Peyton
Ryback

C/OF Peyton Ryback (Nathan Hale, 2024) impressed over the weekend with a violent right-handed stroke that worked on the barrel. Listed at 5-foot-10, 180-pounds, athletic with room to fill out. Still uncommitted, Ryback showed above-average feel to hit and the ability to change his approach based on the situation; staying inside an inside fastball and shooting it the other way for a two-RBI single.

Positional Profile: C/SS
Body: 6-1, 195-pounds. Athletic frame with strength throughout; projects well.
Hit: LHH. Quiet balanced setup, hands load back in rhythm as bat tips, strides short.  Strong hands, works uphill through the zone with leverage out front, gap-to-gap approach. 65.9 mph bat speed with 8 G’s of rotational acceleration.
Power: 95 max exit velocity, averaged 88.2 mph. 366’ max distance.
Arm: RH. C - 79 mph. Short arc, high 3/4 slot, accurate, what it should look like.
Defense: 1.95-2.15 pop times. Quick transfer, short right foot, repeats. Reliable blocker.
Run: 7.87 runner in the 60.

Across two looks, Ryback, an uncommitted senior was impressive on both sides of the ball. At the plate Ryback collected three hits, two of those going for doubles, across both games driving in four runs and showing the ability to impact the ball especially to the pullside. Defensively Ryback impressed behind the dish with his ability as a receiver and his ability to steal strikes on the outer part of the plate. 

Ryback is listed at an athletic 5-foot-10, 180 pounds with strength throughout his athletic frame.. Ryback continues to show well in front of our staff at events. He’s an athletic back stop who can run; he ran a 6.99 seconds 60 yard dash which was 15th out of over 200 players who ran. He produced exit velocities in the low 90s from a quick, short, compact, and direct swing path. Behind the plate, he was throwing seeds down to second base and registered the third best pop time of the event at 1.94 seconds. 

Positional Profile: C/OF
Body: 5-10, 180-pounds. Athletic with strength.
Hit: RHH. Stock set up with relaxed hands.  Hands load into strong hitting position, flat path, rotates hard through the ball for hard line drive contact through the middle of the field.
Power: 92 max exit velocity, averaged 82.8 mph. 319’ max distance.
Arm: RH. C - 79 mph. INF -  mph. OF -  mph. Smooth, quick, whippy arm action. Strong and accurate 3/4 slot.
Defense: 1.94-2.01 pop times. Works up through the ball, soft hands, quick and clean transfer, athletic actions, moves well out of the crouch, works in-line.
Run: 6.99 runner in the 60.

Ryback is an athletic catching prospect with a feel for the position. Listed at 5-foot-10 170 pounds, Ryback has many tools that make him a unique prospect. The loudest being his all around defensive capabilities, with a quick transfer and a strong arm has created lows of 1.93 on his pop times. Has also shown the ability to be a quality receiver and a blocker across multiple looks this summer. Offensively, his hit tool was put on display multiple times in front of our staff across the summer circuit and into the fall, swinging a violent bat that helps him to drive the ball to all fields for extra-base hits.

Ryback took some loud swings in BP earlier this week in front of our staff at Top Prospect Milwaukee, and he continues to swing a hot bat. Durable build at 5-foot-10, 165-pounds. Showcased the ability to adjust throughout his ABs. Compact swing with bat speed that is apparent in game. Knocked a pair of hits including a 2B in PTA’s first game, and consistently found himself collecting hits throughout the weekend. Defensively, his athleticism is apparent behind the plate 

Positional Profile: OF/C
Body: 5-10, 168-pounds. Wirey, long limbed
Hits: RHH. Wide base, Gather back, Flat path, some length, rotational to all fields
Power: 95 max exit velocity, averaged 89.1 MPH. 330' max distance.
Arm: RH. C-78 mph. OF-76 mph. Carry through bag with accuracy down hill. OF Carry to home. Quick arm path. Hard tail.
Defense: 1.96-2.03 pop times. Reaches for it but very quick transfer and release, soft on block, athletic and quick on a bunt
Run: 7.35 runner in the 60.

Ryback has made some noteworthy gains in between showcase performances. The wiry strong 5-foot-10, 168-pound athlete improved upon some of his measurables at this event since his most recent appearance at a February PBR showcase. And on top of that, Ryback recorded a sound round of BP that saw him land one barrel that left the bat at 94.7 mph and the ball he struck the farthest traveled an estimated 330 feet. His right-handed swing and improved athleticism behind the plate, where he recorded 1.96-2.19 pops with 78 mph arm strength, make him an arrow-up follow in the state.

Positional Profile: C
Body: 5-9, 150-pounds. Sloped shoulders.
Hit: RHH. Wide, open stance, large coiling load.  Rotational delivery. Vertical tip. Lays flat through the zone with deeper points of contact.
Power: 90.1 max exit velocity, averaged 83.2 mph. 258’ max distance.
Arm: RH. C - 76 mph. Clean, high and tight arm action. Accurate.
Defense: 2.05-2.19 pop times. Athletic footwork adjustments behind the dish. Quick replace, quick exchanges.
Run: 7.22 runner in the 60. 

Ryback has had a strong showing each of the last two days of our PBR at The Rock Fall Championships and is certainly a follow prospect in the state’s 2024 class. Playing for the PTA Cardinal Underclass squad, Ryback added to his hit totals from yesterday by logging two more hits today, both of them going for extra bases. He’s a projectable 5-foot-10, 140-pound prospect with lean, athletic strength attached to his right-handed barrel.