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Team Arkansas Junior Future Games: Data Dive

July 30, 2025
Eliott Wilk
Central Region Operations Director

On Thursday, July 24, Prep Baseball hosted the official 2025 Junior Future Games 14U Workout Day, powered by Pison Technology. The best uncommitted talent from the Class of 2029 all met at LakePoint Sports on this day to ignite the start of this special event, as position players were guided through this pro-style workout.

In this post, we’ll share with you the stat leaders from Team Arkansas following Thursday's workout, leaderboards precisely collected by our state-of-the-art tech partners at TrackMan, Blast Motion, VALD Performance, and Vizual Edge.

Here’s a look at our team’s position players who recorded some of the most impressive metrics across these many stat categories.

VALD PERFORMANCE

TOP 60-YARD DASH

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yd
1 Ty Karnes AR Greenwood 2029 SS 6.92 s
2 Lyric Gray AR Jonesboro 2029 OF 7.10 s
3 Sawyer Boone AR Little Rock Christian Academy 2029 SS 7.40 s
4 Ryder Starr AR Pocahontas 2029 OF 7.59 s
^ Quinn Gartman AR Valley View 2029 OF 7.59 s
5 Trace Hyslip AR Highland 2029 SS 7.67 s

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. From there, we will calculate an athlete’s top-end speed in miles per hour. While the measurement still has its utility, the 10-yard split has started to become more and more applicable in determining the player's burst and reaction time in-game, whether that's in the outfield or on the basepaths.

TOP 30-YARD SPLIT

Rank Name State School Class Pos 30-yd
1 Ty Karnes AR Greenwood 2029 SS 3.86 s
2 Lyric Gray AR Jonesboro 2029 OF 4.01 s
3 Sawyer Boone AR Little Rock Christian Academy 2029 SS 4.05 s
4 Quinn Gartman AR Valley View 2029 OF 4.10 s
5 Ryder Starr AR Pocahontas 2029 OF 4.12 s

TOP 10-YARD SPLIT

Rank Name State School Class Pos 10-yd
1 Ty Karnes AR Greenwood 2029 SS 1.67 s
2 Ryder Starr AR Pocahontas 2029 OF 1.76 s
^ Sawyer Boone AR Little Rock Christian Academy 2029 SS 1.76 s
3 Trace Hyslip AR Highland 2029 SS 1.77 s
4 Sawyer Pierce AR Southside 2029 C 1.81 s
5 Quinn Gartman AR Valley View 2029 OF 1.82 s

PEAK VERTICAL JUMP

Rank Name State School Class Pos Jump Height (max)
1 Lyric Gray AR Jonesboro 2029 OF 25.0
2 Jake Johnson AR Episcopal Collegiate 2029 SS 23.9
3 Ryder Starr AR Pocahontas 2029 OF 23.1
4 Trace Hyslip AR Highland 2029 SS 22.8
5 Ty Karnes AR Greenwood 2029 SS 22.6

RIGHT-HAND GRIP STRENGTH

Rank Name State School Class Pos Grip Strgth (RH)
1 Ty Karnes AR Greenwood 2029 SS 129.5
2 Sawyer Boone AR Little Rock Christian Academy 2029 SS 123.8
3 Ryder Starr AR Pocahontas 2029 OF 113.9
4 Brayden Grooms AR Pocahontas 2029 C 113.4
5 Sawyer Pierce AR Southside 2029 C 110.3

LEFT-HAND GRIP STRENGTH

Rank Name State School Class Pos Grip Strgth (LH)
1 Sawyer Boone AR Little Rock Christian Academy 2029 SS 121.6
2 Ty Karnes AR Greenwood 2029 SS 121.4
3 Ryder Starr AR Pocahontas 2029 OF 119.8
4 Sawyer Pierce AR Southside 2029 C 119.6
5 Max Scroggins AR Conway 2029 OF 101.5

TRACKMAN

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Sawyer Boone AR Little Rock Christian Academy 2029 SS 93.3 mph
2 Lyric Gray AR Jonesboro 2029 OF 89.4 mph
3 Ty Karnes AR Greenwood 2029 SS 89.2 mph
4 Sawyer Pierce AR Southside 2029 C 89.0 mph
5 Trytan Tucker AR Cross County 2029 SS 84.8 mph

HIGHEST AVG. EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Sawyer Boone AR Little Rock Christian Academy 2029 SS 83.5 mph
2 Lyric Gray AR Jonesboro 2029 OF 82.4 mph
3 Ty Karnes AR Greenwood 2029 SS 78.5 mph
4 Trytan Tucker AR Cross County 2029 SS 78.1 mph
5 Sawyer Pierce AR Southside 2029 C 77.4 mph

Exit Velocity: This metric measures the speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of impact.

