2025 Super 60: Data Dive, Position Players
February 4, 2025
Well, this was the speediest Super 60 in the event’s 23 years.
Each Super 60 ends up telling a slightly different story, and the 2025 event celebrated the run tool, seeing as many of the event’s all-time leaderboards that measure a prospect’s speed traits are now decorated by the athletes who performed in the Chicagoland area on Sunday, Feb. 2 at The MAX in McCook, Ill.
We’ll elaborate on these burners below, and there’s also plenty more to share – the 2025 Super 60 ignited the road to July’s MLB Draft, as always.
VALD + ATHLETIC TESTING
TOP 60-YARD DASH
Traditionally, the 60-yard dash has been the in-event standard to help measure a player's speed tool. We implemented three timing gates at the 10- and 30-yard splits, to capture athletes’ quickness, explosiveness and reaction time.
Here’s some context: The 2024 Super 60 featured six sub-6.60 run times in the 60-yard dash. This past Sunday, there were 14 runners with sub-6.60 times. The cherry on top from Sunday’s runners was the record-breaking time clocked by OF William Patrick (St. Frederick HS, LA; LSU commit), who recorded a 6.29 in the 60, which was the single fastest time in the Super 60’s illustrious history. Patrick beat out OF Jack Schneider’s (Daviess County HS, KY, 2017) 6.30 time, which had been the Super 60’s best ever for the last seven years.
‘25 OF William Patrick (LA)@LSUbaseball
— Shooter Hunt (@ShooterHunt) February 4, 2025
6’1” 203 || 6️⃣.2️⃣9️⃣🏃♂️|| 101 exit
Pristine athlete w/ 5-tool potential. Simple stroke yields loud outputs from right side. Former 🏈 WR seeing quick progressions after shift to ⚾️-only focus…#Super60 || #MLBDraft || @PB_DraftHQ pic.twitter.com/XhXxafwXn1
You’ll see for yourself on the 10- and 30-yard split leaderboards below, but Patrick paced those two boards as well, naturally, and he now owns the all-time splits in both categories for this event as well. He’s a bit more physical than the prototypical speed threat too, listed at 6-foot-1, 204 pounds, and his right-handed swing produced a max EV of 100.7 mph (90.4 average), helping him create a belief among evaluators that he’ll be able to put that speed to use at the next level.
Patrick wasn’t even the only 2025 prospect who landed on the Super 60’s all-time speed lists either. OF Trevor Gottsegen (Highlands Ranch HS, CO; Utah), OF Brandon Logan (Fort Wayne HS, IN; Notre Dame), OF Chase Kroberger (Moorestown HS, NJ; Alabama), OF Mason Ligenza (Tamaqua Area HS, PA; Pitt), and C Peter Mershon (Eastside HS, SC; Mississippi State) each earned a place inside the fastest 11 times ever recorded at the Super 60, and Gottsegen’s 6.34 is tied for the third best ever. Two others – 3B Sebastian Norman (Glendale HS, MO; Oklahoma State) and OF Jacob Parker (Purvis HS, MS; Mississippi State) – appear on more leaderboards than just the speedy ones, though both also ran a 6.45 which is good for a tie at No. 13 on the all-time list.
TOP 30-YARD SPLIT
TOP 10-YARD SPLIT
MAX RSI LEADERS
The ability to develop force quickly is a requisite ability in most sports. The reactive strength index (RSI) has been developed as a measure of explosive strength and is derived by evaluating jump height divided by ground contact time during the depth jump.
MAX VERTICAL JUMP HEIGHT
Regarding vertical jumps and its application to baseball, there have been studies conducted that show a correlation between max jump height for an athlete and their ability to generate power and strength, especially on the mound.
RIGHT-HAND GRIP STRENGTH
LEFT-HAND GRIP STRENGTH
TRACKMAN
MAX EXIT VELOCITY
From Iowa, C/OF Taitn Gray (Dallas Center-Grimes HS; Oregon) connected on some of the loudest contact in the history of the Super 60 – and from both batter’s boxes as a switch-hitter. Standing at a muscle-bound 6-foot-3, 220 pounds, Gray launched baseballs throughout both his rounds of batting practice inside The MAX, reaching a max EV of 109.2 mph, averaging an exit speed of 102.9. His max EV was the third highest in the event’s history and the second highest average exit speed since we began using TrackMan in 2020.
