Prep Baseball Report

Next Level Scout Day: Stat Story


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

Prep Baseball Report and Next Level teamed up to host a scout day that featured 47 total players hailing from the 2022 class to a handful of 2027's.  We take a look at the leaders from the event with looks at the top fastball velocities, best home to first times, top exit velocities, positional arm strength readings, and top pop times.  

The top fastball from the Scout Day belonged to 2024 Caden Howell from Lansing at 86 mph.  Kyler Horsman led the way in the 2023 class at 84 mph with Carter Cushing topping out at 78 mph in the 2025 class and Garrett Ramos coming in at 72 mph from the 2026's.

The fastest home to first time from the event was posted by Preston Denmark of Liberty North in the 2023 class at a smooth 4.06 seconds.  Isaiah Kincade had an all-around impressive day starting with his 2024 class leading 4.31 seconds from home to first.  Nicholas Hotujac led the way in the 2025 class at 4.62 and Aden Leftwich posting the top time in the 2026 class at 4.89 seconds.

Where the event really shined was where multiple players showed their strength with the barrel in exit velocities.  Elijah Kincade had the top exit velo at 91 mph with Adam Johnson and Kyler Horsman right behind him in the 2023 class at 89 mph.  Caden Howell and Keegan Riemer both posted the top exit velos in the 2024 class at 90 mph each.  Redi Oakley led the way in the 2025 class at 80 mph with Garrett Ramos and Aden Leftwich posting the top exit velos in the 2026 class at 71 mph and Tyson Kratochvil posting the top 2027 exit velo at 70 mph.

The top infield arm across the diamond belonged to 2024 Kyle Strother showing solid arm strength with a reading of 83 mph.  Preston Denmark posted the top velo in the 2023 class at 78 mph.  In the outfield it was Caden Howell taking the top spot at 84 mph with Isaiah Kincade right behind him at 82 mph.  Behind the plate there were two backstops posting pop times below the 2.0 mark with both Adam Johnson at 1.98-2.03 and Elijah Kincade at 1.98-2.19 both coming from the 2023 class.  Adam Johnson also had the top catcher velocity from the crouch at an impressive 77 mph. 

Full event stats and details can be found by clicking here.

 

TOP FASTBALL VELOCITIES

2022's and 2023's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Max FB
1 Kyler Horsman KS Manhattan 2023 RHP 84 mph
2 Kaleb Wellshear KS Washburn Rural 2023 2B 82 mph
3 Ryan Wingerd KS Mill Valley High School 2022 RHP 80 mph
4 Kaden Ramey KS Leavenworth 2023 RHP 79 mph
5 Aiden Rea KS Washburn Rural 2023 RHP 77 mph
6 Drew Florence KS Washburn Rural 2023 LHP 74 mph

2024's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Max FB
1 Caden Howell KS Lansing 2024 RHP 86 mph
2 Kyle Strother KS Santa Fe Trail 2024 1B 83 mph
3 Griffin Durst KS Washburn Rural 2024 RHP 80 mph
4 Kyan Guss KS Lawrence 2024 OF 77 mph
^ Isaiah Kincade KS Topeka 2024 OF 77 mph
5 Braden Hauschel KS Washburn Rural 2024 LHP 76 mph
6 Nicholas Murph KS Manhattan ks 2024 1B 74 mph
^ Jett Hutton KS Lansing 2024 OF 74 mph
^ Hunter Houfek KS Olathe West 2024 OF 74 mph

2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Max FB
1 Carter Cushing KS Seaman 2025 RHP 78 mph
2 Reid Oakley KS Lansing 2025 C 72 mph
3 Lucas Cross KS Seaman 2025 RHP 71 mph
4 Brice Schwada KS Lawrence 2025 1B 69 mph
^ Braydon Hall KS Olathe South 2025 C 69 mph
^ Carson Handy KS DeSoto 2025 2B 69 mph
5 Nicholas Hotujac KS Basehor Linwood 2025 OF 67 mph
6 Landon Duff KS Manhattan 2025 OF 66 mph

2026's and 2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Max FB
1 Garrett Ramos KS Seaman 2026 3B 72 mph
2 Jacob Norman KS De Soto 2026 OF 65 mph
3 Tyberias Watkins KS Shawnee Mission West 2026 SS 63 mph
^ Easton Duff KS Manhattan 2027 1B 63 mph

