Houston Freshman Free Showcase: Positional Data Dive

October 10, 2025
Prep Baseball Texas Staff

On Sunday, October 5th, the PB Texas staff traveled to Willis High School in Willis, TX, to host the Houston Freshman Free Showcase, an open event for the class of 2029.

More than 25 players made their way to Willis High School this past weekend and 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 Texas staff.

We have already released a Statistical Analysis from the event, highlighting the top performers in the more traditional stat categories, as well as a Takeaways, highlighting some of the events top performers.

Today, we will be looking at the top measurable data performers from the event, found below.

VALD

60-YARD

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	60-yd
1	Damien Barrabi	TX	Jordan	2029	OF	7.09 s
2	David Williams	TX	Cypress Woods	2029	OF	7.15 s
3	Shawn Licerio	TX	Glenda Dawson	2029	SS	7.24 s
4	Clayton Kercho	TX	Bridgeland	2029	OF	7.37 s
5	Brooks Jacob	TX	Episcopal	2029	SS	7.40 s
^	Noah Williams	TX	Episcopal	2029	OF	7.40 s

Traditionally, the 60-yard dash has been the in-event standard to help measure a player's speed tool. We implemented three timing gates at the 10 and 30 yards, to capture athletes’ quickness, explosiveness and reaction time.

TRACKMAN

We'll continue to roll out the data we gathered from this event, starting with the analytics we have at our disposal from our TrackMan units. Below we'll look at which players had noteworthy batted ball and pitch data.

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

EXIT VELOCITY (AVERAGE)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (avg)
1	Chance Allen	TX	Lake Creek	2029	OF	89.6 mph
2	Noah Williams	TX	Episcopal	2029	OF	86.3 mph
3	David Williams	TX	Cypress Woods	2029	OF	85.4 mph
4	Thiago Rivera	TX	Bridgeland	2029	3B	83.4 mph
5	Brooks Jacob	TX	Episcopal	2029	SS	80.2 mph

Exit Velocity: This metric measures the speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of contact.

Batted Ball (MAX)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (max)
1	Chance Allen	TX	Lake Creek	2029	OF	359 ft
2	David Williams	TX	Cypress Woods	2029	OF	338 ft
3	Tanner Modesette	TX	Elgin H S	2029	SS	329 ft
4	Noah Williams	TX	Episcopal	2029	OF	327 ft
5	Thiago Rivera	TX	Bridgeland	2029	3B	325 ft

Sweet Spot %

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Sweet Spot %
1	Noah Johnson	TX	Westbury H S	2029	SS	82 %
2	Clayton Kercho	TX	Bridgeland	2029	OF	68 %
3	Bentlee Payne	TX	Dr. Thomas E Randle H S	2029	2B	66 %
^	Konnor Saqr	TX	Bridgeland	2029	2B	66 %
4	Tanner Modesette	TX	Elgin H S	2029	SS	57 %
5	Royce Carr	TX	Glenda Dawson	2029	SS	56 %
^	Thiago Rivera	TX	Bridgeland	2029	3B	56 %

Sweet Spot percentage: This metric is determined by how often the player produces a batted ball during the session with a launch angle between 8 to 32 degrees.

+ CLICK HERE for a look at the complete statistics from the event.