2026 Royals Scout Team Scout Day: Data Dive

June 19, 2026
Eliott Wilk
Central Region Operations Director

On Wednesday, June 10th, the Prep Baseball Kansas staff hosted Royals Scout Team Scout Day at Homefield Baseball Complex in Kansas City, KS. This year’s event hosted 38 prospects who participated in the showcase, and we'll begin highlighting the top performers among them.

Earlier this week, we assembled leaderboards of the more traditional stat categories inside Saturday's Statistical Leaderboards, which you can view here.

Today, we’ll be diving deeper into all of the data that we collected at the event with the help of our partners at VALD Performance and TrackMan, using the valuable state-of-the-art technologies that they provide at Prep Baseball showcases.

Here’s a look at the players who recorded some of the most impressive metrics across these many categories.

VALD PERFORMANCE

TOP 60-YARD DASH

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	60-yd
1	Peter Nickson	MO	Rockhurst	2027	SS	6.57 s
2	Colston Lyon	MO	St. Michael the Archangel	2027	OF	6.68 s
3	Aidan Nicholson	MO	Liberty	2028	3B	6.75 s
4	Troy Fisher	MO	Liberty North	2026	SS	6.82 s
5	Max Gordon	KS	Blue Valley North	2029	2B	6.91 s
^	Owen Lester	KS	Lawrence Free State	2027	OF	6.91 s
^	Hudson Hardesty	KS	Lawrence	2027	1B	6.91 s

TOP 30-YARD SPLIT

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	30-yd
1	Peter Nickson	MO	Rockhurst	2027	SS	3.66 s
2	Colston Lyon	MO	St. Michael the Archangel	2027	OF	3.77 s
3	Hudson Hardesty	KS	Lawrence	2027	1B	3.84 s
^	Aidan Nicholson	MO	Liberty	2028	3B	3.84 s
4	Max Gordon	KS	Blue Valley North	2029	2B	3.86 s
^	Tate Petersen	KS	De Soto	2027	2B	3.86 s
5	Troy Fisher	MO	Liberty North	2026	SS	3.88 s
^	Owen Lester	KS	Lawrence Free State	2027	OF	3.88 s

TOP 10-YARD SPLIT

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	10-yd
1	Peter Nickson	MO	Rockhurst	2027	SS	1.63 s
2	Johnny Player	MO	Blue Springs South	2029	C	1.64 s
3	Tate Petersen	KS	De Soto	2027	2B	1.65 s
4	Carter Scott	MO	Rockhurst	2027	C	1.68 s
^	Colby Eigsti	MO	Raymore-Peculiar	2028	SS	1.68 s
^	Hudson Hardesty	KS	Lawrence	2027	1B	1.68 s
5	Owen Lester	KS	Lawrence Free State	2027	OF	1.69 s
^	Howie Donoho	MO	Chillicothe	2027	3B	1.69 s
^	Mason Hiatt	NE	Standing Bear	2029	3B	1.69 s

TRACKMAN HITTING

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Brady Nelson	MO	Staley	2028	C	102.4 mph
2	Colston Lyon	MO	St. Michael the Archangel	2027	OF	101.5 mph
3	Owen Lester	KS	Lawrence Free State	2027	OF	100.6 mph
4	Kyler VanMatre	MO	Hickman	2027	C	100.2 mph
5	Aidan Nicholson	MO	Liberty	2028	3B	100.1 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (avg)
1	Brady Nelson	MO	Staley	2028	C	94.7 mph
2	Aidan Nicholson	MO	Liberty	2028	3B	94.6 mph
3	Owen Lester	KS	Lawrence Free State	2027	OF	94.4 mph
4	Mason Collins	KS	Burlington	2027	SS	94.2 mph
5	Peter Nickson	MO	Rockhurst	2027	SS	93.0 mph

PEAK BATTED DISTANCE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (max)
1	Brady Nelson	MO	Staley	2028	C	385 ft
2	Peter Nickson	MO	Rockhurst	2027	SS	384 ft
3	Mason Collins	KS	Burlington	2027	SS	372 ft
4	Kyler VanMatre	MO	Hickman	2027	C	362 ft
5	Carter Scott	MO	Rockhurst	2027	C	351 ft

AVERAGE BATTED DISTANCE

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (avg)
1	Kyler VanMatre	MO	Hickman	2027	C	287 ft
2	Aidan Nicholson	MO	Liberty	2028	3B	243 ft
3	Colby Eigsti	MO	Raymore-Peculiar	2028	SS	238 ft
4	Isaac Thompson	KS	De Soto	2028	SS	226 ft
5	Carter Scott	MO	Rockhurst	2027	C	223 ft

SWEET SPOT%

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Sweet Spot %
1	Colby Eigsti	MO	Raymore-Peculiar	2028	SS	70 %
2	Carson Soeken	MO	Lee's Summit North	2028	SS	62 %
^	Kyler VanMatre	MO	Hickman	2027	C	62 %
3	Isaac Thompson	KS	De Soto	2028	SS	60 %
^	Carter Laubach	KS	Lawrence Free State	2028	C	60 %
4	Jack Goodell	MO	Neosho	2028	RHP	55 %
^	Titus Marasco	KS	Blue Valley Southwest	2029	SS	55 %
^	Colin Zimbelman	KS	Basehor-Linwood	2027	C	55 %
5	Chase Blair	MO	Summit Christian Academy	2029	RHP	54 %

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