On Tuesday, October 14th, ScoutConnect hosted its Fall Showcase – MO event at the SportsBarn East in Wentzville, MO. This event featured 20 players from Illinois & Missouri, representing the 2026-to-2029 high school grad classes, that participated in a pro-style workout orchestrated by our staff.

Along the process, participants received traditional data outputs, such as 60 times and positional throwing velocities. Additionally, those in attendance also received verified metrics through our TrackMan units and Blast Motion sensors, which help our staff quantify batted ball data, swing metrics, pitch data, and more.

All of that information lives on each individual’s ScoutConnect player profile, which is powered through the Boost app, and is accessible to all college coaches that subscribe to our platform.

For all of the statistics collected from this event, click HERE.

Today, with the event behind us, we’re taking a look at some of the top prospects from the day, all of whom are uncommitted. Continue reading below to learn more about a handful of names that caught our staff’s attention at this year’s Fall Showcase – MO event. 

SCOUT NOTES

+ The day’s top prospect was RHP Carter Shipman (Jackson, 2026), who’s a power-armed uncommitted senior to know from southeast Missouri. The strong, athletic right-hander ran his fastball up to 91 on his last bullet, averaging 89.6 mph on his fastball throughout, and he also showed a sinker that played at 86-88 mph (13.9” HM). Shipman also spun two different breaking balls; a bendy, more high-arching curveball at 73-75 mph, and a harder, tighter slider with more lateral shape at 76-79 mph. To round out his arsenal, Shipman turned over a straight changeup (1362 RPM, 5.7 VB/7.7 HB) at 77-79 mph that he was able to throw for strikes on the arm-side of the plate from the stretch.

+ RHP Jack Baker (Eureka, 2026) was another intriguing uncommitted senior arm in attendance at this event. Baker pumped his fastball at 86-87, touching 88 mph at peak, and complimented it with a short, hard slider at 80-81 mph (2602 RPM, -3.3 VB/-4.4 HB) that showed to be his best off-speed pitch. Baker also spun a 75-77 mph curveball (2564 RPM, -9.2 VB/-12.7 HB) and completed his arsenal with a firm 83-84 mph changeup (0.5 VB/14.1 HB). Baker’s intent and ability to spin the baseball standout, and the 5-foot-10, 170-pound right-hander is an uncommitted 2026 grad that should be on college coaches’ radars.

+ Still uncommitted, C Charlie Basta (Vianney, 2026) really looks the part at a long, projectable 6-foot-2, 185-pounds. The left-handed hitting backstop elevated gap-to-gap over both of his BP rounds, with his ability to work on the barrel to the backside gap being especially noteworthy. Basta’s hardest ball came off his bat at 95.8 mph, with his furthest traveling 353 feet as well. He also ran a 6.96 60 and was accurate around the bag in his catch/throw workout, popping a 2.01 on his quickest throw down.

A pair of two-ways that are still uncommitted are INF/RHP Eric Cooper (Mt. Pulaski, IL, 2026) and INF/RHP Landon Stirrett (Francis Howell North, 2026): 

+ Cooper, who’s in the middle of cross country season, was one of the day’s more intriguing athletes. He ran a 6.88 60-yard dash and made it look effortless with long, athletic strides that suggest he’ll only continue to get faster as he adds strength. He had some of the day’s highest average bat speed (72.3 mph) and hand speed (22.1 mph) while backspinning middle/pull in both of his BP rounds, recording a 93.7 mph max exit velocity. Cooper hopped on the mound afterwards and showed a simple, athletic delivery with a loose arm. His fastball played in the low-80s with late run and spun a hard, tight slider for strikes at 74-75 mph, while also showing strike feel for a 73-74 mph changeup. 

+ Stirrett’s athleticism was also noteworthy, as he too ran a 6.88 60-yard dash and was among the day’s leaders in average hand speed (22.7 mph). Stirrett’s barrel plays long through the hitting zone with some leverage at times out front, averaging 86.6 mph per batted ball with a 94 mph max exit velocity. He took the mound after his position player workout and was 81-82 mph with his fastball (18.1 VB/9.9 HB). Additionally, Stirrett landed both his curveball and slider, each of which played in the low-70s, for strikes, and he showed a kick-change at 74-76 mph. 

+ RHP Jaymeson Brown (North Point, 2026) is a long, lanky 6-foot-1, 155-pound uncommitted right-hander that carried his low-80s fastball (16.3 VB/5.3 HB) that should continue to climb from a velocity standpoint as he adds strength. Brown also showed a 65-67 mph curveball and a 70-72 mph splitter that flashed late depth/tumble in this bullpen. 

+ Two seniors that were in attendance who are both committed are OF Carter Singler (Francis Howell North, 2026), who committed to Moberly CC shortly after the event, and C Max Chancellor (North Point, 2026; Mineral Area). Singler comfortably ran the event’s fastest 60-yard dash (6.71) and showed easy hand strength in BP, elevating back through the middle of the field with a 94.5 mph max exit velocity. Chancellor is a left-handed hitting catcher that our staff has become plenty familiar with over the past few months. He swung a clean, uphill left-handed barrel that favored the pull-side in this look, producing elevated contact into the right-center field gap with a peak exit velocity of 91.7 mph. 

+ INF/OF Cole Tyson (Vianney, 2027) is a handsy left-handed hitting junior that elevated middle/pull across his two rounds of BP from a short, uphill swing. Tyson also showed well defensively, particularly on the infield, where he stayed in control on the move and showed a quick, clean glove-to-hand. 

+ INF Ollie Collier (North Point, 2027) has added notable strength over the past six months, filling out his frame further with added physicality throughout. He ran a 6.98 in the 60-yard dash and showed some of the day’s more advanced actions on the infield, playing in rhythm on the move with clean glove-to-hand. 

+ Two more juniors of note are 1B/LHP Ryan Whitworth (Duchesne, 2027) and RHP Elijah Doerr (Francis Howell, 2027). Whitworth flashed above-average raw strength from the left side of the plate in BP, reaching a peak exit velocity of 94.3 mph and averaging 73.4 mph of bat speed as well. Doerr was up to 81 mph with his fastball and flashed spin feel for a 68-70 mph curveball with depth. 

+ LHP/OF Tyler Mehrtens (Highland, 2028) made the trip over to Wentzville from Illinois and came away as one of the biggest takeaways from the entire event. The lean, wiry 5-foot-10, 145-pound southpaw showed an athletic, up-tempo delivery and a quick arm that worked from a high ¾ slot. His fastball played in the zone at 81-82, touching 83.1 mph on his last bullet. The separator for Mehrtens is his feel to spin a sharp, slurvy slider in the upper-60s (1.1 VB, 17.2 HB) that has the potential to be a real swing-and-miss pitch with added velocity. He also showed a 74-75 mph changeup with gradual arm-side run for strikes, rounding out a three-pitch mix with plenty of potential. Mehrtens also showed well at the plate, leading the event in both average bat speed (73.6 mph) and average hand speed (22.9). He swung a short, quick left-handed barrel that worked primarily to the pull-side, squaring his hardest ball up at 93.8 mph, and sending his furthest batted ball 340 feet, per TrackMan.

+RHP/INF Easton Benz (Vianney, 2028) put together one of the more impressive bullpens of the day. At 5-foot-9, 145-pounds with plenty of room for continued physical maturity, Benz is an athletic mover down the mound and his arm works on a short, clean path. He pounded the zone with his fastball at 82-83 mph, though it’s easy to project a rather quick climb in velocity with a productive off-season in the weight room. Benz flashed strike feel on a tight slider at 69-71 mph (-2.3 VB/-7.5 HB), and his ability to spot a fading changeup with depth to the arm-side at 74-76 mph stood out as well. At the plate, Benz worked line drives through the middle of the field from a short, level right-handed swing that was on the barrel and should hit for consistent impact as he continues to get more physical. All in all, the talented two-way from Vianney is a name-to-know in Missouri’s sophomore class.

+ Another sophomore that had an impressive showing on both sides of the ball was RHP/INF Jacob Hornburg (DeSmet, 2028). Hornburg’s ability to backspin his four-seam fastball is an outlier for his age, carrying clean out the hand at 80-81 mph (15.1 VB, 2.9 HB) with plenty of room to continue trending upward. He showed above-average feel for a 71-73 mph changeup with fade/depth and threw both of his breaking balls in the upper-60s; his curveball had a slightly larger movement profile than his slider, but the shape of the two pitches blended together for a majority of his bullpen. Offensively, Hornburg elevated middle/pull from a long, leveraged right-handed swing that produced the highest average batted distance of the day (276 feet) and has a chance to really impact the baseball as he continues to get more physical. 

+ Easy to project the power potential at the plate with C/RHP Hudson Wesley (Civic Memorial, IL, 2028), who’s a physically advanced sophomore that was in attendance at this event. Wesley showed easy hand strength and an impact right-handed barrel, consistently elevating middle/pull with a chance to be a middle-of-the-order type bat as he continues to get more physical. Wesley showed well behind the plate, popping a 2.03 on his quickest throw down to the bag with 75 mph arm strength to pair. On the mound, Wesley is a clean mover downhill that was in the zone with his four-pitch mix, starting with a fastball that played at 80-81 mph. He showed above-average spin feel for both his curveball (2548 RPM) and slider (2321 RPM) that played in the upper-60s, and also turned over a changeup at 73-75 mph. 

+ One name to keep an eye out for coming out of the off-season is OF/RHP Donavan Douglas (Fort Zumwalt West, 2028). Douglas has room for all sorts of physical projection on a 6-foot, 140-pound frame with long, lean levers. Five of his 10 batted balls in BP came off his bat at 88+ mph, including a 91.4 mph high, and those outputs could greatly rise as he continues to add strength. He led all outfielders in peak throwing velocity, topping at 86 mph with a long, loose arm swing that played true out the hand. Douglas jumped on the mound afterwards and showed plenty of intrigue, pumping a low-80s sinker with hard, late run (7.4 VB, 19.3 HB) and complimenting it with a sharp, sweeping slider at 69-71 mph (-10.6 VB, -15.1 HB). 

+ INF Charlie Summers (Lindbergh, 2028) had the highest average exit velocity (88.8 mph) of the event, squaring his hardest ball up at 92.5 mph with a peak batted distance of 331 feet. Summers did not get cheated throughout both of his rounds, swinging a strong left-handed barrel that worked short and on top of the baseball to create consistent line drives back through the middle of the field. 

+ Two other sophomores of note are OF Evan Smith (Webster Groves, 2028) and C/RHP Trey Tampow (Freeburg, 2028). Smith is a long, lanky athlete that favored the pull-side in BP with a peak exit velocity of 91.2 mph. Tampow swung a short, direct right-handed barrel that worked on top of the baseball and stayed through the middle of the field. He showed well from a catch/throw standpoint in his defensive workout too, working around the bag with a 2.03 top pop time.