BP Views from #Super60 >>>> 🚀@taitngray x @Parker13Jake x @Braxton_VC @PB_DraftHQ | @MizunoSportsUSA pic.twitter.com/uACt1Sx3Dr
— Prep Baseball (@prepbaseball) February 3, 2025
Gray made his mark all over this event, as you’ll come to find out.
The impressive part about this event, seeing as we dubbed it the “speediest” Super 60 in history, was the fact that these plus runners also happened to churn out some of the most substantial batted-ball data. Gray himself ran a 6.64 at this event, which stands out given his physical stature, but the same can be said about Mason Ligenza and Sebastian Norman, who each earned a mention in the section above for their run tools.
Ligenza is a bit of a unicorn as a 6-foot-6, left/left athlete who is also a 6.43 runner and he recorded a 106.6 mph max EV (95.2 average) on Sunday, the second highest of the day. Norman is a bulky/strong 6-foot-1, 235 pounds, and he too ran a 6.43 at the event and only marginally trailed Ligenza in this max EV category with his 106.5 mph best (95.8 average).
Norman, in particular, was arguably the event’s single statistical standout as he found ways to appear on most of these leaderboards, and some of the all-time ones, too.
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
Gray was the lone hitter to average an exit velocity in the triple-digits, but 3B Caleb Barnett (Mountain Brook HS, AL; Alabama) got real close at 99.5 mph. He was one of the pound-for-pound winners of this year’s Super 60, with a fast right-handed bat that’s boosted by his long and strong levers, listed at 6-foot-6, 212 pounds. The feel for the barrel was among the day’s best, and his stature helped him maximize on his quality of contact, which is worth mentioning here.
A look at some of the best raw power in the 2025 class.
— Ian Smith (@IanSmittyGA) February 2, 2025
3B Caleb Barnett showing effortless plus bat speed (Max 84.5) and great length in-zone. Massive impact in the barrel. Max 105.9 ‼️
Impressive actions at 3B as well for the @AlabamaBSB commit. 93 IF velo @PrepBaseballAL… pic.twitter.com/sBHVFIM6ii
SS Alexander Peck (University School of Nashville HS, TN; Arkansas) was a model of consistency on offense. He was one of two hitters to record a hard hit% of 100 percent, which naturally helped him average one of the day’s highest exit speeds (98.4 mph). And SS Kade Elam (Corbin HS, KY; Louisville) was similarly effective as the other hitter with a 100 percent score in hard hit%, as he averaged an exit speed of 97.1 mph.
MAX BATTED DISTANCE
FARTHEST AVG. BATTED DISTANCE
Gray’s best struck ball traveled an estimated 433 feet on TrackMan, and that’s the farthest hit ball in Super 60 history, since we’ve been using TrackMan (2020). In fact, it’s 17 feet farther than the next closest, which continues to show the kind of offensive firepower Gray showcased in Chicago this weekend.
Jacob Parker was a Prep Baseball All-American in 2024, and he was one of the top overall performers on Sunday, as expected. The No. 18-ranked senior in the country ran a 6.45 inside a physical 6-foot-2, 223-pound build, and swung an impressive left-handed bat that launched some of the farthest contact of the day, including his 408-foot best mark.
2025 OF Jacob Parker is an unreal athlete in a physical 6-foot-3, 215-pound frame.
— Ian Smith (@IanSmittyGA) February 3, 2025
Effortless loud barrels in one of the more potent rounds of the day.
Max EV: 104.9 ‼️
Max Distance: 409ft.
60: 6.45 (1.54 Split)#PBAAG24 participant & #️⃣1️⃣ in @PrepBaseballMS 2025 rankings.… pic.twitter.com/VE3gydMZdu
3B Jason Fultz (P27 Academy, PA; Clemson) has a powerful right-handed swing that wound up leading the event in average batted distance (321 feet), and he was one of four hitters to reach the 400-foot mark in max distance.
And here’s yet another mention of Ligenza – the 6-foot-6 left-handed hitter clubbed a 401-foot shot during BP, further stretching his versatile set of tools.
BLAST MOTION
HIGHEST AVG. HAND SPEED
Hand Speed: The observed speed as measured on the handle of the bat (measured six inches from the knob of the bat). Peak Hand Speed will occur prior to the moment of impact, very close to the commit time in the swing when the wrists unhinge.
