Recap of Summer and Early Fall Top FB Velocity & Hitting EV
October 7, 2024
Dan Valerio
Assistant Scouting Director
With the Fall underway it is time to breakdown a leaderboard from our in state events this summer and early fall. When you come to a prep baseball event we provide you with all the metrics. The reason for this is to track where your tools are currently at. Tools are so important in terms of evulating players. It doesn't paint the whole picture of a player but when you talk about "big league" stuff two things that jump off the page are Fastball velocity and pure exit velocity during batting practice. Below is a breakdown with video of the players that led each other in state events.
Hitting Leaderboard:
No.1 - 2025 Julius Rosado (South River) committed to Rutgers peak EV: 103.9 mph.
No. 2 - 2026 Jason Amalbert (DePaul Catholic) committed to Indiana peak EV: 102.2 mph.
No. 3 - 2026 Collin Perna (Colonia) Uncommitted peak EV: 101.6 mph
No. 4 - 2025 Miles Handy (Delbarton) Uncommitted peak EV: 100.9 mph.
No. 5 - 2027 Danny Maye (Don Bosco Prep) Uncommitted peak EV: 100.6 mph.
No. 6 - JC Pacheco (DePaul Catholic) Uncommitted peak EV: 99.4 mph.
No. 7 - 2025 Brett Chiesa (Cherokee) committed to Rowan peak EV: 98.6 mph.
No. 8 - 2025 Andrew Parisi (Ranney) Uncommitted peak EV: 98.4 mph.
No. 9 - 2026 DJ Ylagan (RFH) Uncommitted peak EV: 97.9 mph.
- 2026 Chris Vaughn (Madison) Uncommitted peak EV: 97.9 mph
Pitching Leaderboard:
No. 1 - 2026 Daniel Passalacqua (Bishop Eustace) committed to Delaware peak FB: 88.4 mph.
No. 2 - 2026 Sean Loggie (CBA) Uncommitted peak FB: 87.4 mph.
No. 3 - 2026 Kyle Wenckus (Pascack Hills) Uncommitted peak FB: 87.3 mph.
- 2026 Caden Gabriele (Chatham) Uncommitted peak FB: 87.3 mph.
No. 4 - 2026 Dylan Iwanyk (CBA) Uncommitted peak FB: 87.1 mph.
- 2026 Cody Herman (Ramapo) Uncommitted peak FB: 87.1 mph.
No. 5 - 2026 Andrew Valay (GCIT) Committed to Notre Dame peak FB: 87.0 mph.
No. 6 - 2026 Jimmy Gallagher (Williamstown) Uncommitted peak FB: 86.9 mph.
No. 7 - 2025 Reilly Bridges (Ridgewood) Uncommitted peak FB: 86.8 mph.
No. 8 - 2026 JJ Drennan (Seton Hall Prep) Committed to Boston College peak FB: 86.7 mph.