On Wednesday, September 24th, the ScoutConnect staff hosted our annual Fall Games event at Roy E. Lee Field, home of the SIUE Cougars’ baseball team. This event featured more than 30 uncommitted 2026 and 2027 players from Illinois and Missouri that participated in a pro-style showcase and played a simulated game afterwards in front of 18 college coaches. 

You can find all of the information and post-event statistics from this event by clicking HERE. 

Below you will find some notes and video on several names from the day that stood out to our staff, most of whom are still uncommitted. 

POSITION PLAYERS

+ C/OF Trey Conrod (Waterloo, 2027) put together another strong showing in front of our staff, something we’ve become accustomed to seeing from him at this point.Built with lean strength throughout an athletic frame, Conrod repeatedly sprayed line drives to both gaps from a short, compact right-handed swing that showed slight leverage through contact. Conrod also ran the day’s second fastest 60-yard dash (6.82), and led both the outfielders (91 mph) and catchers (80 mph) in max throwing velocity. 

+ Another talented backstop in the 2027 class from southern Illinois is C Beau Breyman (Freeburg), who’s done nothing but post each time our staff has seen him. At the plate, Breyman works short to contact and keeps a long, flat barrel through the hitting zone, allowing him to backspin baseballs with authority consistently. Four of his 10 batted balls came off his bat at 94+ mph, with his three highest marks being 95.3, 95.6, and 96.2 mph, respectively. Breyman’s work behind the plate also stands out, as his catch/throw is amongst the best in the area, regardless of class. It’s a short, quick release that consistently plays on the bag with 78 mph arm strength and a top pop time of 2.00 seconds at this event. 

+ OF Lucas Parker (Jefferson City, 2027) took some of our staff’s favorite swings in BP of this event. A switch-hitter, Parker has strong hands and repeats his swing well from both sides of the plate, though more consistently from the right side at the moment. He starts with a wide base and doesn’t try to do too much, throwing his hands at the baseball with easy plate coverage and all-fields feel. At his best, Parker consistently produced multiple line drives back up the middle of the field that came off his bat at 90+ mph. He made for a tough out in game, working deep counts and spoiling pitches on the regular when he got into two strike counts. Coming off a strong summer season, Parker is a talented junior to keep an eye on from central Missouri that could play a key role for a talented Jeff City club. 

+ Two of the more physical, middle-of-the-order type left-handed bats in attendance were 1B Jaxson Vaughan (Triad, 2027) and OF Jackson Ijames (Festus, 2027), both of whom would go onto have strong showings at our Fall Invite, Underclass tournament the weekend after this event. Vaughan has all the makings of a true impact left-handed hitter that can blend raw strength with feel to hit. It’s a loose, fluid, and free-flowing swing that he’s able to repeat with consistency and can really impact the baseball to the pull-side part of the field. Vaughan had one of the event’s highest max exit velocities (97.5 mph) – a number that should likely continue to climb as he tacks on more muscular strength. It’s hard to miss Ijames when he steps up to the plate; there’s all sorts of physicality in a 6-foot-2, 200-pound frame that holds muscle mass throughout. He doesn’t get cheated by any means and often works with high aggression on a long, uphill path to contact that produced the highest peak exit velocity of the day (98.6 mph). 

+ A pair of physical right-handed hitting juniors to know from this event are C Sam Ferris (Rochester, 2027) and CIF/RHP Kevin Morgan (Fort Zumwalt East, 2027). Ferris’ ability to seemingly always find barrels is impressive, and the impact he can create off it can stand out, too. His hardest hit ball came off his bat at 98 mph in BP, averaging 87.45 mph across his two rounds, and he also scolded a hard line drive single to left-center field in game. Morgan led the event in average bat speed (72.9 mph) and also, from a bat strength standpoint, had some of the louder batted ball metrics on the day. His average exit velocity of 89.43 mph was amongst the event leaders, as was his 97 mph peak mark, and he was the only player in attendance to have three batted balls at 96+ mph. 

+ OF Bryce Schaltenbrand (Belleville West, 2026) was one of the day’s top seniors, committing to Kaskaskia JC shortly after the event. Schaltenbrand, who showed well in front of our staff at multiple of our tournaments this summer, started his day by running one of the event’s fastest 60-yard dashes (6.87). In BP, Schaltenbrand consistently elevated the baseball from a short, uphill right-handed swing, working back up the middle of the field. In the gameplay portion, he jumped on a fastball and took it the other way for a triple to deep right-center field. 

+ C Jamison Shrum (Timberland, 2026) had a strong showing on both sides of the ball at this event. Shrum’s defensive workout, from a catch/throw standpoint, was arguably the day’s best. He was around the bag consistently with a short, strong, and accurate release, peaking at 77 mph on his hardest throw, but posting the event’s quickest pop time (1.94). Shrum showed more bat strength than we’d seen from him at the plate in previous looks, squaring up middle/away line drives consistently and posting a 95.7 mph max exit velocity. 

+ INF Daulton Nunes (Glenwood, 2026) showed well at an earlier one of our events in August and put together another strong performance in this look. Nunes’ right-handed swing works on a long, level path to contact and he sprayed line drives off the barrel into the pull-side gap throughout both of his BP rounds. Nunes’ hardest ball came off his barrel at 92.2 mph, with an average exit velocity of 85.56 mph, and he also had a barreled line drive single in game. 

+ OF/LHP Reid Neumayer (Belleville East, 2026) picked up a pair of hits in the gameplay portion of this event. A scrappy, competitive left-handed hitter, Neumayer’s hands work on top of the baseball and create a short, direct bat path to contact that sprayed line drives back up the middle of the field in BP. Neumayer also ran a 6.88 60-yard dash and has the ability to move around all three outfield spots. 

+ INF Brayden Good (Festus, 2027) was another junior from southeast Missouri to show well at this event. The 6-foot, 180-pound right-handed hitter had the second-highest average batted distance (276.3 ft.) of the entire event, including a peak mark at 352.8 feet, and posted a max exit velocity of 94.3 mph, per TrackMan. Additionally, he showed clean, athletic actions on the infield with the ability to move around the dirt positionally. 

+ Two uncommitted seniors from this event are INF Dalton Carriker (Roxana, 2026) and INF/OF Braxton Yates (Triad, 2026). Carriker, who’s in the middle of football season, caught our staff’s eye over multiple different looks this past spring and summer. He’s a lean, wiry athlete that offers plenty of room to keep tacking on strength to his frame and is also an above-average runner (6.94 60). He has a short, direct right-handed swing that’s able to cover the plate and sprays line drives to all fields, especially to the backside in this BP look. Defensively, Carriker has clean actions and controls his body well on the move with the ability to move around the infield. Yates has a stronger, more compact frame that holds lean muscle mass throughout. His swing worked on more of an uphill path to contact that produced elevated middle/away contact in both of his BP rounds. Yates also has the ability to move around the infield, and he can play the outfield as well, with a likely center field profile at the next level. 

+ Recently committed to John Wood CC, INF Jett Karrick (Porta, 2026) swings a fluid, flat left-handed barrel that’s only going to hit for more impact as he continues to fill out a lean, athletic frame. Karrick stayed back up the middle of the field in BP and consistently sprayed line drives that way. 

+ OF/LHP Max Leitschuh (Litchfield, 2026) and CIF Henry Brown (Chaminade, 2027) were two right-handed hitters that each showed notable bat strength in BP. Leitschuh posted an average exit velocity of 90.1 mph, peaking at 96.8 mph, while Brown’s hardest ball came off his bat at 96.1 mph, averaging 90.3 mph per batted ball. 

PITCHERS

+ One of the most interesting arms in attendance at this event was RHP Ethan Saathoff (Litchfield, 2026). The quarterback for his high school’s football team, Saathoff toes the rubber at a long, lanky 6-foot-3, 180-pounds with plenty of room to keep adding. He’s a simple, low-effort mover down the mound that will be able to repeat his delivery more consistently with added reps and strength. It’s a longer arm draw on the backside that finishes out of a fast, loose ¾ window, pumping his fastball at 84-86, touching 87 mph on his fastest bullet. His best secondary in this look was a 73-76 mph slider with depth that flashed sharp spin at times, and he also turned over a late fading CH at 79-80 mph (16.6” HM avg). Saathoff is one of the more intriguing uncommitted senior arms we’ve seen this summer and is a name college coaches in the area should circle. 

+ An uncommitted senior from Missouri, RHP Karsen Drummond (Francis Howell, 2026) turned in an excellent performance, striking out four in his inning of work. Built with strength on a compact 5-foot-11, 180-pound frame, Drummond pitched with confidence and attacked hitters with all three of his pitches. His fastball played in the zone often at 84-86, touching 87 mph, while averaging 16 inches of vertical break. He flashed sharp tilt on a 76-78 mph slider that has improved its shape and velocity since we last saw him, and he also showed a straight changeup to left-handed hitters at 79-81 mph. 

+ LHP Owen Stoffel (O’Fallon, 2026) led this event in max fastball velocity, running his heater up to 89 mph twice, while pitching at 84-88 mph. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound southpaw has one of the more unique heaters in the area; it’s a 4-foot-7 release height that matches with seven feet of extension on average. Off his fastball, Stoffel showed a tight, short wrinkle slider that played in the mid/upper-70s. He’s a high academic (35 ACT) uncommitted senior. 

+ RHP Logan Hickman (Alton, 2026) pitched at 85-87 mph with his fastball over an inning of work at this event. The long, lanky, and lean-limbed right-hander showed some of the day’s more advanced aptitude to spin the baseball; he spun two above-average breaking balls, including a bendier, more high-arching low-70s curveball (2695 RPM avg) and a tighter, sharper mid-70s slider (2758 RPM avg). 

+ RHP Liam Scaiefe (Freeburg, 2027) was excellent in his inning of work, punching out a pair and filling up the strike zone. Scaiefe toes the rubber with a strong, well-proportioned frame that has plenty of room to continue adding muscle mass. He repeats an in-line delivery well and his arm works clean from a loose ¾ slot. He relied mostly on a sharp slider with depth (-12.8” HM) at 73-75 mph in this look, landing it for strikes while also getting swing-and-miss in the zone. His fastball played clean out the hand at 83-85 mph (2400+ RPM) and he also showed a changeup at 77-78 mph. 

+ Another talented junior arm to follow from this event is RHP Carson Hardin (Seckman, 2027). At 6-foot-1, 180-pounds, Hardin holds lean strength throughout with strong, sloped shoulders that suggest he’ll continue to tack on more muscle mass as he continues to mature physically. His fastball played at 82-84, touching 85 mph (19” VB, 5” HB) from an over-the-top release, and he spun a 69-72 mph curveball with downer spin that came out of a similar release window as his fastball. 

 

+ An upside junior to know from this event is 6-foot-6, 200-pound RHP Landon Workman (Mt. Zion, 2027). Workman’s long levers and ¾ release can make for a tough look on hitters, and his fastball played at 83-85, touching 86 mph, in his inning on the hill. Off that, Workman flashed feel to land a 68-71 mph slider with depth at times for strikes. 

+ RHP Jonathon Caudle (O’Fallon, 2027) continues to perform well at our events – he had a strong showing at our Summer Games in June, and did so again in this look, punching out three straight in his inning of work. Caudle’s fastball played in the low-80s and he showed consistent strike feel for a short low-70s slider with depth. 

+ RHP Peyton Delgado (Mt. Zion, 2027) and RHP Spencer Lucas (Fort Zumwalt North, 2027) are two juniors with quick arms that attacked hitters with their fastballs in their inning on the hill and were also able to land their breaking ball for strikes.