Missouri Fall Underclass Games: Data Dive
September 13, 2022
On Sunday, September 11th, the PBR Missouri staff traveled to Atkins Field in Columbia, Missouri, to host the biggest event on our fall calendar - the Missouri Fall Underclass and Upperclass Games. These two events ran in conjunction with each other, starting with the former and finishing with the latter, and featured 2023-to-2026 prospects invited by the PBR Missouri staff to participate in a workout, followed up by gameplay.
To see which prospects attended the Underclass event, click HERE.
Earlier this week we highlighted some of the day's standouts inside our takeaways piece, and today we're going to be diving deeper into the data collected at Sunday's event. We're able to highlight which players paced the way in batted ball data, pitch metrics, and swing analytics thanks to our partners at TrackMan and Blast Motion.
Read below to see which prospects put up noteworthy data unseen by the naked eye below.
PEAK EXIT VELOCITY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
1 | Brennan McLaughlin | MO | Platte County | 2026 | SS | 93.0 mph |
2 | Jackson Tankesley | MO | LIBERTY HIGH | 2025 | 1B | 91.5 mph |
3 | Lucas Wietholder | MO | Father Tolton Catholic | 2025 | SS | 89.9 mph |
4 | Jackson Akin | MO | LEE'S SUMMIT WEST HIGH | 2025 | SS | 89.6 mph |
5 | Brandon Hill | MO | Lee's Summit North | 2025 | OF | 89.3 mph |
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
1 | Brandon Hill | MO | Lee's Summit North | 2025 | OF | 83.9 mph |
2 | Brody Irlbeck | MO | Staley | 2025 | LHP | 82.3 mph |
3 | Jackson Tankesley | MO | LIBERTY HIGH | 2025 | 1B | 82.3 mph |
4 | Lucas Wietholder | MO | Father Tolton Catholic | 2025 | SS | 82.0 mph |
PEAK BATTED DISTANCE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
1 | Brandon Hill | MO | Lee's Summit North | 2025 | OF | 326 ft |
2 | Jackson Akin | MO | LEE'S SUMMIT WEST HIGH | 2025 | SS | 317 ft |
3 | Brennan McLaughlin | MO | Platte County | 2026 | SS | 308 ft |
AVERAGE BAT SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (avg) |
1 | Jackson Vaughn | MO | Francis Howell | 2025 | OF | 73.0 mph |
2 | Brennan McLaughlin | MO | Platte County | 2026 | SS | 72.2 mph |
3 | Brody Irlbeck | MO | Staley | 2025 | LHP | 71.5 mph |
4 | Ashton Nance | MO | Blue Springs South | 2025 | RHP | 70.5 mph |
5 | Brandon Hill | MO | Lee's Summit North | 2025 | OF | 70.4 mph |
AVERAGE HAND SPEED
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (avg) |
1 | Tyler Putnam | MO | Battle | 2026 | RHP | 24.1 mph |
2 | Brandon Hill | MO | Lee's Summit North | 2025 | OF | 22.4 mph |
3 | Peyton Locke | MO | Capital City High School | 2025 | 1B | 22.0 mph |
4 | Jackson Vaughn | MO | Francis Howell | 2025 | OF | 21.1 mph |
PEAK FASTBALL VELOCITY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | Brody Irlbeck | MO | Staley | 2025 | LHP | 85.6 mph |
2 | Evan Butler | MO | CASSVILLE HIGH | 2025 | RHP | 82.3 mph |
3 | Ashton Nance | MO | Blue Springs South | 2025 | RHP | 82.0 mph |
PEAK FASTBALL SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
1 | Brody Irlbeck | MO | Staley | 2025 | LHP | 2292 rpm |
2 | Evan Butler | MO | CASSVILLE HIGH | 2025 | RHP | 2282 rpm |
3 | Matthew States | MO | FR TOLTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | 1B | 2207 rpm |
PEAK CURVEBALL SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
1 | Evan Butler | MO | CASSVILLE HIGH | 2025 | RHP | 2511 rpm |
2 | Ty Earwood | MO | St. Pius X | 2025 | LHP | 2381 rpm |
3 | Matthew States | MO | FR TOLTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | 1B | 2075 rpm |
PEAK SLIDER SPIN RATE
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Spin Rate (max) |
1 | Ty Earwood | MO | St. Pius X | 2025 | LHP | 2551 rpm |
2 | Evan Butler | MO | CASSVILLE HIGH | 2025 | RHP | 2475 rpm |
3 | Brody Irlbeck | MO | Staley | 2025 | LHP | 2319 rpm |
AVERAGE CHANGEUP MOVEMENT
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | HM (avg) |
1 | Drake Odneal | MO | SMITHVILLE HIGH | 2025 | OF | 16.0 |
2 | Matthew States | MO | FR TOLTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | 2025 | 1B | 13.8 |
3 | Jackson Vaughn | MO | Francis Howell | 2025 | OF | -13.4 |
For a link to all the statistics from this event, click HERE.
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