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Morton JC Scout Day: Takeaways

September 22, 2025
By: Illinois Scouting Staff

On Monday, September 15th, the PB Illinois staff traveled to Morton Junior College in Cicero, IL, to host the annual Morton JC Scout Day, an open event for all members of the Morton Panthers.

Today, we are taking a look at some of the day’s top performers, broken down by each program, with scouting reports and videos, below.

POSITION PLAYERS

+ R-SO. UTL Omar Alday (St. Rita) listed 5-foot-10, 195-pounds took advantage in his limited time last season batting .421 in 7 games played. Offensively, recorded a 99.1 max exit velocity with a max batted ball at 348 ft. During the defensive portion, Alday took part in multiple positions taking reps in the outfield where he had an 86 mph throw to home from right field and a 75 mph throw across the infield.

+ SO. C Dasaan Lee (De La Salle) a 6-foot, 200-pound right-handed hitting catcher was one of the overall consistent performers of the day. Lee played in 50 games last season as a freshman and posted a .271 average, .351 OBP and a .380 slugging. As a catcher ran a 7.34 60-yard time before turning in a 102.1 max exit velocity, 87-percent hard hit rate and an average 75.5 mph bat speed. From behind the plate, quiet actions with an easy glove to hand transfer for a 2.12 pop time and a 73 mph throw down.

+ SO. CIF Hayden Mosley (Harvest Christian Academy) standing at 6-foot-4, 205-pounds Mosely is coming off a freshman season where he played in 52 games with a .317 average, .417 OBP and a .555 slugging. The right-handed hitter had a 99.8 max exit velocity with a max distance of 374 ft and max hand speed over 79 mph. A corner infielder showed off his arm strength with an 87 mph throw.

+ FR. C Ethan Knoll (Waukesha North, WI) listed a 6-foot-3, 240-pounds had the loudest batting practice of the day posting a 104.2 max exit velocity and displaying a 22.0 mph average hand speed. Defensively behind the plate, had the top pop time of a 2.06 to second and recorded a 74 mph throw down.

+ R-SO. UTL Trey Hernandez (Oswego) a 6-foot-3, 186-pound right-handed hitting infielder displayed both speed and strength during his workout. Started the day off by running an event’s best 6.78 60-yard time, followed by a max exit velocity of 100.9 with a max batted ball distance of 386 ft and average 77.2 mph with his bat speed. Hernandez took part in both the outfield (75 mph) and infield (73 mph) for defense.

TWO-WAYS

+ SO. INF/RHP Hunter Johnson (Oak Forest) a 6-foot-1, 210-pound two-way standout from the day. Johnson put up impressive numbers from both sides of the ball. The right-handed hitting infielder with got his day going is a 7.21 60 yard time followed by a loud hitting performance posting a 101.7 mph exit velocity and an average hand speed of 77.2 mph. From across the infield, Johnson recorded the second highest thrown being 87 mph. On the mound, Johnson also impressed, running the fastball up to 91 mph, sitting 88-90 with an avg. of 2388 rpm. Flashed a curveball and a slider in the mid 70s, a changeup in the high 70s with an avg. of 11 in. of HM, and a sinker in the upper-80s with an avg. of 2409 rpm and an avg. of 13 in. of HM.

PITCHERS

+ SO. RHP Parker Brown (Franklin, WI) stands 6-foot-4, 220-pounds and tossed a loud bullpen last Monday. The right-hander showed a fastball touching 91 mph, sitting 87-90 mph with an avg. spin rate of 2271 rpm. Brown also mixed in a slider at 76-77 mph with an avg. spin rate of 2450 rpm, the changeup sat in the low-80s with an avg. of 16 in. of avg. HM, and finally Brown tossed a splitter at 71-72 mph with a spin rate avg. of 685 and 11 in. of avg. HM.

+ FR. LHP Tommy Burke (Glenbard South) listed at 6-foot, 195-pounds, flashed a three pitch mix in last week’s bullpen with heavy HM on all pitches. Burke ran the fastball up to 85 mph, sitting 83-84 mph with an avg. of -15 in. of HM, the slider sat 68-71 mph with an avg. of 24 in. of HM, and the changeup sat in the mid 70s with an avg. of -15 in of HM.

+ R-FR. RHP Nathan Byrdak (Lockport) impressed in his bullpen, showcasing high spin throughout. Byrdak tossed his fastball at 85-85 mph with an avg. spin rate of 2491 rpm and 18 in. of avg. HM. The curveball sat 72-74 mph with an avg. of 2684 rpm and -14 in. of avg. IVB, flashed a slider in the mid-70s with nearly 2700 rpm avg., and showed a changeup in the low-80s.

+ FR. RHP Joseph Falkowski (Taft) measures 6-foot-1, 195-pounds and led the event in fastball velocity, running his fastball up to 91.4 mph, sitting 89-91 mph with an avg. of 2302 rpm. Falkowski mixed in a curveball in the mid 70s with an avg. of 2394 rpm and -15 in. of avg. HM. Finally, showed a slider at 76-77 mph with an avg. of 2531 rpm. An impressive bullpen for the first-year right-hander.

+ SO. RHP Merrick Hill (South Elgin) a 6-foot, 200-pound right-hander, tossed the ball well last week. Hill showed a three pitch mix with the fastball up to 89 mph, sitting 86-88 mph with an avg. of 18 in. of HM. Flashed a slider at 75-77 mph for strikes, and a changeup at 81-83 mph with 17 in. of avg. HM.

+ FR. RHP Dylan McGinley (Downers Grove South) stands 6-foot-1, 190-pounds and is another high-spin right-hander. The first-year threw the fastball up to 90 mph with an avg. of 2557 rpm and 18 in. of avg. IVB. Flashed a curveball at 75-77 mph with -18 in. of avg. IVB and an avg. of 2568 rpm. Also, tossed a changeup at 80-82 mph with an avg. of 23 in. of HM.

+ SO. RHP Joey Zietara (Lincoln-Way Central) threw one of the most impressive bullpens of the event. Showed command throughout. The fastball sat 88-89 T90 mph with an avg. of 2215 rpm and 16 in. of IVB avg., mixed in a curveball at 70-71 mph, all for strikes, and tossed a changeup at 76-80 mph, with 16 in. of avg. IVB and was around the zone. A top arm returning for the Panthers.

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