Prep Baseball Report

Future Games Positional Data Dive: Team Illinois & Select


By: Illinois Staff

From July 22-25, Prep Baseball hosted the 2026 Future Games. The best uncommitted talent from the Class of 2028 all met at LakePoint Sports last week to ignite the start of this special event, as position players were guided through this pro-style workout in front of a sea of nearly 500 college coaches.

In this post, we’ll share with you the stat leaders from across the country following Wednesday’s workout, leaderboards precisely collected by our state-of-the-art tech partners at TrackMan, Blast Motion, VALD Performance, and Vizual Edge. Illinois prospects from both Team Illinois & Select are both mentioned within this story.

We've already posted a Statistical Analysis from both Team Illinois and Team Select's highlighting more of the traditional statistical categories and our Takeaways, highlighting some of the event's top performers.


VALD PERFORMANCE

60-YARD

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yd
1 Jacob Hite IL St. Laurence 2028 OF 6.59 s
2 Nicholas Chiarodo IL Edwardsville 2028 SS 6.60 s
3 Kameron Cox IL Montini Catholic 2028 SS 6.67 s
4 Kanon Baxley IL Kaneland 2028 SS 6.71 s
5 Quincy Fulton IL Newton 2028 1B 6.78 s
^ Isaiah Wolter IL Oswego East 2028 C 6.78 s
6 Ryan Pipkins IL Champaign Central 2028 OF 6.79 s
7 Gavin Jones IL Bishop McNamara 2028 SS 6.85 s
8 Brady Jones IL Metamora 2028 3B 6.98 s
9 Peter Pignatiello IL Benet Academy 2028 SS 7.00 s
10 Ryder Rennette IL Dunlap High School 2028 SS 7.01 s

10-YARD

Rank Name State School Class Pos 10-yd
1 Jacob Hite IL St. Laurence 2028 OF 1.59 s
2 Nicholas Chiarodo IL Edwardsville 2028 SS 1.60 s
3 Kanon Baxley IL Kaneland 2028 SS 1.61 s
4 Quincy Fulton IL Newton 2028 1B 1.62 s
5 Will Steffens IL Barrington 2028 1B 1.63 s
6 Kameron Cox IL Montini Catholic 2028 SS 1.64 s
^ Ryan Pipkins IL Champaign Central 2028 OF 1.64 s
^ Brady Jones IL Metamora 2028 3B 1.64 s
7 Gavin Jones IL Bishop McNamara 2028 SS 1.65 s
^ Isaiah Wolter IL Oswego East 2028 C 1.65 s
8 Lucas Sloan IL Olympia 2028 C 1.68 s
9 Matthew Ritter IL Lincoln-Way East 2028 OF 1.69 s
10 Ryder Rennette IL Dunlap High School 2028 SS 1.70 s
^ Keegan Crabtree IL Lincoln-Way East 2028 SS 1.70 s

MAX VERTICAL JUMP

Rank Name State School Class Pos Jump Height (max)
1 Jacob Hite IL St. Laurence 2028 OF 28.8
2 Carver Cohn IL McHenry 2028 OF 28.6
3 Kameron Cox IL Montini Catholic 2028 SS 26.5
4 Nicholas Chiarodo IL Edwardsville 2028 SS 26.2
5 Gavin Jones IL Bishop McNamara 2028 SS 26.1
6 Keegan Crabtree IL Lincoln-Way East 2028 SS 25.7
7 Matthew Ritter IL Lincoln-Way East 2028 OF 25.4
8 Ryder Rennette IL Dunlap High School 2028 SS 25.3
9 Ryan Pipkins IL Champaign Central 2028 OF 25.2
10 Barrett Schifferdecker IL Loyola Academy 2028 OF 24.9

