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Team Arkansas Junior Future Games: Data Dive

July 29, 2026
Eliott Wilk
Central Region Operations Director

On Thursday, July 23, Prep Baseball hosted the official 2026 Junior Future Games 14U Workout Day. The best uncommitted talent from the Class of 2030 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 Maddox Moore AR Vilonia 2030 OF 6.98 s
2 Miles Smith AR Southside (Fort Smith) 2030 C 7.27 s
^ Ben McNemar AR Hamburg 2030 SS 7.27 s
3 Paxton Lynch AR North Little Rock 2030 C 7.28 s
4 Brody Trobis AR Beebe 2030 1B 7.50 s
5 Lucas Lowrey AR Nashville High School 2030 RHP 7.62 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 Maddox Moore AR Vilonia 2030 OF 3.88 s
2 Miles Smith AR Southside (Fort Smith) 2030 C 4.00 s
3 Ben McNemar AR Hamburg 2030 SS 4.04 s
4 Paxton Lynch AR North Little Rock 2030 C 4.10 s
5 Brody Trobis AR Beebe 2030 1B 4.11 s

TOP 10-YARD SPLIT

Rank Name State School Class Pos 10-yd
1 Maddox Moore AR Vilonia 2030 OF 1.68 s
2 Miles Smith AR Southside (Fort Smith) 2030 C 1.75 s
3 Ben McNemar AR Hamburg 2030 SS 1.76 s
4 Lucas Lowrey AR Nashville High School 2030 RHP 1.77 s
5 Brody Trobis AR Beebe 2030 1B 1.78 s

PEAK VERTICAL JUMP

Rank Name State School Class Pos Jump Height (max)
1 Lucas Lowrey AR Nashville High School 2030 RHP 26.5
2 Paxton Lynch AR North Little Rock 2030 C 24.7
3 Max Tyson AR Valley View 2030 SS 24.6
4 Lane Engle AR N/A 2030 1B 21.8
5 Brody Trobis AR Beebe 2030 1B 21.7

RIGHT-HAND GRIP STRENGTH

Rank Name State School Class Pos Grip Strgth (RH)
1 Hudson Steward AR Wynne 2030 RHP 145.0
2 Brody Trobis AR Beebe 2030 1B 132.6
3 Lane Engle AR N/A 2030 1B 130.4
4 Maddox Moore AR Vilonia 2030 OF 127.5
5 Henry Albert AR Jonesboro 2030 RHP 125.0

LEFT-HAND GRIP STRENGTH

Rank Name State School Class Pos Grip Strgth (LH)
1 Lane Engle AR N/A 2030 1B 129.3
2 Hudson Steward AR Wynne 2030 RHP 127.0
3 Brody Trobis AR Beebe 2030 1B 125.8
4 Max Tyson AR Valley View 2030 SS 113.6
5 Henry Albert AR Jonesboro 2030 RHP 112.8

TRACKMAN

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Paxton Lynch AR North Little Rock 2030 C 92.8 mph
2 Lane Engle AR N/A 2030 1B 92.1 mph
3 Hudson Steward AR Wynne 2030 RHP 89.9 mph
4 Brody Trobis AR Beebe 2030 1B 88.8 mph
5 Cooper Andrews AR Bryant 2030 OF 86.1 mph

HIGHEST AVG. EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Paxton Lynch AR North Little Rock 2030 C 85.0 mph
2 Hudson Steward AR Wynne 2030 RHP 82.8 mph
3 Brody Trobis AR Beebe 2030 1B 81.0 mph
4 Lucas Lowrey AR Nashville High School 2030 RHP 80.6 mph
5 Lane Engle AR N/A 2030 1B 79.6 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 Lane Engle AR N/A 2030 1B 308 ft
2 Paxton Lynch AR North Little Rock 2030 C 300 ft
3 Hudson Steward AR Wynne 2030 RHP 294 ft
4 Brody Trobis AR Beebe 2030 1B 294 ft
5 Miles Smith AR Southside (Fort Smith) 2030 C 288 ft

HIGHEST SWEET SPOT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 Lane Engle AR N/A 2030 1B 60 %
^ Paxton Lynch AR North Little Rock 2030 C 60 %
2 Hudson Steward AR Wynne 2030 RHP 50 %
^ Brody Trobis AR Beebe 2030 1B 50 %
3 Lucas Lowrey AR Nashville High School 2030 RHP 40 %
^ Maddox Moore AR Vilonia 2030 OF 40 %
^ Henry Albert AR Jonesboro 2030 RHP 40 %
^ Ben McNemar AR Hamburg 2030 SS 40 %
^ Max Tyson AR Valley View 2030 SS 40 %
4 Cooper Andrews AR Bryant 2030 OF 30 %
^ Miles Smith AR Southside (Fort Smith) 2030 C 30 %

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 Maddox Moore AR Vilonia 2030 OF 22.6 mph
2 Cooper Andrews AR Bryant 2030 OF 21.1 mph
3 Brody Trobis AR Beebe 2030 1B 20.8 mph
^ Paxton Lynch AR North Little Rock 2030 C 20.8 mph
4 Miles Smith AR Southside (Fort Smith) 2030 C 20.4 mph
^ Max Tyson AR Valley View 2030 SS 20.4 mph
5 Lane Engle AR N/A 2030 1B 20.3 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 Ben McNemar AR Hamburg 2030 SS 69.9 mph
^ Paxton Lynch AR North Little Rock 2030 C 69.9 mph
2 Miles Smith AR Southside (Fort Smith) 2030 C 69.4 mph
3 Maddox Moore AR Vilonia 2030 OF 69.2 mph
4 Cooper Andrews AR Bryant 2030 OF 65.8 mph
5 Lucas Lowrey AR Nashville High School 2030 RHP 65.1 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 Cooper Andrews AR Bryant 2030 OF 19.5 g
2 Max Tyson AR Valley View 2030 SS 12.8 g
3 Paxton Lynch AR North Little Rock 2030 C 12.7 g
4 Miles Smith AR Southside (Fort Smith) 2030 C 11.9 g
5 Maddox Moore AR Vilonia 2030 OF 11.6 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 Lucas Lowrey AR Nashville High School 2030 RHP 79
2 Brody Trobis AR Beebe 2030 1B 78
3 Henry Albert AR Jonesboro 2030 RHP 76
4 Hudson Steward AR Wynne 2030 RHP 75
^ Max Tyson AR Valley View 2030 SS 75
5 Ben McNemar AR Hamburg 2030 SS 74

TOP OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Maddox Moore AR Vilonia 2030 OF 84
2 Cooper Andrews AR Bryant 2030 OF 78

TOP CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Paxton Lynch AR North Little Rock 2030 C 80
2 Miles Smith AR Southside (Fort Smith) 2030 C 73

TOP POP TIMES

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Paxton Lynch AR North Little Rock 2030 C 1.92-2.01
2 Miles Smith AR Southside (Fort Smith) 2030 C 2.00-2.11

VIZUAL EDGE

EDGE SCORE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Edge Score
1 Paxton Lynch AR North Little Rock 2030 C 83.42
2 Cooper Andrews AR Bryant 2030 OF 78.30
3 Lane Engle AR N/A 2030 1B 77.89
4 Hudson Steward AR Wynne 2030 RHP 74.76
5 Lucas Lowrey AR Nashville High School 2030 RHP 71.03

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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