Prep Baseball Report

Team Easton Scout Day: Statistical Analysis


By: Diego Solares
Staff Writer, Associate Scout

On Tuesday, October 5, the PBR Illinois staff traveled to Glen Ellyn, Illinois, to host the Team Easton Scout Day at the College of DuPage. This event gave our staff an opportunity to get an up close look at roughly 40+ prospects from the Team Easton travel program, representing the 2022-to-2025 graduating classes.

Now, at the event’s conclusion, our staff will begin to roll out several pieces from the day, starting with this statistical analysis. Below we’ll highlight which prospects topped our individual leaderboards from the workout portion and provide a brief nugget on a few standouts.

As the week rolls on, our team will continue to produce post-event pieces from this showcase, so be on the lookout for those.

STAT STORY

+ RHP Tom Ford (Lisle, 2024) emerged as a follow prospect on the mound in the state’s current sophomore class. A lanky, long-limbed 6-foot-5, 175-pound right-hander, Ford led all prospects in attendance with an 84 mph high with his fastball, sitting at 80-83 mph throughout his ‘pen.

+ INF Rocco Tenuta (St. Francis, 2023) popped as a physical 5-foot-10, 180-pound athlete with noteworthy bat strength at this event. Tenuta paced all hitters in max exit velocity, recording a 99 mph high off the barrel, and his average mark of 90.98 mph also led the group. He also led all infielders from this event in max throwing velocity.

+ OF/LHP Ryan Klukas (Lemont, 2023) was the event leader in max outfield velocity, topping at 84 mph on his best throw to home. He also hopped on the mound later on in his workout and ran his fastball up to 82 mph from the left side with intriguing spin metrics to pair - 2,236 peak spin rate while averaging 18.2 inches of Induced Vertical Break from a 5.24 ft. average release height. Klukas' slider led all pitchers in average RPM at 2,329 as well. 

TOP 60-YARD DASH

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yard
1 Sean Hill IL Downers Grove North 2023 OF 7.07
2 Ryder Johnson IL St. Rita of Cascia 2023 OF 7.11
3 Declan Trant IL Downers Grove South 2023 OF 7.16
4 Evan Miller IL Bolingbrook 2022 OF 7.24

MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Max FB
1 Tom Ford IL Lisle 2024 RHP 84 mph
2 Connor Chapulis IL Riverside Brookfield 2022 RHP 83 mph
3 Ryan Klukas IL Lemont 2023 LHP 81 mph

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velo
1 Rocco Tenuta IL St. Francis 2023 SS 99
2 Dimitri Spatharakis IL Lemont 2022 OF 96
3 Max Pavlik IL Hinsdale Central 2023 3B 95
4 Aayush Modi IL Naperville North 2024 1B 92
5 Tom Ford IL Lisle 2024 RHP 91

MAX INFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Rocco Tenuta IL St. Francis 2023 SS 81
2 Max Pavlik IL Hinsdale Central 2023 3B 77

MAX OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Ryan Klukas IL Lemont 2023 LHP 84
2 Connor Chapulis IL Riverside Brookfield 2022 RHP 82
3 Sean Hill IL Downers Grove North 2023 OF 81

MAX CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Daniel Dalton IL Downers Grove South 2023 C 74

TOP POP TIMES

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Daniel Dalton IL Downers Grove South 2023 C 2.14-2.26
2 Julian Budziszewski IL Morton West 2022 C 2.16-2.27

For a look at the complete statistics from this event, click HERE

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