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Peoria Summer ID: Quick Hits

June 19, 2025
By: Tyler Defibaugh & Gavin Smith
Illinois Scouting Staff

On June 17th, the Prep Baseball Illinois staff hosted the Peoria Summer ID at Dozer Park in Peoria, IL. Over 15 players 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 Illinois staff.

Today, we will be looking at some of the top prospects from the day within this Quick Hits.

POSITION PLAYERS

INF Jackson Ahrens (East Peoria, 2026) had a quality all-around showing at Dozer Park. A lean and athletic 6-foot, 175-pound infielder, Ahrens started the day by running the fastest 60 at 6.79 seconds. He then showed the ability to work gap-to-gap with authority from the right side, while posting the second-highest max EV (97.7 mph) and the highest average batted ball distance (260 feet). Ahrens continued to show well during the defensive portion of the workout, tying for the top velocity from across the diamond (83 mph), while showing confident actions and agile movements. 

INF August Burr (St. Bede, 2026) is an uncommitted R/R prospect to follow from the event. He started his day by running a 6.96 60, then followed that up with a loud round of batting practice. A lean, 5-foot-9, 165-pound frame with present strength, he showed a gap-to-gap approach with a flat path, while showing barrel strength to the pull-side at times. Burr led the event in average EV (89 mph), while topping out at 96 mph. He also led the event in max distance (366 feet). He rounded out his day with a quality showing on the infield, playing with advanced footwork and confident actions, while topping out at 81 mph from across the diamond.

C Noah Lusher (Illinois Valley Central, 2027) is a strong 5-foot-10, 219-pound backstop who had one of the louder rounds of BP on the day. The right-handed hitter led the event in max exit velocity (97.9 mph), and had the second-furthest batted ball distance (365 feet). Lusher finished out his day by posting a 2.07 pop time. 

INF Garret Matznick (Newman Central Catholic, 2026) swung it well during batting practice; showing fluid hands, a flat path, and the ability to hit the ball gap-to-gap. Matznick posted a max EV of 89 mph and also had a max batted ball distance of 330 feet.

INF Isaac Perez (Washington, 2026) had a loud showing on both sides of the ball at the event. Perez posted a max EV of 95.1 mph (avg. 87.3), a max batted ball distance of 348 feet, and also tied for the event lead in infield velocity at 83 mph. 

PITCHERS

RHP Michael Morse (Newman Central Catholic, 2027) is coming off a spring where he threw 33.2 innings and struck out 39, finishing with a 5-1 record. He stands in an intriguing 6-foot-1, 177-pound frame, and showed a quality ‘pen on Tuesday morning. He’s a loose and easy mover on the mound, displaying a fastball up to 85.3 mph (event best), but sitting mostly 80-84 mph. His fastball averaged 2345 rpm, which led the event, also recording an average induced vertical break of 15 inches. Morse also tossed an upper-60s slider, and a change-up at 70-72 mph. Heading into August 1st, Morse is an uncommitted name to know.



RHP Mason Sauder (Metamora, 2026) made his Prep Baseball Illinois event debut on Tuesday and impressed our staff. Sauder stands in an athletic frame at 6-foot, 160-pounds with seemingly more strength to come. During his bullpen, Sauder showed a quick arm, and a fastball up to 85 mph, but sitting 81-84 mph. He mixed in a change-up with slight fade and depth, playing low in the zone at 77-78 mph. He rounded out his three-pitch mix with a 69-73 mph slider that played with short, tight spin, throwing it for strikes 80% of the time, per Trackman. After the event, Sauder emerged as an uncommitted follow.

RHP Caden Riley (Galesburg, 2026) stands in a hard-to-miss 6-foot-4, 202-pound frame. On the mound, Riley is an easy and simple mover on the mound with minimal effort. His fastball sat 81-83 mph, topping out at 84 mph with slight arm-side action. He turned to a 69-70 mph curveball that played low in the zone with depth, averaging 2328 rpm, and a change-up at 73-74 mph with an average of -11.3 inches of horizontal movement. Riley is an uncommitted follow in Illinois’ junior class.

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