2026 Diamond Notes - Week 5

April 22, 2026
Prep Baseball KY Staff

Back for another week of Diamond Notes, highlighting some of the top performers around the state based on submissions from Kentucky high school coaches! Check out this week's lineup of standout players around the Bluegrass State.

Andrew Holder RHP / 3B / Boyle County High School, KY / 2028

Rankings StateRank: 23 / POS: 6

.583 AVG | 7 H | 2 R | 5 RBI | 1 2B | 1 3B | 1 SB | 1 BB

6.0 IP | 3 H | 1 ER | 2 BB | 12 K | W

Kyler Claunch SS / RHP / Boyle County High School, KY / 2027

Rankings StateRank: 13 / POS: 2

.769 AVG | 10 H | 9 R | 4 RBI | 5 2B | 1 3B | 2 SB | 1 BB

7.0 IP | 4 H | 3 ER | 1 BB | 7 K | W

Drew Squires SS / 2B / Green County High School, KY / 2027

Rankings StateRank: 27 / POS: 4

.538 AVG | 7 H | 4 R | 3 RBI | 2 2B | 2 SB | 2 BB

5.0 IP | 2 H | 1 ER | 0 BB | 11 K | W

ANDREW HOUK RHP / 1B / Green County High School, KY / 2026

.556 AVG | 5 H | 7 R | 6 RBI | 1 2B | 3 HR | 1 SB | 6 BB

Max Phillips OF / LHP / Trinity, KY / 2027

Rankings StateRank: 1 / POS: 1 OverallRank: 66 / POS: 16

.250 AVG | 2 H | 4 R | 3 RBI | 1 3B | 1 HR | 1 SB | 3 BB

Aiden Branham SS / 3B / Cumberland County High School, KY / 2026

Rankings StateRank: 196 / POS: 33

.308 AVG | 4 H | 4 R | 2 RBI | 2 2B | 5 SB | 4 BB

Tyler Fryman OF / SS / Beechwood, KY / 2027

Rankings StateRank: 4 / POS: 2 OverallRank: 211 / POS: 41

.571 AVG | 8 H | 8 R | 11 RBI | 4 2B | 2 HR | 3 BB

Nick Cantrell RHP / SS / Calloway County, KY / 2027

Rankings StateRank: 11 / POS: 5

5.0 IP | 5 H | 3 R | 1 ER | 1 BB | 7 K | W

Trenton Gagel OF / RHP / Nelson County High School, KY / 2027

4.0 IP | 0 H | 0 R | 2 BB | 7 K

Caden Dorsey 3B / RHP / North Bullitt, KY / 2026

7.0 IP | 3 H | 1 ER | 2 BB | 14 K | W