AR Top Prospect Games: Upperclass Pitching Leaderboard

July 5, 2022
Scott Hood
OK/MO/KS/ARK Assistant Scouting Director

Prep Baseball Report Arkansas hosted the Top Prospect Upperclass games in Conway Arkansas on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas. The event featured arms from the 2023 and 2024 grad classes with some guys putting up strong performances. Today we take a look at all the leaders in data captured by Trackman with looks at the top velocities, spin rates, vertical breaks, and horizontal breaks on the fastballs, curveballs, and sliders. Full event stats and details can be found by clicking here.

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Aden Velasquez	AR	Cabot	2024	RHP	85.6 mph
2	Gavin Moore	AR	Har-ber	2024	RHP	84.4 mph
3	Reece Tarini	AR	Little Rock Christian	2023	LHP	84.1 mph
4	Jackson Kircher	AR	Little Rock Christian	2024	RHP	83.6 mph
5	Jonas Nantze	AR	Shiloh Christian	2024	RHP	81.3 mph

TOP FASTBALL SPIN RATES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Gavin Moore	AR	Har-ber	2024	RHP	2199 rpm
2	Jackson Kircher	AR	Little Rock Christian	2024	RHP	2179 rpm
3	Reece Tarini	AR	Little Rock Christian	2023	LHP	2112 rpm
4	Holden Jones	AR	Carlisle	2024	LHP	2098 rpm
5	Preston Katzer	AR	Shiloh Christian	2024	2B	2091 rpm

MAX FASTBALL INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	IVB (max)
1	Hayden McCarley	AR	DeWitt	2024	C	22.7 in
2	Jude Box	AR	Huntsville	2023	RHP	22.1 in
3	Reece Tarini	AR	Little Rock Christian	2023	LHP	21.0 in
4	Braden Brown	AR	Camden Harmony Grove	2023	3B	20.9 in
5	Aden Velasquez	AR	Cabot	2024	RHP	20.0 in

MAX FASTBALL HORIZONTAL BREAK

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (max)
1	Nathan Otis	AR	Central Arkansas Christian	2024	C	22.6 in
2	Beau Baxter	AR	Batesville	2024	1B	18.3 in
3	Gavin Moore	AR	Har-ber	2024	RHP	18.3 in
4	Weston Speir	AR	Brookland	2024	RHP	18.1 in
5	Hayden McCarley	AR	DeWitt	2024	C	18.0 in

MAX CURVEBALL VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Jackson Kircher	AR	Little Rock Christian	2024	RHP	75.3 mph
2	Hayden McCarley	AR	DeWitt	2024	C	71.3 mph
3	Aden Velasquez	AR	Cabot	2024	RHP	70.0 mph
4	Nickolas Lin	AR	Conway	2024	RHP	68.1 mph
5	Holden Jones	AR	Carlisle	2024	LHP	67.7 mph

TOP CURVEBALL SPIN RATES

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Jackson Kircher	AR	Little Rock Christian	2024	RHP	2497 rpm
2	Preston Katzer	AR	Shiloh Christian	2024	2B	2430 rpm
3	Holden Jones	AR	Carlisle	2024	LHP	2265 rpm
4	Aden Velasquez	AR	Cabot	2024	RHP	2071 rpm
5	Beau Baxter	AR	Batesville	2024	1B	1988 rpm

MAX CURVEBALL INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	IVB (max)
1	Preston Katzer	AR	Shiloh Christian	2024	2B	17.4 in
2	Jude Box	AR	Huntsville	2023	RHP	16.6 in
3	Nickolas Lin	AR	Conway	2024	RHP	-12.6 in
4	Aden Velasquez	AR	Cabot	2024	RHP	-6.2 in
5	Beau Baxter	AR	Batesville	2024	1B	-2.3 in

MAX CURVEBALL HORIZONTAL BREAK

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (max)
1	Holden Jones	AR	Carlisle	2024	LHP	15.4 in
2	Nickolas Lin	AR	Conway	2024	RHP	-12.5 in
3	Reece Tarini	AR	Little Rock Christian	2023	LHP	11.0 in
4	Aden Velasquez	AR	Cabot	2024	RHP	-10.0 in
5	Jackson Kircher	AR	Little Rock Christian	2024	RHP	-9.2 in

MAX SLIDER VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Weston Speir	AR	Brookland	2024	RHP	72.1 mph
2	Jonas Nantze	AR	Shiloh Christian	2024	RHP	71.9 mph
3	Gavin Moore	AR	Har-ber	2024	RHP	70.4 mph
4	Braden Brown	AR	Camden Harmony Grove	2023	3B	68.6 mph
5	Beau Baxter	AR	Batesville	2024	1B	65.2 mph