Prep Baseball Report

BTL Scout Day: Stat Story


Scott Hood
OK/MO/KS/ARK Assistant Scouting Director

Prep Baseball Report and Between the Lines teamed up for a scout day on January 19th featuring 27 players from the 2022 class to a few players in the 2026's.  The event was held at the BTL facility and featured traditional showcase metrics with tee exit velocities, BP, positional velocities, pop times, and then bullpens for the pitchers.  There were multiple players that put up impressive numbers on the dya and full event stats and details can be found by clicking here.

The top fastball velocity from the event was put up by 2023 William Schulte of Olathe North at 86 mph.  Jack Laird was right behind him at 85 mph and Logan Harley Smith led the way in the 2024 class at 79 mph.  Brad Janes showed some impressive arm strength from the 2025 class coming in at 82 mph while Levi Robertson led the way for the 2026's at 76 mph.

The fastest home to first time at the event was clocked in at 4.18 from 2024 Cole Heitmann of De Soto high school.   Lukas Dudek started his impressive day by running a 4.27 with Richard Groebl also putting up an impressive time in the 2024 class at 4.31.  Lynden Haynes from Blue Valley West put up the top home to first time for the 2025's at 4.33 showing some real speed potential and Julian Simon led the way for the 2026's at 4.62 down the line.

Shulte once again put up an event best this time with the exit velocity station posting a 91 mph exit velocity off the tee.  Charles Gates and 2024 Richard Groebl were right behind him at 90 mph.  Brad Janes showed some serious strength in the hands for the 2025 class with an 89 mph exit velocity with Tyler Barnes leading the way in the 2026's at 86 mph.

Jack Laird put up the top arm in the infield posting an 88 mph arm across the diamond.  William Schulte was not far behind him at 87 mph with Cole Heitmann having the best reading for the 2024's at 81 mph.  Porter Swaim led the way in the 2026's at 78 mph and Max Johnson posted the arm in the 2025's at 74 mph.

Charles Gates had the best arm from the outfield group reaching the 90 mph mark from the 2023 class.  Right behind him was 2022 uncommitted player Lukas Dudek at 86 mph and Brade Janes of the 2025 class hitting the 86 mph mark as well.  

Gates also showed real promise from behind the dish where he put up pop times in the 1.83-1.91 range and 79 mph from the crouch.  Owen Gietzen, a 2025 from Mill Valley, also showed an impressive catch and throw at 1.87-1.91 and 74 mph from the crouch.

Check out all the leaders broken down by classes down below.

 

TOP FASTBALL VELOCITIES

2022s, 2023's, 2024's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Max FB
1 William Schulte KS Olathe North 2023 3B 86 mph
2 Jack Laird KS Shawnee Mission East 2023 RHP 85 mph
3 Charles Gates KS Shawnee Mission North 2023 RHP 83 mph
4 Jett Messenger KS Shawnee Mission North 2023 RHP 81 mph
5 Logan Smith KS Shawnee Mission South 2024 C 79 mph
6 Josh Breninger KS Mill Valley 2024 OF 76 mph

2025's, 2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Max FB
1 Brad Janes KS De Soto 2025 RHP 82 mph
2 Owen Gietzen KS Mill Valley 2025 C 78 mph
3 Jake Hobbs KS Mill Valley 2025 LHP 77 mph
4 Levi Robertson KS Shawnee Mission South 2026 RHP 76 mph
^ Evan Fleet KS DeSoto 2025 LHP 76 mph
5 Porter Swaim KS Gardner-Edgerton 2026 OF 75 mph
^ Max Johnson KS Desoto 2025 RHP 75 mph
6 Logan Poland KS Olathe West 2025 OF 72 mph
^ Tyler Barnes KS Saint Thomas Aquinas 2026 1B 72 mph

HOME TO FIRST

2022s, 2023's, 2024's

Rank Name State School Class Pos H-1st
1 Cole Heitmann KS De Soto 2024 SS 4.18
2 Lukas Dudek KS Shawnee Mission West 2022 OF 4.27
3 Richard "Quinn" Groebl KS Blue Valley North 2024 1B 4.31
4 Cooper Wortman KS Saint Thomas Aquinas 2024 OF 4.40
5 Dylan Morris KS Gardner Edgerton 2024 3B 4.42
6 Will Hudelson KS De Soto 2024 OF 4.44

