Prep Baseball Report

Preseason All-State, Underclass: Statistical Analysis


Kevin Cronin
Tech Analyst, Area Scout

On Feb. 25, the PBR Illinois staff hosted the Preseason All-State: Underclass showcase at The MAX in McCook, Ill., featuring many of the state’s top players inside both the 2025 and 2026 classes. This event helped our staff gain a clearer picture of the on-the-rise underclassmen in Illinois, and we’ll begin to break down the excellent thoroughly today and throughout the week. Inside today’s Quick Hits post, we’re highlighting the best of the best – the talent that exited the event as with arrows pointed way up headed into the spring.

Yesterday, we published our Quick Hits from the positional players from the event. Today, we will be looking at the top measurable data performers from the event, found below.

Stay tuned in the coming weeks for much more from this event. 

FASTBALL VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Jack Bauer IL Lincoln-Way East 2025 LHP 92.6 mph
2 Tucker King IL Lyons Township 2025 RHP 91.0 mph
3 Blaine Williams IL Tremont 2025 C 89.3 mph
4 Remo Indomenico IL St. Ignatius 2025 LHP 89.1 mph
5 Caden Earing IL Mundelein 2025 RHP 89.0 mph
6 Will Carter IL Whitney Young 2025 RHP 88.5 mph
7 Frank Costabile IL Stevenson 2026 OF 88.4 mph
8 Daniel Kane IL Oak Park-River Forest 2025 RHP 88.2 mph
9 Conor Essenburg IL Lincoln-Way West 2025 1B 88.0 mph
10 Nathan O'Donnell IL Providence Catholic 2025 3B 87.9 mph

FASTBALL SPIN RATE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Ethan Bass IL Glenbrook North 2026 SS 2530 rpm
2 Hayden Peterson IL Batavia 2026 LHP 2480 rpm
3 Jackson Natanek IL Brother Rice 2025 SS 2413 rpm
4 Hunter Baugh IL Edwardsville 2026 SS 2365 rpm
5 Lincoln Causero IL Hersey 2025 RHP 2341 rpm
6 Braden Deverman IL Normal University 2025 RHP 2314 rpm
7 Joe Olson IL St. Laurence 2025 LHP 2307 rpm
8 Tyler Townsend IL Sycamore 2026 RHP 2295 rpm
9 Chase Lockwood IL Libertyville 2026 RHP 2269 rpm
10 Jack Bauer IL Lincoln-Way East 2025 LHP 2265 rpm

60-YARD DASH

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yard
1 Logan Fernandez IL Mount Carmel 2026 OF 6.78
2 Connor Lund IL South Elgin High School 2025 OF 6.82
3 Trey Meyers IL New Trier 2025 OF 6.83
4 Karlos Otero IL Romeoville 2025 SS 6.85
5 Blaine Williams IL Tremont 2025 C 6.91
6 John McAuliffe IL Marist 2025 C 6.92
7 Ethan Bass IL Glenbrook North 2026 SS 6.96
^ Nolan Ramoley IL Brother Rice 2026 OF 6.96
^ Gavin Powels IL Downers Grove South 2025 OF 6.96
8 Patrick Connors IL Hinsdale Central 2026 OF 7.00
^ Logan Wroughton IL Mount Carmel 2026 SS 7.00
^ Gavin Michaels IL Normal University 2026 SS 7.00
9 Zach Rubin IL Antioch 2026 SS 7.01
10 Frank Costabile IL Stevenson 2026 OF 7.02

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 TJ McQuillan IL Mount Carmel 2026 3B 102.6 mph
2 Enzo Infelise IL Providence Catholic 2025 C 101.5 mph
3 Jimmy Downs IL Kenwood Academy 2025 3B 101.4 mph
4 Xander Metke IL Brother Rice 2025 1B 100.9 mph
5 Ethan Bass IL Glenbrook North 2026 SS 100.5 mph
6 Conor Essenburg IL Lincoln-Way West 2025 1B 100.4 mph
7 Benjamin Mitchell IL Harvest Christian 2025 C 99.3 mph
8 Henry Murray IL Lane Technical High School 2025 OF 99.1 mph
9 Timmy Leark IL Oak Park River Forest 2025 OF 98.2 mph
10 Addison Latko IL DEPAUL COLLEGE PREP 2026 C 98.0 mph

