2026 Kansas City Preseason ID: Data Dive

February 20, 2026
Eliott Wilk
Central Region Operations Director

On Saturday, February 14th, the Prep Baseball Kansas staff traveled to the Homefield Training Center in Olathe, KS to host the annual Kansas City Preseason ID. This event was open to 2026-2029 class members, and featured 70+ members in attendence.

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.

TOP 60-YARD DASH

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	60-yd
1	Tucker Gamet	MO	Liberty North	2027	SS	6.67 s
2	Riland Boyer	KS	Manhattan	2027	SS	6.77 s
^	Cade Hayter	MO	Willard	2026	SS	6.77 s
3	Carter Taldo	KS	Olathe West	2027	OF	6.80 s
^	Jett Wood	KS	St. Thomas Aquinas	2027	SS	6.80 s
4	Brady Ortbals	MO	Rockhurst	2028	RHP	6.87 s
5	Tucker Hupp	KS	De Soto	2029	C	6.88 s

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Carter Taldo	KS	Olathe West	2027	OF	107.2 mph
2	Karson Wiskur	MO	Smith-Cotton	2028	3B	106.3 mph
3	Everett Hash	KS	Olathe Northwest	2028	OF	102.6 mph
4	Hayden Fritter	MO	Kearney	2027	OF	100.9 mph
5	Jett Wood	KS	St. Thomas Aquinas	2027	SS	100.8 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (avg)
1	Carter Taldo	KS	Olathe West	2027	OF	100.2 mph
2	Karson Wiskur	MO	Smith-Cotton	2028	3B	99.2 mph
3	Jagger Jackson	MO	Savannah	2028	1B	95.6 mph
4	Everett Hash	KS	Olathe Northwest	2028	OF	94.5 mph
5	Jett Wood	KS	St. Thomas Aquinas	2027	SS	94.3 mph

PEAK BATTED DISTANCE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (max)
1	Karson Wiskur	MO	Smith-Cotton	2028	3B	395 ft
2	Drake Blasi	KS	Maize	2027	OF	393 ft
3	Cade Hayter	MO	Willard	2026	SS	384 ft
4	Jett Wood	KS	St. Thomas Aquinas	2027	SS	376 ft
5	Hayden Fritter	MO	Kearney	2027	OF	374 ft

AVERAGE BATTED DISTANCE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (avg)
1	Carter Taldo	KS	Olathe West	2027	OF	283 ft
2	Drew Pittman	KS	Blue Valley Southwest	2027	SS	253 ft
3	Jett Wood	KS	St. Thomas Aquinas	2027	SS	250 ft
4	Landon Cunningham	MO	Hallsville	2027	RHP	250 ft
5	Tommy Costello	KS	St. Thomas Aquinas	2027	OF	243 ft

PEAK BAT SPEED

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Bat Speed (max)
1	Landon Cunningham	MO	Hallsville	2027	RHP	88.4 mph
2	Caleb Fletchall	MO	Kearney	2027	C	86.9 mph
3	Akiva Clifton	MO	Hickman	2027	OF	79.3 mph
4	Christopher Nolan	MO	University Academy	2027	SS	78.8 mph
5	Riley McEvoy	KS	Spring Hill	2029	3B	78.1 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Bat Speed (avg)
1	Caleb Fletchall	MO	Kearney	2027	C	74.2 mph
2	Cade Hayter	MO	Willard	2026	SS	73.0 mph
3	Jace Dreher	KS	Hays	2028	C	72.5 mph
4	Carter Taldo	KS	Olathe West	2027	OF	72.5 mph
5	Everett Hash	KS	Olathe Northwest	2028	OF	72.5 mph

PEAK HAND SPEED

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Hand Speed (max)
1	Cohen Gunn	KS	Ellinwood	2027	LHP	28.1 mph
2	Drake Blasi	KS	Maize	2027	OF	25.4 mph
3	Everett Hash	KS	Olathe Northwest	2028	OF	25.3 mph
4	Riland Boyer	KS	Manhattan	2027	SS	25.2 mph
5	Carter Taldo	KS	Olathe West	2027	OF	25.1 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Hand Speed (avg)
1	Cohen Gunn	KS	Ellinwood	2027	LHP	24.3 mph
2	Carter Taldo	KS	Olathe West	2027	OF	23.7 mph
3	Everett Hash	KS	Olathe Northwest	2028	OF	23.3 mph
4	Riland Boyer	KS	Manhattan	2027	SS	22.7 mph
5	Matthew Breer	MO	Lee's Summit	2029	OF	22.5 mph

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Evan Loftis	MO	Liberty North	2027	RHP	94.1 mph
2	Parker Bass	KS	Olathe West	2028	RHP	91.0 mph
3	Camden Lassley	MO	Kickapoo	2027	RHP	89.5 mph
4	Harrison Tritz	MO	Liberty North	2027	RHP	89.0 mph
5	Riland Boyer	KS	Manhattan	2027	SS	87.5 mph

PEAK FASTBALL SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Will Evert	MO	Raymore-Peculiar	2028	RHP	2504 rpm
2	Parker Bass	KS	Olathe West	2028	RHP	2479 rpm
3	Camden Lassley	MO	Kickapoo	2027	RHP	2423 rpm
4	Jackson Murmylo	MO	Liberty North	2028	RHP	2378 rpm
5	Akiva Clifton	MO	Hickman	2027	OF	2374 rpm

PEAK SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Wyatt Hansen	KS	Olathe South	2028	RHP	2734 rpm
2	Bennett Bass	KS	Olathe West	2029	RHP	2689 rpm
3	Parker Bass	KS	Olathe West	2028	RHP	2620 rpm
4	Will Evert	MO	Raymore-Peculiar	2028	RHP	2609 rpm
5	Evan Loftis	MO	Liberty North	2027	RHP	2450 rpm

AVERAGE SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	Wyatt Hansen	KS	Olathe South	2028	RHP	2645
2	Will Evert	MO	Raymore-Peculiar	2028	RHP	2596
3	Bennett Bass	KS	Olathe West	2029	RHP	2524
4	Parker Bass	KS	Olathe West	2028	RHP	2470
5	Camden Lassley	MO	Kickapoo	2027	RHP	2329

PEAK CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Will Evert	MO	Raymore-Peculiar	2028	RHP	3093 rpm
2	Kaiden Porta	KS	Olathe Northwest	2029	LHP	2532 rpm
3	Carson Cassidy	MO	Pleasant Hill High	2029	OF	2477 rpm
4	Isaac Dixon	KS	St. James Academy	2027	RHP	2474 rpm
5	Andrew Poss	KS	Rose Hill	2027	RHP	2391 rpm

AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	Will Evert	MO	Raymore-Peculiar	2028	RHP	2945 rpm
2	Kaiden Porta	KS	Olathe Northwest	2029	LHP	2501 rpm
3	Isaac Dixon	KS	St. James Academy	2027	RHP	2433 rpm
4	Andrew Poss	KS	Rose Hill	2027	RHP	2352 rpm
5	Jamison Rice	KS	Olathe South	2027	OF	2276 rpm

AVG CHANGEUP HORIZONTAL MVMT

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (avg)
1	Alex Medley	KS	Shawnee Mission East	2028	RHP	20.1
2	Matthew Breer	MO	Lee's Summit	2029	OF	-18.7
3	Riland Boyer	KS	Manhattan	2027	SS	16.0
4	Andre Jaso	KS	St. Thomas Aquinas	2028	SS	15.3
5	Harrison Tritz	MO	Liberty North	2027	RHP	15.2

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