Grayson Yank IL Triad High School 2026 RHP 21.8 mph

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Michael Strong MO SLUH 2026 RHP 86.9 mph
2 Michael Siebels MO Eureka High School 2025 RHP 85.8 mph
3 Carter Martin MO Warrenton 2027 SS 83.9 mph
4 Andrew Anderson MO St. John Vianney 2025 LHP 83.8 mph
5 Ralph Gianino MO Eureka High School 2025 RHP 82.4 mph

PEAK FASTBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Michael Strong MO SLUH 2026 RHP 2624 rpm
2 Michael Siebels MO Eureka High School 2025 RHP 2581 rpm
3 Adam Streicher MO Windsor High School 2025 RHP 2313 rpm
4 Carter Martin MO Warrenton 2027 SS 2238 rpm
5 Landon Montgomery MO West Plains High School 2026 C 2223 rpm

PEAK CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Carter Martin MO Warrenton 2027 SS 2753 rpm
2 Adam Streicher MO Windsor High School 2025 RHP 2414 rpm
3 Tommy VanderPloeg MO Liberty-Wentzville 2025 RHP 2298 rpm
4 Colin Campbell MO FRANCIS HOWELL HIGH 2027 SS 2264 rpm
5 Cameron Hill MO Hillsboro R-3 School District 2027 OF 2261 rpm

AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Carter Martin MO Warrenton 2027 SS 2686 rpm
2 Adam Streicher MO Windsor High School 2025 RHP 2296 rpm
3 Tommy VanderPloeg MO Liberty-Wentzville 2025 RHP 2245 rpm

PEAK SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Michael Strong MO SLUH 2026 RHP 2819 rpm
2 Carter Martin MO Warrenton 2027 SS 2775 rpm
3 Ralph Gianino MO Eureka High School 2025 RHP 2405 rpm
4 Drew Patrick MO Webster Groves 2024 RHP 2319 rpm
5 Landon Montgomery MO West Plains High School 2026 C 2204 rpm

AVERAGE SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Michael Strong MO SLUH 2026 RHP 2736
2 Carter Martin MO Warrenton 2027 SS 2651
3 Ralph Gianino MO Eureka High School 2025 RHP 2281

AVG CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MVMT

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Timmy Charles MO St. Louis Priory 2025 RHP 20.6
2 Michael Strong MO SLUH 2026 RHP 18.7
3 Colin Hughes MO Parkway West 2025 RHP 18.1
4 Drew Dierks MO FRANCIS HOWELL HIGH 2027 LHP -17.9
5 Carter Martin MO Warrenton 2027 SS 17.8

For all of the statistics collected from this event, click HERE.

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