TOP INFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Jackson Natanek IL Brother Rice 2025 SS 91
^ Jack Wheeler IL Morris 2025 3B 91
2 Enzo Infelise IL Providence Catholic 2025 C 90
3 Ryan Sobun IL Joliet West 2025 SS 89
^ Ethan Bass IL Glenbrook North 2026 SS 89
^ Conor Essenburg IL Lincoln-Way West 2025 1B 89
4 Francisco Rodriguez IL De La Salle 2025 SS 88
^ Karlos Otero IL Romeoville 2025 SS 88
^ Jimmy Downs IL Kenwood Academy 2025 3B 88
5 Andrew Kouris IL Nazareth Academy 2025 3B 87
^ Michael Langan IL Neuqua Valley 2025 3B 87
6 Nathan O'Donnell IL Providence Catholic 2025 3B 86
^ Aadden Guerrero IL St. Laurence 2025 SS 86
^ Drew Church IL Montini Catholic 2025 SS 86
^ Brady Green IL Oak Park-River Forest 2025 SS 86
7 Brayden Zilis IL Minooka 2025 SS 85
^ Dominic Holton IL NOTRE DAME COLLEGE PREP 2025 SS 85
^ Derrick Holmes IL Brother Rice 2025 OF 85
^ Gavin Triezenberg IL Brother Rice 2025 SS 85
8 Easton Newman IL Deerfield 2026 SS 84
^ Isaiah Giganti IL Normal University 2026 3B 84
^ Ryne Dzierzynski IL Grant Community High School 2025 SS 84
^ CJ Deckinga IL Minooka 2025 3B 84
9 Logan Wroughton IL Mount Carmel 2026 SS 83
^ Brett Bounds IL Morris 2025 3B 83
10 Lucas Simulick IL JOLIET CATHOLIC ACADEMY 2026 SS 82
^ Oliver Thulin IL Downers Grove North 2026 SS 82
^ Hunter Baugh IL Edwardsville 2026 SS 82
^ Charlie Meister IL Hersey 2025 SS 82
^ Jason Duy IL Minooka 2026 SS 82

TOP OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Frank Costabile IL Stevenson 2026 OF 93
2 Quinn Schambow IL Libertyville 2025 C 92
3 Ryan Dabe IL Huntley 2025 OF 90
4 Timmy Leark IL Oak Park River Forest 2025 OF 89
^ Joey Arend IL St. Charles East 2025 OF 89
5 Greyson Rathgeb IL Edwardsville 2025 OF 88
^ Braden Deverman IL Normal University 2025 RHP 88
^ Kolin Adams IL Mount Carmel 2025 OF 88
^ Paddy Roth IL St. Patrick 2026 RHP 88
6 Hayden Bernreuter IL Triad 2025 OF 87
7 Easton Newman IL Deerfield 2026 SS 86
^ Gavin Powels IL Downers Grove South 2025 OF 86
8 Cole Latimer IL Dekalb 2026 OF 85
9 Patrick Connors IL Hinsdale Central 2026 OF 84
^ Connor Lund IL South Elgin High School 2025 OF 84
10 Logan Fernandez IL Mount Carmel 2026 OF 83

TOP CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Blaine Williams IL Tremont 2025 C 85
2 Quinn Schambow IL Libertyville 2025 C 83
3 Enzo Infelise IL Providence Catholic 2025 C 82
4 John McAuliffe IL Marist 2025 C 81
^ Calen Scheider IL Hampshire 2025 RHP 81
5 Addison Latko IL DEPAUL COLLEGE PREP 2026 C 79
6 Noah Brandt IL Somonauk 2025 C 78
^ Dylan Kassab IL Hinsdale Central 2026 C 78
7 Benjamin Mitchell IL Harvest Christian 2025 C 77
8 Joey Gumuls IL Marist 2025 C 76
^ Matt Murphy IL Mount Carmel 2025 C 76
^ Kaleb Navarro IL De La Salle 2025 C 76
^ Peter Visconti II WI St. Joseph Catholic Academy 2025 C 76
^ Brandon Stinson IL Kenwood Academy High School 2025 C 76
9 Colton Benaitis IL Lockport 2026 C 75
^ Angel Castro IL DE LA SALLE INSTITUTE - INSTITUTE CAMPUS 2025 C 75
^ Gael Urbieta IL loyola academy 2025 C 75
10 CJ Donnelly IL New Trier 2025 C 73
^ Anthony Nottage IL Glenbrook South 2026 C 73
^ Max Heineman IL Normal University 2026 C 73

TOP POP TIMES

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 John McAuliffe IL Marist 2025 C 1.87-2.01
2 Enzo Infelise IL Providence Catholic 2025 C 1.90-2.02
3 Blaine Williams IL Tremont 2025 C 1.91-2.00
4 Calen Scheider IL Hampshire 2025 RHP 1.94-2.00
5 Noah Brandt IL Somonauk 2025 C 1.94-2.06
6 Colton Benaitis IL Lockport 2026 C 1.94-2.07
7 Gael Urbieta IL loyola academy 2025 C 1.98-2.03
8 Peter Visconti II WI St. Joseph Catholic Academy 2025 C 1.99-2.03
9 Addison Latko IL DEPAUL COLLEGE PREP 2026 C 1.99-2.07
10 Quinn Schambow IL Libertyville 2025 C 2.00-2.13

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