Uncommitted Spotlight: '26 C Wyatt Denton
November 1, 2024
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Ventura, Calif. - The Uncommitted Spotlight Series continues as we forge ahead in the 2024-2025 school year and the looming JR. High School baseball season for our '26 class. With than in mind Prep Baseball California is highlighting some of the top uncommitted class of '26 athletes. The player featured today is one of the top players in the state of California and figures prominently in our Class of 2026 Rankings. All players featured within our Uncommitted Spotlight series are ones that college coaches and fans should be keeping their eyes on over the coming months.
We invite you to get to know them through the eyes of our Prep Baseball California staff of scouts both through our in person looks at players and/or the data-backed numbers collected at our events with our partnered companies. TrackMan, Blast Motion, and Swift Performance provide comparable data to project and evaluate players. All of these systems come together to give a clear picture at what colleges will get when a players steps onto their campus.
Today, we put the spotlight on the number 52 ranked player in the 2026 class in NorCal '26 C Wyatt Denton from Las Plumas High School. Denton has made 3 stops on the Prep Baseball California events including the 2022 NorCal Rising Stars Game, 2022 Far North PreSeason ID and the 2023 NorCal Underclass game where he was a consistently impressive performer. Then he took the field as a Soph. at Las Plumas and put together a loud offensive performance playing full time for the Thunderbirds. Denton posted a loud slash line at .453/.515/.686 during the 2024 CIF High School season including intriguing power numbers with 14 of his 39 hits going for extra bases with 9 doubles, 4 triples, and 1 homerun. In addition, he drove in 24 runs while scoring 30 runs with an even walk to strikeout ratio at 8/8. As a Soph. Denton lead the Thunderbirds regulars in average, on base percentage, slugging, hits, triples, RBIs, hit by pitches, while being tied for the lead in homeruns and was second in doubles.
Denton presents an athletic build at 5'11 175 lbs. at present showing room to continue adding strength as he matures. A solid athlete for the catching position he shows the actions in his receiving and blocking to be a solid defender with potential to also be impactful behind the dish. As sound as his receiving profile looks his arm strength was already popping at an impressive level during the fall of his Soph. year when he threw 77 MPH from the catching position with a low of 1.96 on his pop times in late 2023.
Where Denton increases the intrigue to his package of tools profiling him to play baseball at the next level is with his offensive profile. With a sound athletic switch hitting profile his swings from each side show present leverage in the path with emerging raw power in the operation at the plate as backed up by his offensive performance during the 2024 CIF High School season. At the 2023 NorCal Underclass Game Denton showed well with his Blast Motion metrics including an average of 66.5 MPH of bat speed with a max of 70.7 MPH. His hands are quick with 20.8 MPH average hand speed with a peak of 23.2 MPH showing good torque in his turn with 15.3 Gs of rotational acceleration. He produced some intriguing batted ball data during batting practice including raw power with a 89 MPH max EV while showing feel for getting the baseball in the air with 69% or better Line Drive/Fly Ball combined rates at the NorCal Underclass Game event. His present profile suits a gap to gap doubles type approach with high contact/hard contact consistency but shows room to continue adding homerun power as he matures.
Denton is now poised to continue his rise in Northern California entering his JR. year coming off the very strong showing he had throughout the 2024 calendar year. As a switch hitter with upside who profiles to be a solid defender at a premium spot Denton is a top name to follow out of NorCal in the '26 class.
College coaches and fans be sure to click on Denton's profile to see full video and information.
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Scouting Report
Event: NorCal Underclass Game
Positional Profile: C/SS
Body: 5-10, 160-pounds. Lean build with wiry strength and athleticism.
Hit: SH. As LHH open set-up in wide stance, strides back to even, hands just above shoulder, fluid swing, pull side pop, showed XBH pop in live-ABs, got to FB and offspeed, as RHH open set-up in wide stance, high hands, deep load, transfers weight to front side, 66.5 mph avg bat speed with 10.0 avg G's of rotational acceleration.
Power: 89 max exit velocity, averaged 82.1 mph. 316' max distance.
Arm: RH. C-77 mph. Strong arm, clean efficient quick transfer, high 3/4 release, accurate and is a threat to baserunners.
Defense: 1.96-2.07 pop times. Wide knees and deep into hips in set-up, agile and athletic, quick feet, versatile receiving set-ups, presents inviting target.
ATH: 7.37 runner in the 60. 1.68 and 4.01 in the 10 and 30 yard splits.
Event: Far North Preseason ID
Positional Profile: C/SS
Physical: 5-8, 150-pounds; 4.20 30-yard, 23.4” max jump height; Lean strength visible in lower half, athletically proportioned, average size frame.
Offensively: SH. EV max – 81.6 mph, hand speed max – 22.3 mph, bat speed max – 62.1 mph; LHH – Wide stance slightly open, hands start high, varied between reverse toe tap and heel lift no stride, quiet load straight back, flat stroke with some rotational aspects as top hand starts into two hand finish a bit early, young switch-hitter so it stands to reason the timing mechanism will smooth out as he continues to work; RHH – Taller set-up, hands high with vertical barrel, somewhat deeper load than on LH side, more consistent lower half timing mechanism wish small reverse toe tap, drifts into contact, can get more out of his lower half.
Defensively: C – 72 mph, pops – 2.04-2.15; INF – 83 mph; Catcher – Excellent footwork out of crouch to get off accurate and quick throws and does so without cheating in his pre-pitch set-up, quick efficient transfer, likes his arm and gets into strong throwing position to create carry with accuracy, drives with legs, sits low with hip agility, works cleanly below and up through the ball, strong soft hands, advanced receiver and thrower given his age; Infield – Quick efficient feet to and through ball, gets throws off quickly, clean hands with confidence in playing with pace and urgency.