Prep Baseball Report

High Desert Summer ID: Statistical Analysis


Steven Hardesty
Assistant Director

   

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LANCASTER, CALIF. - This past Wednesday, June 17th, the Prep Baseball California team is hosted the High Desert Summer ID at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, Cal. This was an open event for all high school classes (2027-2030), and gave our staff an ample look at some of that area's and surrounding areas' top players. 

Around 35 players made their way to Antelope Valley College and participated in a pro-style workout, gathering unrivaled access to data through our state-of-the-art tech partners, as well as in-depth scouting analysis from our Prep Baseball California staff. For a closer look at the showcase details and the technologies we had on-site to assist our in-person evaluation for all in attendance, click here

To start the day, all position players in attendance were electronically measured for height, weighed in, and recorded grip strength readings. From there, they ran a 60-yard sprint with all split times being gathered using VALD Technologies' laser timing system. Upon completion of the athletic and body testing portion of the day, the players went into offensive evaluations with multiple rounds of batting practice, where Trackman Technologies and Blast Motion swing trackers were in use to gather batted ball and swing data on players in attendance, in addition under going Vizual Edge testing and VALD Jump testing. Which was then followed by defensive evaluations at their primary and secondary position (OF, C, SS, 1B) with arm strength being measured via a Stalker Radar gun and skill evaluations by our staff on hand. Once the batting practice portion of the event was completed, we shifted into the pitching portion of the day with pitchers throwing bullpens from the main mound with Trackman Technologies running to gather pitch data.

Today, we will be looking at some of the top statistical performers from the event, found below. For all of the event information, please click here.

FASTBALL VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Max FB
1 Adyen Katuszonek CA Rosamond High Early College Campus 2027 RHP 87 mph
2 Tommy Gabel CA Chaminade College Preparatory-High School 2027 RHP 82 mph
3 James Tomlin, IV CA St. John Bosco 2029 OF 81 mph

FASTBALL SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Adyen Katuszonek CA Rosamond High Early College Campus 2027 RHP 2242 rpm
2 Oliver Price CA Castaic High 2027 1B 2188 rpm
3 James Tomlin, IV CA St. John Bosco 2029 OF 2185 rpm

60-YARD DASH

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yd
1 Preston Lee CA Thousand Oaks High 2027 OF 6.52 s
2 Taylor Chairez CA Norco High 2029 SS 6.61 s
3 Michael Ba CA Brentwood School 2027 OF 6.75 s
4 Noah Verkaik CA Aquinas 2027 OF 6.77 s
5 Aaron Bernal jr CA St Bernards Catholic School 2029 OF 6.79 s
6 Elijah Stephens CA Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies 2027 OF 6.90 s
7 Dylan Sax CA Thousand Oaks High 2027 2B 6.94 s
8 Parker Medlin CA Paraclete 2028 C 7.02 s
9 James Tomlin, IV CA St. John Bosco 2029 OF 7.05 s
10 Mateo Dominguez CA Highland High 2027 OF 7.08 s

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Noah Verkaik CA Aquinas 2027 OF 110.3 mph
2 Jayden Ross CA Citrus Valley High 2027 OF 104.1 mph
3 Michael Ba CA Brentwood School 2027 OF 101.3 mph
4 Paulson Cheung CA Ruben S. Ayala High 2028 2B 100.3 mph
5 Matthew Daines CA Glendora High 2028 SS 99.6 mph
6 Jack Sweeney CA St. Augustine Academy 2027 C 98.7 mph
7 Dylan Sax CA Thousand Oaks High 2027 2B 98.5 mph
8 Izayah Najera CA Norco High 2028 C 97.9 mph
9 Luke Valverde CA Liberty High 2029 SS 97.0 mph
10 Matthew Riesenberg CA Culver City High 2029 C 96.4 mph

TOP INFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Gavin Gorman CA Paraclete 2028 3B 83
2 Oliver Price CA Castaic High 2027 1B 81
^ Taylor Chairez CA Norco High 2029 SS 81
3 Luke Valverde CA Liberty High 2029 SS 80
^ Dylan Sax CA Thousand Oaks High 2027 2B 80
4 Adam Camas CA Paraclete 2028 OF 78
5 Nathan Quijas CA Highland High 2029 SS 77
^ Matthew Daines CA Glendora High 2028 SS 77

TOP OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Noah Verkaik CA Aquinas 2027 OF 91
2 James Tomlin, IV CA St. John Bosco 2029 OF 89
3 Jayden Ross CA Citrus Valley High 2027 OF 87
^ Michael Ba CA Brentwood School 2027 OF 87
4 Elijah Stephens CA Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies 2027 OF 85
^ Matthew Riesenberg CA Culver City High 2029 C 85
5 Adrian Guzman CA Ridgeview High 2028 OF 84

TOP CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Matthew Riesenberg CA Culver City High 2029 C 78
2 Miguel Wong CA Verdugo Hills Senior High 2027 C 76
3 Parker Medlin CA Paraclete 2028 C 75
4 Bryson Nieuwkoop CA Castaic High 2027 C 74
^ Hunter Rich CA Harvard-Westlake 2029 C 74
5 Jack Sweeney CA St. Augustine Academy 2027 C 73

TOP POP TIMES

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Jack Sweeney CA St. Augustine Academy 2027 C 2.00-2.10
2 Matthew Riesenberg CA Culver City High 2029 C 2.00-2.11
3 Parker Medlin CA Paraclete 2028 C 2.02-2.10
4 Hunter Rich CA Harvard-Westlake 2029 C 2.03-2.11
5 Miguel Wong CA Verdugo Hills Senior High 2027 C 2.03-2.17

For all of the event information, please click here.

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