Yard Baseball Scout Day: Pitchers Data Dive
September 14, 2023
On Sunday, September 10th, the PBR Kansas and PBR Missouri staff traveled to William Chrisman High School in Kansas City, MO to host the Yard Baseball Club Scout Day. This event featured nearly 30 players representing the 2025-to-2027 high school classes from both Kansas and Missouri. Attendees participated in a pro-style workout in front of our staff, collecting unrivaled data through the help of our tech partners, while also collecting high quality video footage of their workout and more.
To see a full list of those in attendance, click HERE. For all of the stats collected at this event, click HERE.
Today, we've broken down the offensive statistical leaders from this event into individual categories, which you'll find in leaderboard format below.
MAX fastball VELOCITY
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Velocity (max)
1
Eli Berns
KS
Lawrence Free State
2026
2B
76.8 mph
2
Rowan Axton
MO
Blue Spring
2027
1B
74.6 mph
3
Jacob Kramer
KS
Leavenworth
2025
RHP
74.4 mph
4
Carter Harmsen
MO
Grain Valley
2025
2B
74.4 mph
5
Zaiden Ham
MO
Blue Springs South
2026
3B
73.6 mph
peak curveball spin rate
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
| 1 | Jacob Kramer | KS | Leavenworth | 2025 | RHP | 2159 rpm |
| 2 | Eli Berns | KS | Lawrence Free State | 2026 | 2B | 2003 rpm |
| 3 | Rowan Axton | MO | Blue Spring | 2027 | 1B | 1818 rpm |
average curveball spin rate
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
| 1 | Jacob Kramer | KS | Leavenworth | 2025 | RHP | 2058 rpm |
| 2 | Eli Berns | KS | Lawrence Free State | 2026 | 2B | 2002 rpm |
| 3 | Rowan Axton | MO | Blue Spring | 2027 | 1B | 1795 rpm |
peak slider spin rate
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
| 1 | Eli Berns | KS | Lawrence Free State | 2026 | 2B | 2064 rpm |
| 2 | Carter Harmsen | MO | Grain Valley | 2025 | 2B | 1849 rpm |
| 3 | Zaiden Ham | MO | Blue Springs South | 2026 | 3B | 1693 rpm |
average slider spin rate
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (avg) |
| 1 | Eli Berns | KS | Lawrence Free State | 2026 | 2B | 1960 |
| 2 | Carter Harmsen | MO | Grain Valley | 2025 | 2B | 1746 |
| 3 | Zaiden Ham | MO | Blue Springs South | 2026 | 3B | 1623 |
peak changeup horizontal
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (max) |
| 1 | Zaiden Ham | MO | Blue Springs South | 2026 | 3B | 19.4 in |
| 2 | Carter Harmsen | MO | Grain Valley | 2025 | 2B | 17.2 in |
| 3 | Eli Berns | KS | Lawrence Free State | 2026 | 2B | 16.1 in |
| 4 | Rowan Axton | MO | Blue Spring | 2027 | 1B | -13.5 in |
| 5 | Jacob Kramer | KS | Leavenworth | 2025 | RHP | 10.0 in |
average changeup horizontal
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
| 1 | Zaiden Ham | MO | Blue Springs South | 2026 | 3B | 19.4 |
| 2 | Eli Berns | KS | Lawrence Free State | 2026 | 2B | 14.8 |
| 3 | Carter Harmsen | MO | Grain Valley | 2025 | 2B | 14.4 |
| 4 | Rowan Axton | MO | Blue Spring | 2027 | 1B | -13.5 |
| 5 | Jacob Kramer | KS | Leavenworth | 2025 | RHP | 7.1 |
For all of the statistics from this event, click HERE.
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