TOP HOME TO FIRST TIMES

2022's and 2023's

Rank Name State School Class Pos H-1st
1 Preston Denmark MO Liberty North 2023 OF 4.06
2 Kyler Horsman KS Manhattan 2023 RHP 4.50
3 Elijah Kincade KS Topeka 2023 C 4.52
4 Kaleb Wellshear KS Washburn Rural 2023 2B 4.58
5 Brady Edmonds KS Lawrence 2023 SS 4.65
^ Adam Johnson KS Washburn Rural 2023 C 4.65
6 Drew Florence KS Washburn Rural 2023 LHP 4.70

2024's

Rank Name State School Class Pos H-1st
1 Isaiah Kincade KS Topeka 2024 OF 4.31
2 Caden Howell KS Lansing 2024 RHP 4.32
3 Kyle Strother KS Santa Fe Trail 2024 1B 4.34
4 Nicholas Murph KS Manhattan ks 2024 1B 4.50
5 Mason Lester KS Lawrence Free State 2024 3B 4.51
6 Jett Hutton KS Lansing 2024 OF 4.53

2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos H-1st
1 Nicholas Hotujac KS Basehor Linwood 2025 OF 4.62
2 Preston White KS Freestate 2025 SS 4.70
3 Cole Wright KS Free State 2025 OF 4.77
4 Lucas Cross KS Seaman 2025 RHP 4.83
5 Landon Duff KS Manhattan 2025 OF 4.88
^ Braydon Hall KS Olathe South 2025 C 4.88
6 Lucas Romero KS Lawrence 2025 2B 4.93

2026's and 2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos H-1st
1 Aden Leftwich KS Lansing 2026 C 4.89
2 Jacob Norman KS De Soto 2026 OF 4.94
3 Tyberias Watkins KS Shawnee Mission West 2026 SS 4.98
4 Garrett Ramos KS Seaman 2026 3B 5.06
5 Easton Duff KS Manhattan 2027 1B 5.15
6 Tyson Kratochvil KS Manhattan 2027 SS 5.20

TOP EXIT VELOCITIES

2022's and 2023's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velo
1 Elijah Kincade KS Topeka 2023 C 91
2 Kyler Horsman KS Manhattan 2023 RHP 89
^ Adam Johnson KS Washburn Rural 2023 C 89
3 Kaleb Wellshear KS Washburn Rural 2023 2B 87
4 Preston Denmark MO Liberty North 2023 OF 86
5 Brady Edmonds KS Lawrence 2023 SS 83
6 Tanner Romero KS Lawrence 2023 1B 80

2024's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velo
1 Keegan Riemer KS Ottawa 2024 3B 90
^ Caden Howell KS Lansing 2024 RHP 90
2 Nicholas Murph KS Manhattan ks 2024 1B 86
3 Kyan Guss KS Lawrence 2024 OF 83
4 Kyle Strother KS Santa Fe Trail 2024 1B 82
^ Isaiah Kincade KS Topeka 2024 OF 82
5 Mason Lester KS Lawrence Free State 2024 3B 80
6 Hunter Houfek KS Olathe West 2024 OF 77

2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velo
1 Reid Oakley KS Lansing 2025 C 80
2 Cole Wright KS Free State 2025 OF 77
3 Lucas Cross KS Seaman 2025 RHP 76
^ Brice Schwada KS Lawrence 2025 1B 76
4 Gavin Waymire KS Seaman 2025 C 72
5 Lucas Romero KS Lawrence 2025 2B 71
6 Landon Duff KS Manhattan 2025 OF 70
^ Hunter McGrann KS Shawnee Heights 2025 2B 70

2026's and 2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velo
1 Aden Leftwich KS Lansing 2026 C 71
^ Garrett Ramos KS Seaman 2026 3B 71
2 Tyson Kratochvil KS Manhattan 2027 SS 70
3 Easton Duff KS Manhattan 2027 1B 69
4 Jacob Cutshall JR KS Clay Center 2026 C 67
5 Tyberias Watkins KS Shawnee Mission West 2026 SS 63
6 Jacob Norman KS De Soto 2026 OF 62

