Noah
Brandt

When looking at some of the top uncommitted 2025 catchers in attendance, left-handed hitter Noah Brandt (Somonauk, 2025) earned himself a spot in the conversation. Despite his 5-foot-9, 160-pound, rather unassuming stature, Brandt took one of the more polished rounds of BP on the day, showing well above-average bat control and barrel feel. He stays within himself, lets the ball travel, repeats and was all over the barrel with a loose athletic swing that is short to the zone and long through it. Eye-opening mature round of BP. He has also made some impressive strides behind the plate since our last look, adding four mph to his velocity out of the chute (now up to 78 mph) and getting his pop-time down to 1.94 seconds on his best bullet. Also, ran a 7.39 60 with a T95 mph exit velocity. Brandt established himself as someone to see in 2023 and beyond. 

Positional Profile: RHP
Body: 5-8, 140-pounds.
Delivery: Controlled tempo throughout delivery, loose actions throughout, stride works slightly across body into a closed landing foot.
Arm Action: RH. Short out of the glove into a high 3/4 slot.
FB: T81.4, 78.8-80.6 mph. Slight running action to the arm-side. T2307, 2253 average rpm.
CB: 71.8-73.9 mph. Gradual 11/5 shape, short action. T2160, 2088 average rpm.
CH: 75.4-78.0 mph. Sinking action with some feel to the arm-side. T2163, 1911 average rpm.

Positional Profile: C/OF
Hit: LHH. Balanced setup, slightly open and easy pre-pitch actions. Loose, easy hands, level through the zone, line-drive approach and flashed feel for the barrel.
Power: 91.6 max exit velocity, averaged 85.1 mph. 305’ max distance.
Arm: RH. C - 74 mph. Balanced setup, clean arm action, loose arm, throws are on target with carry.
Defense: 2.13-2.27 pop times. Athletic actions, good feel/direction, soft hands, good direction, plays well through the ball.
Run: 7.88 runner in the 60. 

Another freshman left-handed hitter to put together a solid was C Noah Brandt (Somonauk, 2025). Brandt showed athletic actions with feel, soft hands and clean exchange with proper direction out of the crouch. His arm plays clean, loose and accurate topping at 74 mph with a low pop time of 2.13. At the plate, he showed loose hands, easy overall effort and line-drive approach with sneaky jump off the barrel. Brandt recorded the second-highest average exit velocity when it came to 2025s at the event at 85.1 mph and his furthest batted ball traveled 305 feet.