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Next Level Scout Day: Stats Story


Andy Urban
OK/MO/KS Scouting Supervisor

The Next Level Scout Day was held out their state of the art indoor facility and their new turf field on location on Jan. 16th. The event featured nearly 40 players from all class and featured some highly ranked players that have made another jump, plus some new names that will makes splashes in our next rankings update. Below are the top performers in each metric collected at the event. 

One of the offensive standouts on the day was 2023 C Elijah Kincade (Topeka HS) with a 91 mph exit velo and some loud barrels in BP. Uncommitted 2021 OF Drew Powers (Mill Valley) also had a strong offensive showing with bat speed, barrel strength, and a pull side approach, 89 mph off the tee. Defensively, 2022 SS Chase Bloomer (Ottawa HS) is a next level ready defender with excellent hands and feet while showing off a strong arm across the diamond at 85 mph. On the mound, Barton County commit Chandler Miller (Mill Valley) was a very easy 87-89 with much more to come. One of the biggest sleeper in the state is 2022 1B/RHP Maddox Burkitt (Lawrence Free State). A solid offensive player, Burkitt shines brightest on the mound right now, up to 86 and much more room to grow and add velo. Behind the dish 2022 Carter Bergman (Basehor-Linwood) showed elite pop times of 1.87-1.97. 

Top Home-to-First Times

Rank Name State School Class Pos H-1st
1 Kaleb Wellshear KS Washburn Rural 2023 2B 4.08
2 Isaiah Kincade KS Topeka 2024 OF 4.21
3 Drew Powers KS Mill Valley 2021 OF 4.26
4 Preston Denmark MO Liberty North 2023 OF 4.28
5 Calvin Urish KS Lawrence Free State 2022 OF 4.32
6 Jerron Shield KS Lawrence 2023 1B 4.35
7 Kyle Walker KS Washburn Rural 2024 SS 4.39
8 Chase Bloomer KS Ottawa 2022 SS 4.40
^ Brady Edmonds KS Lawrence 2023 SS 4.40
9 Maddox Burkitt KS Lawrence Free State 2022 RHP 4.42
10 Ryan Wingerd KS Mill Valley 2022 RHP 4.46

Top Exit Velos

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velo
1 Chandler Miller KS Basehor-Linwood 2021 OF 92
2 Elijah Kincade KS Topeka 2023 C 91
3 Max Colombo KS Cair Paravel Latin School 2022 RHP 90
4 Bryce Turner KS Lansing 2022 3B 89
^ Drew Powers KS Mill Valley 2021 OF 89
5 Nikolas Riemer KS Ottawa 2021 1B 86
^ Penner Unruh TX Aledo 2023 RHP 86
6 Maddox Burkitt KS Lawrence Free State 2022 RHP 85
^ Nathan Blettner KS Lawrence 2023 OF 85
7 Calvin Urish KS Lawrence Free State 2022 OF 84
^ Evan Bannister KS Lawrence 2022 2B 84
^ Brady Edmonds KS Lawrence 2023 SS 84
8 Ryan Wingerd KS Mill Valley 2022 RHP 82
^ Jackson Herbel KS Basehor 2022 2B 82
9 Carter Bergman KS Basehor-Linwood 2022 C 81
^ Preston Denmark MO Liberty North 2023 OF 81
^ Chase Bloomer KS Ottawa 2022 SS 81
^ Kaleb Wellshear KS Washburn Rural 2023 2B 81
^ Cole Watson KS Lawrence 2023 1B 81
10 Kyle Walker KS Washburn Rural 2024 SS 80
^ Isaiah Kincade KS Topeka 2024 OF 80
^ Drew Florence KS Washburn Rural 2023 LHP 80

Top INF Velos

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Chase Bloomer KS Ottawa 2022 SS 85
2 Maddox Burkitt KS Lawrence Free State 2022 RHP 83
3 Max Colombo KS Cair Paravel Latin School 2022 RHP 82
4 Carter Bergman KS Basehor-Linwood 2022 C 81
5 Austin Nitcher KS Ottawa 2022 3B 80
6 Ryan Wingerd KS Mill Valley 2022 RHP 79
7 Kyle Walker KS Washburn Rural 2024 SS 78
8 Jackson Herbel KS Basehor 2022 2B 77
^ Bryce Turner KS Lansing 2022 3B 77
9 Kaleb Wellshear KS Washburn Rural 2023 2B 76
10 Brady Edmonds KS Lawrence 2023 SS 74
^ Penner Unruh TX Aledo 2023 RHP 74

Top OF Velos

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Maddox Burkitt KS Lawrence Free State 2022 RHP 87
^ Max Colombo KS Cair Paravel Latin School 2022 RHP 87
2 Penner Unruh TX Aledo 2023 RHP 82
3 Drew Powers KS Mill Valley 2021 OF 79
4 Drew Florence KS Washburn Rural 2023 LHP 76
5 Isaiah Kincade KS Topeka 2024 OF 75
6 Preston Denmark MO Liberty North 2023 OF 72
7 Evan Smith KS Shawnee Heights 2023 2B 71
8 Spencer Meyer KS Lawrence 2022 OF 70
9 Nathan Blettner KS Lawrence 2023 OF 69
10 David Thomas KS Mill Valley 2023 1B 67

Top Pop Times

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Carter Bergman KS Basehor-Linwood 2022 C 1.87-1.97
2 Elijah Kincade KS Topeka 2023 C 2.19-2.41

Max Fastball Velos

Rank Name State School Class Pos Max FB
1 Chandler Miller KS Basehor-Linwood 2021 OF 89 mph
2 Maddox Burkitt KS Lawrence Free State 2022 RHP 86 mph
3 Chase Bloomer KS Ottawa 2022 SS 85 mph
^ Max Colombo KS Cair Paravel Latin School 2022 RHP 85 mph
^ Bryce Turner KS Lansing 2022 3B 85 mph
4 Kaleb Wellshear KS Washburn Rural 2023 2B 81 mph
5 Christian Price KS Shawnee Heights 2023 3B 80 mph
^ Drew Powers KS Mill Valley 2021 OF 80 mph
^ Ryan Wingerd KS Mill Valley 2022 RHP 80 mph
6 Penner Unruh TX Aledo 2023 RHP 79 mph
^ Thaddeus Moore TX Legacy 2023 RHP 79 mph
7 Drew Florence KS Washburn Rural 2023 LHP 78 mph
^ Austin Nitcher KS Ottawa 2022 3B 78 mph
8 Nikolas Riemer KS Ottawa 2021 1B 77 mph
9 Griffin Durst KS Washburn Rural 2024 RHP 76 mph
10 Brandon Reynolds KS Ottawa 2024 1B 74 mph

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