Week in Review: 4/20 to 4/26
April 26, 2024
Looking back at the past week for Prep Baseball, extra base pop earns an Illinois senior National Player of the Week honors, ‘The War Room’ talks right-handed pitching, ‘Coffee & Curveballs’ talk about the top pitching staffs in the country, a new ‘Hotlist’ goes into preseason showcase prospects have kept it going through the season, uncommitted spotlights, trending and more.
NATIONAL NEWS
Player of the Week
With eight out of 12 hits slugged for extra bases, Prep Baseball’s April 15 to 21 National Player of the Week hails from Yorkville, Illinois as the class of 2024’s Kameron Yearsley’s week has helped Yorkville HS kick off the season on fire. See more on the senior outfielder’s powerful week and other players of the week from around the nation.
Draft HQ
The War Room: “One of the most misunderstood groups,” is what Draft HQ Senior Advisor, D.J. Svihilik describes the perception in scouting right handed pitchers as. In the second edition of ‘The War Room’, Svihilik and VP of Scouting, Shooter Hunt dive into what makes the grouping so misunderstood, the challenges in scouting it and more. Listen to the ‘The War Room: Evaluating Prep Pitchers’ on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or YouTube.
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+ This season, the NCAA Division I level has seen an abundance of home runs at a historic pace. Already, through roughly 40 games, seven players have reached, or eclipsed 20 long balls. As the heat of the home run race keeps adding fuel, Managing Editor of Scouting, Andy Srkoa travels back in time to what the nation’s premium power bats were doing in high school.
JUCO Wire
Our staff presented everything you need to know this season. For more information and to stay up-to-date on all things JUCO, follow @PBR_JUCO on X and @pbr_juco on Instagram.
+ As the NJCAA playoff race heats up with the regular season nearing its end, Central Region Operations Director, Eliott Wilk takes a look at seven uncommitted names from Cloud County Community College, one of JUCO Wire’s teams receiving votes in its recent rankings. See the uncommitted prospects here.
Uncommitted
+ In the latest ‘Trending Ups’, see which top 10 uncommitted prospects from Prep Baseball Maryland and Prep Baseball Virginia/DC have generated the most profile visits this past week.
+ Uncommitted Spotlights
- ‘25 1B/OF Aaron Jacobson - California
- ‘25 OF/RHP Cole Hoffman - California
- ‘25 3B/OF Dominic Cadiz - California
- ‘25 C/3B Javier Ramirez - California
- ‘25 C/3B Joshua Cisneros - California
- ‘27 RHP/SS Brady Smith - Iowa
- ‘26 RHP/3B Drew Fillenworth - Iowa
- ‘25 RHP/3B Tate Proskovec - Iowa
- ‘28 1B/LHP Axton Westmoreland - Mississippi
- ‘25 OF/3B Andrew Diaz - New York
- ‘25 C/OF Cillian Morrissey - New York
- ‘28 SS/RHP Chase Jervis - New York
- ‘25 1B/LHP Colby Stoehr - New York
- ‘25 LHP/1B Connor Usowski - New York
- ‘27 3B/RHP Nicolas Aiello- New York
- ‘28 RHP/3B Brian Moore Jr. - Pennsylvania
- ‘25 RHP/1B Evan Stranko - Pennsylvania
- ‘25 OF/LHP Grant Vilello - Pennsylvania
- ‘26 MIF Keegan Wade - Pennsylvania
- ‘26 LHP/OF Tanner Stroup - Pennsylvania
- ‘25 OF Banks Knight - South Carolina
- ‘25 SS/3B Britton Nash - South Carolina
- ‘25 MIF Carson Mirabelli - South Carolina
- ‘25 RHP Dawson Lloyd - South Carolina
- ‘25 OF/RHP Joey McGovern - South Carolina
- ‘25 CIF Wyatt Lynn - South Carolina
- ‘25 OF Brady Boozer - Texas
- ‘26 1B/LHP Guy Avolio - West Virginia
- ‘27 C/RHP Preston Hartley - West Virginia
STATE-BY-STATE
Coffee & Curveballs
The 2024 high school season has seen no shortage in dominant pitching across the country. Some schools even have so much talent that each pitcher can be considered an ace anywhere else. In the latest ‘Coffee and Curveballs’, VP of Scouting, Shooter Hunt and LakePoint Sports’ Corey McCartney take a look around the nation, give their top rotations and more.