HIGHEST AVG. BAT SPEED
Bat Speed: The observed speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact. The sweet spot of the bat is measured six inches from the tip of the bat.
Another category, another Taitn Gray Super 60 record. Gray unseats Tyler Bell’s (IL, 2024) bat speed record from a year ago, who was also coincidentally a switch-hitter. The Iowan generated a tremendous 83.2 mph average bat speed, per Blast, which is only adding to his legend coming out of this showcase.
And we said Sebastian Norman was all over this story, and you can find him here as well. He was tied for the event lead in hand speed average (25.8 mph) with OF Braxton Van Cleave (Mansfield HS, TX; Kentucky), and his 79.9 mph average bat speed is behind Gray only. Van Cleave, too, found his way near the top of the bat speed leaders.
3B Sebastian Norman (Glendale HS, MO)
— Shooter Hunt (@ShooterHunt) February 2, 2025
6-2 | 225 lbs
Oklahoma State recruit#Super60 || #MLBDraft pic.twitter.com/qcVVvzqs3R
SS Josh Gibbs (Forsyth Central HS, GA; Georgia) was another twitchy performer who stood out at the end of the Super 60, and his big bat speed and rotational acceleration marks from the right-handed batter’s box earned him some more data-minded praise here. Fellow Georgia native, SS Terrance Bowen (Blessed Trinity HS; Oklahoma State), was also among the event’s leaders in bat speed, making it a strong showing for the Peach State prospects that made it up to Chicago on Sunday.
It’s also worth noting that speedsters Ligenza and Patrick generate bat speed as well, adding to their multi-dimensional prospect status as big winners on the day.
HIGHEST AVG. ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION
Body Rotation: A swing that has the appropriate relative contributions of body and bat rotations is an efficient and powerful swing that maintains proper sequencing. An efficient baseball swing is one in which the body creates the initial movements, which is then transferred to the arms and out to the bat, thereby maximizing Bat Speed through this proximal-to-distal kinematic sequencing movement pattern.
SS J.D. Stein (Carmel HS, IN; Wake Forest) is a dynamic right-handed-hitting middle infielder who’s known for his defense and arm strength, as well as his speed, and yet he also connects on much more impactful contact than his 5-foot-7, 175-pound stature might initially imply. Stein ran a 6.53 to start the day before his right-handed bat unleashed sound line-drive contact on repeat (97.2 mph EV max), and he led the event in rotational acceleration at 26.5g, by a healthy margin.
‘25 SS JD Stein (@jd_stein)
— Prep Baseball Indiana (@PrepBaseballIN) February 2, 2025
5’8” 175@WakeBaseball recruit.
Max EV - 97.2 mph
60 - 6.53
Infield Velocity - 91 mph#Super60 || #MLBDraft pic.twitter.com/0MLOJJUftA
From Florida, SS Zahir Barjam (P27 Academy; West Virginia) is another compact right-handed hitter with strength that he can generate quickly, as evidenced by his 24.4g rotational acceleration.
The Georgia recruit Gibbs appears here as well, as expected. The two-way prospect 1B/LHP Conor Essenburg (Lincoln-Way West HS, IL; Kentucky) also shined during BP and his righty swing looks to do damage, while his RA average (21.4g) matches the eye test. OF Cannon Goldin (Buford HS, GA; Ole Miss) was the only other hitter to average a rotational acceleration of 20.0g or higher, at 21.3g.
DEFENSIVE STATS
TOP INFIELD VELOCITY
TOP OUTFIELD VELOCITY
TOP CATCHER VELOCITY
TOP POP TIMES
VIZUAL EDGE
EDGE SCORE LEADERS
The Edge Score is a comprehensive score out of 100 that takes the core-six visual skills into account, providing athletes, parents, coaches and scouts with a benchmark number for assessing an athlete’s overall visual ability. In general the higher the Edge Score, the higher chance of athletic success. Think of the Edge Score as the 'Sixth Metric' in the standard five tools that make up a ball player.
The average Edge Score for the 2020 MLB Draft Class was 79.3 (of hitters who completed a Vizual Edge test). MLB players we've worked with typically show stronger scores, with elite hitters scoring consistently above 87.0 on their Edge Score.