MAX BATTED DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Sawyer Boone AR Little Rock Christian Academy 2029 SS 331 ft
2 Ty Karnes AR Greenwood 2029 SS 319 ft
3 Lyric Gray AR Jonesboro 2029 OF 317 ft
4 Sawyer Pierce AR Southside 2029 C 305 ft
5 Preston Lambert AR Jonesboro 2029 RHP 279 ft

HIGHEST SWEET SPOT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 Preston Lambert AR Jonesboro 2029 RHP 70 %
2 Lyric Gray AR Jonesboro 2029 OF 60 %
3 Ty Karnes AR Greenwood 2029 SS 55 %
4 Sawyer Pierce AR Southside 2029 C 54 %
5 Sawyer Boone AR Little Rock Christian Academy 2029 SS 50 %

Sweet Spot percentage: This metric is determined by how often the player produces a batted ball during the session with a launch angle between 8 to 32 degrees.

BLAST MOTION

HIGHEST AVG. HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Ty Karnes AR Greenwood 2029 SS 22.4 mph
2 Sawyer Pierce AR Southside 2029 C 22.1 mph
3 Sawyer Boone AR Little Rock Christian Academy 2029 SS 21.4 mph
4 Jake Johnson AR Episcopal Collegiate 2029 SS 20.4 mph
5 Trytan Tucker AR Cross County 2029 SS 20.0 mph

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

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Sawyer Pierce AR Southside 2029 C 68.6 mph
2 Sawyer Boone AR Little Rock Christian Academy 2029 SS 68.1 mph
3 Ty Karnes AR Greenwood 2029 SS 67.6 mph
4 Lyric Gray AR Jonesboro 2029 OF 66.0 mph
5 Trytan Tucker AR Cross County 2029 SS 63.3 mph

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.

HIGHEST AVG. ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Ty Karnes AR Greenwood 2029 SS 22.9 g
2 Sawyer Pierce AR Southside 2029 C 17.6 g
3 Preston Lambert AR Jonesboro 2029 RHP 15.7 g
4 Lyric Gray AR Jonesboro 2029 OF 14.9 g
5 Sawyer Boone AR Little Rock Christian Academy 2029 SS 11.3 g

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.

DEFENSIVE STATS

TOP INFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Sawyer Boone AR Little Rock Christian Academy 2029 SS 77
2 Trytan Tucker AR Cross County 2029 SS 76
^ Ty Karnes AR Greenwood 2029 SS 76
3 Preston Lambert AR Jonesboro 2029 RHP 73
^ Max Scroggins AR Conway 2029 OF 73
4 Trace Hyslip AR Highland 2029 SS 71
5 Jake Johnson AR Episcopal Collegiate 2029 SS 68

TOP OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Lyric Gray AR Jonesboro 2029 OF 80
2 Ryder Starr AR Pocahontas 2029 OF 75
3 Quinn Gartman AR Valley View 2029 OF 74

TOP CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Sawyer Pierce AR Southside 2029 C 71
2 Brayden Grooms AR Pocahontas 2029 C 65

TOP POP TIMES

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Sawyer Pierce AR Southside 2029 C 2.15-2.30
2 Brayden Grooms AR Pocahontas 2029 C 2.20-2.35

VIZUAL EDGE

EDGE SCORE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Edge Score
1 Jake Johnson AR Episcopal Collegiate 2029 SS 77.81
2 Trytan Tucker AR Cross County 2029 SS 76.53
3 Trace Hyslip AR Highland 2029 SS 76.43
4 Sawyer Pierce AR Southside 2029 C 76.12
5 Brayden Grooms AR Pocahontas 2029 C 75.06

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.

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