TOP INFIELD VELOCITIES

2022's and 2023's

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Preston Denmark MO Liberty North 2023 OF 78
2 Kaleb Wellshear KS Washburn Rural 2023 2B 76
3 Drew Florence KS Washburn Rural 2023 LHP 71
^ Kyler Horsman KS Manhattan 2023 RHP 71
^ Tanner Romero KS Lawrence 2023 1B 71
4 Elijah Kincade KS Topeka 2023 C 70
5 Brady Edmonds KS Lawrence 2023 SS 66
6 Aiden Rea KS Washburn Rural 2023 RHP 64

2024's

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Kyle Strother KS Santa Fe Trail 2024 1B 83
2 Dalton Jorgensen KS Lansing 2024 C 70
3 Keegan Riemer KS Ottawa 2024 3B 69
4 Mason Lester KS Lawrence Free State 2024 3B 67
5 Nicholas Murph KS Manhattan ks 2024 1B 65

2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Carson Handy KS DeSoto 2025 2B 68
2 Cole Wright KS Free State 2025 OF 65
3 Hunter McGrann KS Shawnee Heights 2025 2B 62
^ Braydon Hall KS Olathe South 2025 C 62
4 Landon Duff KS Manhattan 2025 OF 61
^ Reid Oakley KS Lansing 2025 C 61
5 Preston White KS Freestate 2025 SS 59
6 Lucas Romero KS Lawrence 2025 2B 50

2026's and 2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Garrett Ramos KS Seaman 2026 3B 67
2 Tyson Kratochvil KS Manhattan 2027 SS 65
3 Aden Leftwich KS Lansing 2026 C 62
4 Easton Duff KS Manhattan 2027 1B 59
5 Jacob Cutshall JR KS Clay Center 2026 C 55
6 Tyberias Watkins KS Shawnee Mission West 2026 SS 52

TOP OUTFIELD VELOCITIES

2022's and 2023's

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Preston Denmark MO Liberty North 2023 OF 78

2024's

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Caden Howell KS Lansing 2024 RHP 84
2 Isaiah Kincade KS Topeka 2024 OF 82
3 Wellsley Lam KS Free State 2024 OF 78
4 Kaeden Fenton KS Washburn Rural 2024 OF 76
5 Jett Hutton KS Lansing 2024 OF 75
^ Kyan Guss KS Lawrence 2024 OF 75
^ Hunter Houfek KS Olathe West 2024 OF 75

2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Cole Wright KS Free State 2025 OF 73
2 Lucas Cross KS Seaman 2025 RHP 71
3 Nicholas Hotujac KS Basehor Linwood 2025 OF 68
^ Preston White KS Freestate 2025 SS 68
4 Lucas Romero KS Lawrence 2025 2B 62
5 Gavin Waymire KS Seaman 2025 C 61

2026's and 2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Jacob Norman KS De Soto 2026 OF 69

TOP CATCHER VELOCITIES

2022's and 2023's

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Adam Johnson KS Washburn Rural 2023 C 77
2 Elijah Kincade KS Topeka 2023 C 72

2024's

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Dalton Jorgensen KS Lansing 2024 C 72

2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Reid Oakley KS Lansing 2025 C 68
2 Carson Handy KS DeSoto 2025 2B 67
^ Braydon Hall KS Olathe South 2025 C 67
3 Gavin Waymire KS Seaman 2025 C 62
^ Brice Schwada KS Lawrence 2025 1B 62

2026's and 2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Aden Leftwich KS Lansing 2026 C 64
2 Jacob Cutshall JR KS Clay Center 2026 C 62

TOP POP TIMES

2022's and 2023's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Adam Johnson KS Washburn Rural 2023 C 1.98-2.03
2 Elijah Kincade KS Topeka 2023 C 1.98-2.19

2024's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Dalton Jorgensen KS Lansing 2024 C 2.00-2.21

2025's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Carson Handy KS DeSoto 2025 2B 2.10-2.19
2 Reid Oakley KS Lansing 2025 C 2.21-2.26
3 Braydon Hall KS Olathe South 2025 C 2.24-2.30
4 Brice Schwada KS Lawrence 2025 1B 2.33-2.50
5 Gavin Waymire KS Seaman 2025 C 2.35-2.51

2026's and 2027's

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Aden Leftwich KS Lansing 2026 C 2.28-2.45
2 Jacob Cutshall JR KS Clay Center 2026 C 2.50-2.55

 

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