Chicagoland Open: Preview Story

This Tuesday, June 13th the PBR Illinois team is hosting the Chicagoland Open at Triton College in River Grove, IL. This is an open event for all high school classes (2024-27), and gives our staff an ample look at the area's top players.

For a closer look at the showcase details and the technologies we'll have on-site to assist our in-person evaluation for all in attendance, click here. For a complete look at those registered to attend this event, view the most up-to-date version of the roster by clicking here.

EVENT HISTORY

We've been hosting this event for the past 10 years, and it's consistently provided us a look at prominent players who've later gone on to receive invitations to select events, like the PBR Future Games. Among the players in attendance at this event in 2022, there are already 15 commitments among them.

OF/LHP Hank Gomric (Althoff Catholic, 2024) was a standout at this event in 2022, and he committed to St. Louis University soon after the event. Gomric posted the highest average exit velocity at the event (92.9 mph), and he recorded the second best max exit velocity and max distance at the event (97.0 mph and 357’, respectively).

We're looking forward to checking in on the next crop of talent from this event to earn next-level attention in the coming weeks, months, and years.

2023 ROSTER

This year's roster is already shaping up nicely, just like in years past.

This year’s event will feature two PBR Junior Future Games alumni in OF Josh Morgan (2027) and MIF/RHP Sean Dabe (2027). Morgan is a physical and athletic 6-foot-1, 175-pound, right-handed hitter who has shown advanced bat and arm strength for his age, producing a max exit velocity of 91.3 mph and a max outfield velocity of 85 mph. Dabe stands 5-foot-9, 140-pounds, and had some key at-bats for Team Illinois last summer in Georgia.