On March 23rd, the Prep Baseball Wisconsin staff traveled to The Greenheck Turner Community Center in Westin, WI to host the first annual Wasau Preseason ID. The event featured over 80 players from the surrounding area, and provided our staff with an ample opportunity to check-in on some of the state’s top high school prospects.

In the week that followed this event, we produced post-event analysis that includes performance highlights inside of our Quick Hits story, a look at the traditional stats measured within our Statistical Analysis piece, batted-ball and swing metrics captured in our Positional Data Dive, and pitch data compiled in our Pitcher Data Dive.

You can learn more about the state-of-the-art technologies featured at our showcases within the hyperlinks above. Today we’ll begin our post-event process by rolling out the individual scouting reports of the day, starting with the catcher position while working our way across the diamond as the week continues.

TOP RANKED CATCHERS

1. Oliver Heckelsmiller, Verona Area (WI), 2027
Positional Profile: C/3B
Body: 5-10, 170 pounds. Strong, compact build.
Hit: LHH. Even, athletic, knee knock trigger, repeats in rhythm. Well-sequenced, has quick hands, has feel for the barrel and feel to hit, smooth and fluid through the ball, drives it. 65 mph bat speed with 7g of rotational acceleration.
Power: 91 mph max exit velocity (83.4 avg.); 331-foot max batted distance. Well-sequenced, has quick hands, has feel for the barrel and feel to hit, smooth and fluid through the ball, drives it.
Arm: RH. C - 77 mph. INF - 81 mph. Whippy 3/4 slot, with accuracy.
Defense: 1.99-2.08 pop time range; INF: Active feet, two hand gather, shuffle to throw. C: Quick and clean transfers, turns the ball around very quickly, has feel for the position, leader type presence.
Athletic Testing: runner in the 60-yard dash; -inch max vertical jump.
Vizual Edge: 51.9 Edge Score.