RSI

Rank Name State School Class Pos RSI (max)
1 Brady Jones IL Metamora 2028 3B 2.37
2 Nicholas Chiarodo IL Edwardsville 2028 SS 2.35
3 Ryan Pipkins IL Champaign Central 2028 OF 2.30
^ Ryder Rennette IL Dunlap High School 2028 SS 2.30
4 Barrett Schifferdecker IL Loyola Academy 2028 OF 2.20
^ Isaiah Wolter IL Oswego East 2028 C 2.20
5 Matthew Ritter IL Lincoln-Way East 2028 OF 2.12

The ability to develop force quickly is a requisite ability in most sports. The Reactive Strength Index (RSI) has been developed as a measure of explosive strength and is derived by evaluating jump height divided by ground contact time during the depth jump. Regarding Vertical Jumps and its application to baseball, there have been studies conducted that show a correlation between max jump height for an athlete and their ability to generate power and strength, especially on the mound.


TRACKMAN

We'll continue to roll out the data we gathered from this event, starting with the analytics we have at our disposal from our TrackMan units. Below we'll look at which players had noteworthy batted ball and pitch data.

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Barrett Schifferdecker IL Loyola Academy 2028 OF 104.4 mph
2 Carver Cohn IL McHenry 2028 OF 102.1 mph
3 Isaiah Wolter IL Oswego East 2028 C 101.6 mph
4 Quincy Fulton IL Newton 2028 1B 99.8 mph
5 Jacob Hite IL St. Laurence 2028 OF 98.9 mph
6 Nicholas Chiarodo IL Edwardsville 2028 SS 98.1 mph
7 Brady Jones IL Metamora 2028 3B 98.0 mph
8 Ryan Pipkins IL Champaign Central 2028 OF 97.6 mph
9 Kanon Baxley IL Kaneland 2028 SS 97.3 mph
10 Peter Pignatiello IL Benet Academy 2028 SS 97.1 mph
11 Gavin Jones IL Bishop McNamara 2028 SS 97.0 mph
12 Kameron Cox IL Montini Catholic 2028 SS 96.4 mph
13 Lucas Sloan IL Olympia 2028 C 94.9 mph
14 Matthew Ritter IL Lincoln-Way East 2028 OF 94.8 mph
15 James Sobkowiak IL Downers Grove South 2028 SS 93.9 mph

EXIT VELOCITY (AVERAGE)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Barrett Schifferdecker IL Loyola Academy 2028 OF 95.4 mph
2 Peter Pignatiello IL Benet Academy 2028 SS 93.2 mph
3 Nicholas Chiarodo IL Edwardsville 2028 SS 92.6 mph
4 Isaiah Wolter IL Oswego East 2028 C 92.2 mph
5 Jacob Hite IL St. Laurence 2028 OF 92.2 mph
6 Carver Cohn IL McHenry 2028 OF 91.7 mph
7 Quincy Fulton IL Newton 2028 1B 91.3 mph
8 Ryan Pipkins IL Champaign Central 2028 OF 90.6 mph
9 Kameron Cox IL Montini Catholic 2028 SS 90.3 mph
10 James Sobkowiak IL Downers Grove South 2028 SS 89.1 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 contact.

Batted Ball (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Carver Cohn IL McHenry 2028 OF 398 ft
2 Quincy Fulton IL Newton 2028 1B 389 ft
3 Peter Pignatiello IL Benet Academy 2028 SS 368 ft
4 Jacob Hite IL St. Laurence 2028 OF 365 ft
5 Brady Jones IL Metamora 2028 3B 364 ft
6 Kameron Cox IL Montini Catholic 2028 SS 364 ft
7 Isaiah Wolter IL Oswego East 2028 C 349 ft
8 Kanon Baxley IL Kaneland 2028 SS 349 ft
9 Gavin Jones IL Bishop McNamara 2028 SS 344 ft
10 Ryan Pipkins IL Champaign Central 2028 OF 340 ft

Sweet Spot %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 James Sobkowiak IL Downers Grove South 2028 SS 83 %
2 Quincy Fulton IL Newton 2028 1B 81 %
3 Peter Pignatiello IL Benet Academy 2028 SS 80 %
4 Matthew Ritter IL Lincoln-Way East 2028 OF 70 %
5 Kanon Baxley IL Kaneland 2028 SS 60 %
^ Gavin Jones IL Bishop McNamara 2028 SS 60 %
^ Kameron Cox IL Montini Catholic 2028 SS 60 %

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

With the help of our Blast Motion sensors, we're analyzing the swing metrics measured at this open showcase.