2025's, 2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos H-1st
1 Lynden Haynes KS Blue Valley West 2025 OF 4.33
2 Brock Gibbs KS Tonganoxie 2025 2B 4.45
3 Brad Janes KS De Soto 2025 RHP 4.53
4 Logan Poland KS Olathe West 2025 OF 4.57
5 Julian Simon KS Leavenworth 2026 C 4.62
6 Porter Swaim KS Gardner-Edgerton 2026 OF 4.63
^ Jake Tharnish KS Lansing 2025 RHP 4.63

EXIT VELOCITIES

2022s, 2023's, 2024's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velo
1 William Schulte KS Olathe North 2023 3B 91
2 Charles Gates KS Shawnee Mission North 2023 RHP 90
^ Richard "Quinn" Groebl KS Blue Valley North 2024 1B 90
3 Cooper Wortman KS Saint Thomas Aquinas 2024 OF 88
4 Lukas Dudek KS Shawnee Mission West 2022 OF 86
5 Dylan Morris KS Gardner Edgerton 2024 3B 84
6 Cole Heitmann KS De Soto 2024 SS 83

2025's, 2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velo
1 Brad Janes KS De Soto 2025 RHP 89
2 Tyler Barnes KS Saint Thomas Aquinas 2026 1B 86
3 Owen Gietzen KS Mill Valley 2025 C 79
^ Logan Poland KS Olathe West 2025 OF 79
4 Jonathon Batten KS Olathe North 2025 1B 78
^ Jake Tharnish KS Lansing 2025 RHP 78
5 Porter Swaim KS Gardner-Edgerton 2026 OF 77
^ Levi Robertson KS Shawnee Mission South 2026 RHP 77
^ Julian Simon KS Leavenworth 2026 C 77
6 Parker Christensen KS Olathe Northwest 2026 C 76

TOP INFIELD VELOCITIES

2022s, 2023's, 2024's

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Jack Laird KS Shawnee Mission East 2023 RHP 88
2 William Schulte KS Olathe North 2023 3B 87
3 Jett Messenger KS Shawnee Mission North 2023 RHP 84
4 Cole Heitmann KS De Soto 2024 SS 81
5 Josh Breninger KS Mill Valley 2024 OF 80
6 Richard "Quinn" Groebl KS Blue Valley North 2024 1B 77

2025's, 2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Porter Swaim KS Gardner-Edgerton 2026 OF 78
2 Levi Robertson KS Shawnee Mission South 2026 RHP 77
3 Tyler Barnes KS Saint Thomas Aquinas 2026 1B 74
^ Max Johnson KS Desoto 2025 RHP 74
4 Jake Tharnish KS Lansing 2025 RHP 67
^ Brock Gibbs KS Tonganoxie 2025 2B 67
5 Jonathon Batten KS Olathe North 2025 1B 62

TOP OUTFIELD VELOCITIES

2022s, 2023's, 2024's

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Charles Gates KS Shawnee Mission North 2023 RHP 90
2 Lukas Dudek KS Shawnee Mission West 2022 OF 86
3 Josh Breninger KS Mill Valley 2024 OF 84
4 Cooper Wortman KS Saint Thomas Aquinas 2024 OF 81
5 Will Hudelson KS De Soto 2024 OF 76
6 Dylan Morris KS Gardner Edgerton 2024 3B 74

2025's, 2026's

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Brad Janes KS De Soto 2025 RHP 86
2 Porter Swaim KS Gardner-Edgerton 2026 OF 80
3 Logan Poland KS Olathe West 2025 OF 77
4 Lynden Haynes KS Blue Valley West 2025 OF 72

TOP CATCHER VELOCITIES

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Charles Gates KS Shawnee Mission North 2023 RHP 79
2 Owen Gietzen KS Mill Valley 2025 C 74
3 Julian Simon KS Leavenworth 2026 C 67
4 Parker Christensen KS Olathe Northwest 2026 C 65

TOP POP TIMES

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Charles Gates KS Shawnee Mission North 2023 RHP 1.83-1.91
2 Owen Gietzen KS Mill Valley 2025 C 1.87-1.91
3 Julian Simon KS Leavenworth 2026 C 2.00-2.12
4 Parker Christensen KS Olathe Northwest 2026 C 2.31-2.45

 

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