2026 Naturals Scout Day: Data Dive

March 4, 2026
Eliott Wilk
Central Region Operations Director

On Friday, February 27th, the Prep Baseball Missouri staff traveled to the Bud Dome in St. Louis, MO to host the Naturals Scout Day

We'll continue our coverage from this event today within this 'Data Dive'. Continue reading below to see which players in attendance showed well from a batted ball, pitch metric, and swing analytics perspective.

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Liam Matthews	MO	Rockwood Summit	2028	3B	96.7 mph
2	Connor Basinski	IL	Columbia	2028	RHP	96.3 mph
3	Carson Hardin	MO	Seckman	2027	RHP	96.2 mph
4	Declan Hazelton	MO	Webster Groves	2029	OF	95.7 mph
5	Connar Lucas	MO	St. Louis University	2027	OF	94.7 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (avg)
1	Carson Hardin	MO	Seckman	2027	RHP	87.2 mph
2	Liam Matthews	MO	Rockwood Summit	2028	3B	86.9 mph
3	Connar Lucas	MO	St. Louis University	2027	OF	86.6 mph
4	Carter Bushman	MO	Lindbergh	2027	C	85.2 mph
5	Connor Basinski	IL	Columbia	2028	RHP	84.6 mph

PEAK BATTED DISTANCE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (max)
1	Declan Hazelton	MO	Webster Groves	2029	OF	370 ft
2	Connar Lucas	MO	St. Louis University	2027	OF	365 ft
3	Carson Hardin	MO	Seckman	2027	RHP	352 ft
4	Connor Basinski	IL	Columbia	2028	RHP	349 ft
5	Carter Bushman	MO	Lindbergh	2027	C	337 ft

AVERAGE BATTED DISTANCE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (avg)
1	Liam Matthews	MO	Rockwood Summit	2028	3B	270 ft
2	Carter Bushman	MO	Lindbergh	2027	C	256 ft
3	James Fagan	MO	St. John Vianney	2027	OF	250 ft
4	Bryce Chitwood	MO	Mehlville	2028	SS	246 ft
5	Luke Pingel	MO	Oakville	2028	3B	241 ft

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Connor Basinski	IL	Columbia	2028	RHP	91.5 mph
2	Liam Matthews	MO	Rockwood Summit	2028	3B	87.9 mph
3	Carson Hardin	MO	Seckman	2027	RHP	86.6 mph
4	Collin Augustine	IL	Columbia	2027	3B	85.8 mph
5	Cash Linderer	MO	Hillsboro	2028	RHP	85.2 mph

PEAK FASTBALL SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	James Fagan	MO	St. John Vianney	2027	OF	2457 rpm
2	Collin Augustine	IL	Columbia	2027	3B	2279 rpm
3	Keegan Wells	MO	Hillsboro	2028	SS	2279 rpm
4	Liam Matthews	MO	Rockwood Summit	2028	3B	2273 rpm
5	Cash Linderer	MO	Hillsboro	2028	RHP	2255 rpm

PEAK SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Cash Linderer	MO	Hillsboro	2028	RHP	2661 rpm
2	Wyatt Frein	IL	Columbia	2030	RHP	2342 rpm
3	Declan Hazelton	MO	Webster Groves	2029	OF	2261 rpm
4	James Fagan	MO	St. John Vianney	2027	OF	2259 rpm
5	Keegan Wells	MO	Hillsboro	2028	SS	2207 rpm

AVERAGE SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	Cash Linderer	MO	Hillsboro	2028	RHP	2642
2	Wyatt Frein	IL	Columbia	2030	RHP	2245
3	Declan Hazelton	MO	Webster Groves	2029	OF	2161
4	Keegan Wells	MO	Hillsboro	2028	SS	2148
5	James Fagan	MO	St. John Vianney	2027	OF	2133

PEAK CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Cash Linderer	MO	Hillsboro	2028	RHP	2536 rpm
2	Jackson Creasey	MO	Fox	2028	RHP	2456 rpm
3	Collin Augustine	IL	Columbia	2027	3B	2439 rpm
4	Carlos Leon	MO	Lindbergh	2028	LHP	2390 rpm
5	Mason Beshears	MO	Lutheran South	2025	C	2358 rpm

AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	Cash Linderer	MO	Hillsboro	2028	RHP	2536 rpm
2	Jackson Creasey	MO	Fox	2028	RHP	2411 rpm
3	Collin Augustine	IL	Columbia	2027	3B	2373 rpm
4	Mason Beshears	MO	Lutheran South	2025	C	2347 rpm
5	Carlos Leon	MO	Lindbergh	2028	LHP	2203 rpm

AVG CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MVMT

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (avg)
1	Malone Hohman	IL	Columbia	2028	2B	19.7
2	Luke Pingel	MO	Oakville	2028	3B	19.5
3	Collin Augustine	IL	Columbia	2027	3B	19.3
4	Brooks Madigan	IL	Collinsville	2029	RHP	18.9
5	Cash Holborow	MO	Seckman	2028	2B	18.0

FOR ALL OF THE STATISTICS FROM THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE.