Prep Baseball Report

Midland Springfield Scout Day: Pitching Leaderboard


By: Diego Solares
Area Scout, Illinois & Missouri

On Sunday, January 29th, the PBR Missouri staff traveled to Nixa, MO, to host the Midland Springfield Scout Day at the CY Sports Center. Roughly 20 players from the Midland Springfield travel organization participated in a pro-style workout in front of our staff, displaying their talents to our scouts while gathering verified metrics in the process.

To see a full roster for the players that attended, click HERE.

Shortly after the event's conclusion our staff rolled out our 'Quick Hits' and 'Stat Story' from the day, highlighting players that impressed in this brief look and also the prospects that paced their peers from a statistical standpoint. You can find that story by clicking HERE.

Today, with the help of our partners at TrackMan, we're identifying some players whose pitching data stood out amongst this event, such as spin rates, both at peak and average. You'll find those below. 

PEAK FASTBALL VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Desmond White MO Branson 2026 3B 79.3 mph
2 Nikolaus Thieman MO Lockwood 2025 OF 77.7 mph
3 Blaize Thompson MO Glendale 2025 C 77.0 mph
4 Cole Hunt MO Springfield Catholic 2026 RHP 76.6 mph

PEAK FASTBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Blake Richter MO Willard 2026 RHP 2168 rpm
2 Paxton Bridges MO Home School 2026 C 1931 rpm
3 Cole Hunt MO Springfield Catholic 2026 RHP 1898 rpm

AVERAGE FASTBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Blake Richter MO Willard 2026 RHP 2084 rpm
2 Paxton Bridges MO Home School 2026 C 1856 rpm
3 Grady Bentley MO Diamond R4 2026 RHP 1810 rpm

PEAK SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Blake Richter MO Willard 2026 RHP 2279 rpm
2 Cole Hunt MO Springfield Catholic 2026 RHP 2127 rpm
3 Grady Bentley MO Diamond R4 2026 RHP 2050 rpm

AVERAGE SLIDER SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Blake Richter MO Willard 2026 RHP 2191
2 Cole Hunt MO Springfield Catholic 2026 RHP 2029
3 Blaize Thompson MO Glendale 2025 C 1951

PEAK CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (max)
1 Desmond White MO Branson 2026 3B 2519 rpm
2 Blake Richter MO Willard 2026 RHP 2263 rpm
3 Paxton Bridges MO Home School 2026 C 2040 rpm

AVERAGE CURVEBALL SPIN RATE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Desmond White MO Branson 2026 3B 2316 rpm
2 Blake Richter MO Willard 2026 RHP 2169 rpm
3 Paxton Bridges MO Home School 2026 C 1968 rpm

MAX CHANGEUP MOVEMENT

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (max)
1 Cole Hunt MO Springfield Catholic 2026 RHP 15.0 in
2 Blaize Thompson MO Glendale 2025 C 14.5 in
3 Paxton Bridges MO Home School 2026 C 11.7 in

AVERAGE CHANGEUP MOVEMENT

Rank Name State School Class Pos HM (avg)
1 Cole Hunt MO Springfield Catholic 2026 RHP 13.9
2 Blaize Thompson MO Glendale 2025 C 9.9
3 Paxton Bridges MO Home School 2026 C 9.2

For all the statistics from this event, click HERE.

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