2026 Naturals Scout Day: Stat Story

March 2, 2026
Eliott Wilk
Central Region Operations Director

On Friday, February 27th, the Prep Baseball Missouri staff hosted the Naturals Scout Day at the Bud Dome in St. Louis, MO. More than 65 players from the Naturals program participated in a pro-style workout in front of our staff, gathering data through the help of our unrivaled tech partners.

Today, our staff has compiled several of the day's statistical leaders below into categorical leaderboards. Below you will see which players from this event paced their peers in our traditional stat leaderboards.

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Connor Basinski	IL	Columbia	2028	RHP	91.5 mph
2	Liam Matthews	MO	Rockwood Summit	2028	3B	87.9 mph
3	Carson Hardin	MO	Seckman	2027	RHP	86.6 mph
4	Collin Augustine	IL	Columbia	2027	3B	85.8 mph
5	Cash Linderer	MO	Hillsboro	2028	RHP	85.2 mph
6	Carson Dillon	MO	Rockwood Summit	2028	SS	84.6 mph
7	James Fagan	MO	St. John Vianney	2027	OF	83.2 mph
8	Kaeden Andrews	MO	Seckman	2028	RHP	81.8 mph

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Liam Matthews	MO	Rockwood Summit	2028	3B	96.7 mph
2	Connor Basinski	IL	Columbia	2028	RHP	96.3 mph
3	Carson Hardin	MO	Seckman	2027	RHP	96.2 mph
4	Declan Hazelton	MO	Webster Groves	2029	OF	95.7 mph
5	Connar Lucas	MO	St. Louis University	2027	OF	94.7 mph
6	Mason Beshears	MO	Lutheran South	2025	C	94.0 mph
7	Parker Brandt	IL	Valmeyer	2028	3B	93.7 mph
8	Collin Augustine	IL	Columbia	2027	3B	91.9 mph

MAX INFIELD VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	INF Velo
1	Liam Matthews	MO	Rockwood Summit	2028	3B	87
2	Collin Augustine	IL	Columbia	2027	3B	85
3	Carson Dillon	MO	Rockwood Summit	2028	SS	84
4	Cash Linderer	MO	Hillsboro	2028	RHP	83
5	Bryce Chitwood	MO	Mehlville	2028	SS	81

MAX OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	OF Velo
1	Connor Basinski	IL	Columbia	2028	RHP	90
^	Carson Hardin	MO	Seckman	2027	RHP	90
2	Connar Lucas	MO	St. Louis University	2027	OF	89
3	Carson Dillon	MO	Rockwood Summit	2028	SS	87
4	James Fagan	MO	St. John Vianney	2027	OF	85
5	Cash Linderer	MO	Hillsboro	2028	RHP	84
^	Ray Geiler	MO	St. Pius X (Festus)	2028	OF	84
^	Alec Fleming	MO	Hillsboro	2028	OF	84

MAX CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	C Velo
1	Max Reichert	MO	Rockwood Summit	2028	C	76
2	Ben Meskovic	MO	Rockwood Summit	2029	C	75
3	Dillon Clark	IL	O'Fallon	2029	C	73

TOP POP TIMES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Pop Time
1	Ben Meskovic	MO	Rockwood Summit	2029	C	1.94-2.09
2	Max Reichert	MO	Rockwood Summit	2028	C	2.01-2.11
3	Camden Nelson	MO	Oakville	2028	C	2.06-2.15

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