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‘Hotlist’
With Prep Baseball’s high school preseason showcases wrapped up for over a month, Managing Editor, Scouting, Andy Sroka gathered from scouting directors across the country which prospects that impressed them at showcases have made big impacts during the season. 18 prospects 14 uncommitted have stood out the most in the latest ‘Hotlist’.
Alabama
With Alabama’s 7A-1A Playoffs in its Sweet 16 stage, the Prep Baseball Alabama takes a look into what 10 series in the bracket are must watch. See the rankings online or watch on X.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Season 3, Episode 15: Class 7A-1A Sweet 16 Preview <a href="https://t.co/Ic8FdoSiNN">https://t.co/Ic8FdoSiNN</a></p>— Prep Baseball Alabama (@PrepBaseballAL) <a href="https://twitter.com/PrepBaseballAL/status/1782794087739097089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Mississippi
Rewinding to Saturday, March 30, Prep Baseball Mississippi hel the North MS/West TN Rising Stars ID event in Hernando, Mississippi. Consisting of prospects from the classes of 2028 and 2029, see the reports on the event below.
Wisconsin
On April 19 and April 20, Prep Baseball Wisconsin hosted its fourth annual invitational with 19 high school programs taking part. In its ‘Scout Blog’, see which prospects made the most out of a weekend that featured less than ideal weather here.
WHAT’S TRENDING
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">📈 2024 Rankings Risers 📈<br><br>One of the 12 biggest risers from the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Super60?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Super60</a>, OF <a href="https://twitter.com/CissellTytus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CissellTytus</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/PrepBaseballMO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PrepBaseballMO</a>) jumps from No. 145 to No. 5️⃣7️⃣. This season the <a href="https://twitter.com/MizzouBaseball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MizzouBaseball</a> commit has broken the states record for all-time games played.<br><br>🔗 <a href="https://t.co/H93anfLxUa">https://t.co/H93anfLxUa</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/ShooterHunt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ShooterHunt</a> <a href="https://t.co/1F2iz71Ewh">pic.twitter.com/1F2iz71Ewh</a></p>— Prep Baseball (@prepbaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/prepbaseball/status/1782077496147501146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 21, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">📈 2024 Rankings Risers 📈<br><br>One of two <a href="https://twitter.com/PrepBaseballNJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PrepBaseballNJ</a> RHPs to jump 💯+ spots into the top-40, <a href="https://twitter.com/BryceMeccage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BryceMeccage</a> is bringing the FB 🔥 at 97 mph and sitting at No. 3️⃣7️⃣. He also rises to No. 2 in NJ's class rankings.<br><br>🔗 <a href="https://t.co/H93anfLxUa">https://t.co/H93anfLxUa</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/ShooterHunt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ShooterHunt</a> <a href="https://t.co/F8ekLldRxJ">pic.twitter.com/F8ekLldRxJ</a></p>— Prep Baseball (@prepbaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/prepbaseball/status/1782515465136324899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱: 𝗔𝘃𝗴 𝗖𝗕 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗻<br><br>Leading the nation's Preseason All-Star events, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PBRFG23?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PBRFG23</a> representative '25 RHP <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianJustice_25?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrianJustice_25</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/PrepBaseballOK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PrepBaseballOK</a>) averaged 3️⃣0️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ rpms on his curveball. 🌪️<br><br>📊 <a href="https://t.co/uHgz2I10Gq">https://t.co/uHgz2I10Gq</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/PBRHood?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PBRHood</a> <a href="https://t.co/y9qZBaWOJ6">pic.twitter.com/y9qZBaWOJ6</a></p>— Prep Baseball (@prepbaseball) <a href="https://twitter.com/prepbaseball/status/1783488875052110088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>