Prep Baseball Report

Eastern Wisconsin Open: Statistical Analysis


Diego Solares
Staff Writer, Associate Scout

On Monday, Aug. 16, the PBR Wisconsin scouting staff traveled to Wildwood Park in Sheboygan, Wis., to host the annual Eastern Wisconsin Open event. This open showcase helped introduce us to some need-to-know players in the state that we’d not yet seen before, as well as provided us with updated looks at players who’ve earned our attention in the past.

Yesterday, our scouting staff collaborated to highlight several standouts and performances from Monday’s showcase inside our Quick Hits piece, which you can find HERE. Today, we’ll start our deep dive into the data collected from our event by taking a look at those who topped our statistical leaderboards and put up noteworthy numbers. 

You’ll see more content roll out throughout the week, such as leaderboards taken from TrackMan and Blast Motion data, as our partners’ state-of-the-art technologies helped our staff identify even more players to know headed into the fall and beyond.

For now, let’s take a look at the traditional data from Monday’s event at Wildwood Park.

+ OF/RHP Ethan Ovsak (Denmark, 2023) made a strong first impression in his PBR event debut on Monday afternoon. A quick-twitch 6-foot, 163-pound athlete, Osvak ran the fastest 60-yard dash of the day, clocking a 6.88 on our lasers early on in his workout. He also tied for the second-hardest throw from the outfield and was up to 81 mph on the mound.

+ Despite standing out for his pure performance throughout the workout yesterday, INF Luis Serrano (Jefferson, 2022) paced all infielders in throwing velocity. He reached back for a relatively easy 85 mph strike on his first throw across the diamond and did so again on the second, hitting the first baseman directly in the chest on both.

+ Two 2023 backstops led the event in average pop times, finishing at first and second on our leaderboard, respectively: C/1B Trenton Feucht (Freedom, 2023) and C Jake Olszewski (Germantown, 2023). Feucht is a lanky 6-foot-2, 180-pound athlete with present strength attached to his levers that aided him in producing natural carry to his target, consistently working around the bag. Olszewski is cut from a smaller, more compact mold, yet works with a controlled quickness behind the plate and he topped at 76 mph from the chute, too.

+ Two uncommitted 2022 graduates reached 84 mph highs on their fastball, doing so in different ways: RHP Kahler Key (La Crosse Aquinas) and RHP Jack Ryan (Janesville Craig). Key brings an imposing presence to the mound, standing at a large 6-foot-5, 190-pound frame and using that shear size to generate velocity. Ryan, on the other hand, has plenty of loose and whippy arm strength attached to his 6-foot-1, 175-pound frame. The latter also paced our outfield velocity leaderboard, tossing an 89 mph bullet to home on his hardest throw.

+ The last arm to toe the rubber on Monday was INF/RHP Grant Meulemans (Freedom, 2022). A lean 5-foot-11, 165-pound athlete that we’ve long known as a position player, Muelemans recorded the highest max fastball velocity of any pitcher in attendance, topping at 85 mph on his best bullet.

+ Two uncommitted left-handed hitters topped our leaderboard in max exit velocity: 1B Braeden Ryan (Waupaca) and OF Luke Erickson (Eau Claire Memorial). Ryan led the event with a 97 mph high on his best barrel, while Erickson finished a few ticks behind him at 94 mph. 

TOP 60-YARD DASH

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yard
1 Ethan Ovsak WI Denmark 2023 OF 6.88
2 Vincent Nikolai WI Waupaca 2022 C 6.92
3 Matthew Eiden WI Stevens Point 2023 OF 6.98
4 Anthony Chung WI Homestead 2023 SS 7.00
5 Luis Serrano WI Jefferson 2022 SS 7.02
6 Hayden Konkol WI Denmark 2022 OF 7.04

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Max FB
1 Grant Meulemans WI Freedom 2022 SS 85 mph
2 Jack Ryan WI Janesville Craig 2022 RHP 84 mph
^ Kahler Key WI La Crosse Aquinas 2022 RHP 84 mph
3 Eamonn Mulhern WI Madison East 2022 RHP 82 mph
^ Luke Miller WI Shorewood 2022 RHP 82 mph
4 Austin Grube WI Chilton 2023 SS 81 mph
^ Trent Oiler WI Brookfield East 2025 RHP 81 mph
^ Ethan Ovsak WI Denmark 2023 OF 81 mph
^ Erik Jaschinski WI Verona Area 2022 RHP 81 mph
^ Kolden Hunter WI Hortonville 2023 3B 81 mph
5 Matthew Eiden WI Stevens Point 2023 OF 80 mph
^ Owen DeGrand WI Denmark 2022 RHP 80 mph

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velo
1 Braeden Ryan WI Waupaca 2022 1B 97
2 Luke Erickson WI Eau Claire Memorial 2022 OF 94
3 Brett Sommer WI Hortonville 2023 2B 93
4 Christopher Wiesman WI DC Everest 2022 SS 92
^ Tyler Meyer WI Wauwatosa East 2023 3B 92
^ Hayden Konkol WI Denmark 2022 OF 92
^ Matthew Eiden WI Stevens Point 2023 OF 92
5 Trenton Feucht WI Freedom 2023 C 91
^ Evan Sellnow WI Watertown 2022 OF 91
6 Dylan Costello WI New Berlin Eisenhower 2022 3B 90

MAX INFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Luis Serrano WI Jefferson 2022 SS 85
2 Alex Pankratz WI Waupaca 2022 SS 79
3 Alex Ames WI Plymouth 2023 SS 78
^ Tyler Meyer WI Wauwatosa East 2023 3B 78

MAX OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Jack Ryan WI Janesville Craig 2022 RHP 89
2 Ethan Ovsak WI Denmark 2023 OF 82
^ Hayden Konkol WI Denmark 2022 OF 82
3 Evan Sellnow WI Watertown 2022 OF 80
^ Logan Lauterbach WI Lodi 2022 OF 80

MAX CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Aiden Drotzur WI Port Washington 2022 C 77
2 Jake Olszewski WI Germantown 2023 C 76
3 Trenton Feucht WI Freedom 2023 C 75

TOP POP TIMES

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Trenton Feucht WI Freedom 2023 C 2.06-2.21
2 Jake Olszewski WI Germantown 2023 C 2.07-2.28
3 Samuel Mommer WI St. Thomas More 2024 C 2.14-2.22

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