HAND SPEED (AVERAGE)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Carver Cohn IL McHenry 2028 OF 22.6 mph
2 James Sobkowiak IL Downers Grove South 2028 SS 22.5 mph
3 Nicholas Chiarodo IL Edwardsville 2028 SS 21.8 mph
4 Quincy Fulton IL Newton 2028 1B 21.7 mph
5 Peter Pignatiello IL Benet Academy 2028 SS 21.6 mph
6 Will Steffens IL Barrington 2028 1B 21.5 mph
7 Jacob Hite IL St. Laurence 2028 OF 21.1 mph
8 Brady Jones IL Metamora 2028 3B 20.8 mph
^ Ryan Pipkins IL Champaign Central 2028 OF 20.8 mph
9 Barrett Schifferdecker IL Loyola Academy 2028 OF 20.7 mph
10 Lucas Sloan IL Olympia 2028 C 19.9 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.

BAT SPEED (AVERAGE)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Lucas Sloan IL Olympia 2028 C 76.0 mph
2 Barrett Schifferdecker IL Loyola Academy 2028 OF 74.4 mph
3 Jacob Hite IL St. Laurence 2028 OF 72.9 mph
4 Quincy Fulton IL Newton 2028 1B 72.2 mph
5 Isaiah Wolter IL Oswego East 2028 C 71.1 mph
6 Ryan Pipkins IL Champaign Central 2028 OF 70.4 mph
7 Brady Jones IL Metamora 2028 3B 69.5 mph
8 Kameron Cox IL Montini Catholic 2028 SS 68.9 mph
9 Kanon Baxley IL Kaneland 2028 SS 68.2 mph
10 Gavin Jones IL Bishop McNamara 2028 SS 68.1 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.

ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION (AVERAGE)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Lucas Sloan IL Olympia 2028 C 17.7 g
2 Nicholas Chiarodo IL Edwardsville 2028 SS 17.4 g
3 Peter Pignatiello IL Benet Academy 2028 SS 17.1 g
4 Carver Cohn IL McHenry 2028 OF 16.6 g
5 James Sobkowiak IL Downers Grove South 2028 SS 16.5 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.

ON-PLANE EFFICIENCY %

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Gavin Jones IL Bishop McNamara 2028 SS 90 %
2 Barrett Schifferdecker IL Loyola Academy 2028 OF 88 %
3 Kanon Baxley IL Kaneland 2028 SS 81 %
4 Isaiah Wolter IL Oswego East 2028 C 79 %
5 Carver Cohn IL McHenry 2028 OF 77 %
6 Keegan Crabtree IL Lincoln-Way East 2028 SS 75 %
7 Nicholas Chiarodo IL Edwardsville 2028 SS 73 %
8 Brady Jones IL Metamora 2028 3B 73 %
9 Will Steffens IL Barrington 2028 1B 71 %
10 Ryder Rennette IL Dunlap High School 2028 SS 67 %

On-Plane Efficiency %: measures the percentage of your swing where the bat is on the swing plane. Your Vertical Bat Angle (VBA) at contact establishes the plane for that specific swing. A high % is a great indicator of making consistent contact and barreling balls. Blast recommends an average of 70% or higher, with a range in the 65% to 85%.


VISUAL EDGE

A look at the top Vizual Edge scores from the event.

EDGE SCORE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Edge Score
1 Will Steffens IL Barrington 2028 1B 80.82
2 Keegan Crabtree IL Lincoln-Way East 2028 SS 70.14
3 James Sobkowiak IL Downers Grove South 2028 SS 69.43
4 Matthew Ritter IL Lincoln-Way East 2028 OF 68.87

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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