On Tuesday, June 30th ScoutConnect made the trip across the river to the SportsBarn West in Wentzville, MO, for our Missouri Summer Showcase. This event was open to all 2027-to-2029 grads that participated in a pro-style workout, collecting data measurables throughout to update their ‘Player Profiles’ and compete against their peers.

For all of the statistics from this event, click HERE. To learn more about ScoutConnect events and what we offer, click HERE. 

Now that the event’s behind us, our staff has compiled our notes from the day, highlighting several of the top prospects in attendance within this piece. Continue reading below to learn more about a handful of players, all of whom are uncommitted, that caught our eye at this year’s Missouri Summer Showcase. 

+ Tuesday’s event gave us our best look yet for 1B/LHP Ryan Whitworth (Duchesne, 2027). Whitworth showed a physical, loose, left-handed swing that produced consistent barrels in the air, and provided his highest exit velocity of 93.6 mph. He also recorded our highest average bat speed of the event at 73.8 mph. 

Ryan Whitworth

+ An intriguing backstop from our Missouri Summer Showcase was Camden Schumer (Fort Zumwalt West, 2027). Schumer showed a physical, right-handed bat with clear bat strength in on an uphill plane. His peak exit velocity of 93.8 mph was evidence of this along with his ability to reach the larger parts of the field at a peak distance of 323 feet. Schumer also showed the ability to stay on the barrel throughout his round with an average exit velocity of 88.2 mph, our highest of the event. Defensively, Schumer was able to get the ball out quick and in-line from behind the dish. 

Camden Schumer

+ MIF Jaxon Spillenkothen (Marquette, 2027) was another winner from this year’s Missouri Summer Showcase. With a lean and athletic frame, Spillenkothen began his day recording our lowest 60-yard time of the event at 6.64 seconds. In his batting practice rounds, he showed line drive feel while controlling a level, right-handed swing. On the infield, Spillenkothen displayed rhythm and timing in the lower half with clean actions up the middle. Being one of the top athletes we have seen this summer, Spillenkothen is an uncommitted ‘27 grad for coaches to keep an eye on as he continues to add strength. 

Jaxon Spillenkothen

+ RHP/QB1 Kolden Richards (Marquette, 2027) came away from this event as a highly intriguing uncommitted incoming senior arm from Missouri. At 6-foot-4, 190-pounds with long levers that stand plenty capable of continuing to add strength, Richards produced the day’s firmest fastball, peaking at 87 mph on his best bullet, while pitching in the low-to-mid-80s. His ability to get down the mound is noteworthy, averaging 6-foot-6 inches of extension on his fastball, and 6-foot-9 inches of extension on his changeup. While both secondaries are still developing, Richards flashed strike feel with both of them, and the raw qualities are there for the pitch shaping to improve down the road. He’ll quarterback the Mustangs football team this fall and will also be a key piece to Marquette’s pitching staff come the spring. 

Kolden Richards

+ Arguably the top prospect in attendance was one of the day’s youngest, as OF/MIF Jack Asinger (Herculaneum, 2029) really stood out to our staff in his event debut. The strong, athletic right-handed hitter backspun line drives back through the middle of the field from a simple, clean swing with balance through contact. His average exit velocity (82.35 mph) and max exit velocity (89.6 mph) being close to each other is an indicator of his feel for the barrel, and both of those numbers will improve as he gets older, and stronger as a result. Asinger ran a 7.28 60-yard dash, he will be a sub-7.00 runner soon, and worked clean through the baseball in the outfield, keeping his feet in rhythm and in line to his target. 

Jack Asinger

+ CIF Brant Henss (Breese Central, 2029) was another soon-to-be sophomore to know from this event, and has also shown well in previous in-game looks to our staff. Henss is a strong-bodied athlete with square shoulders and above-average physicality for his age. At his best in BP, he showed a strong, uphill right-handed swing that backspun to both gaps and has the potential to hit for above-average impact as he gets older. 

+ An uncommitted incoming senior with bat strength to know from last week’s event is OF Parker Runge (Timberland, 2027). Runge flashed feel to elevate gap-to-gap from a short, uphill swing, squaring his hardest ball up at 93.7 mph. He also ran a 7.14 60-yard dash and showed one of the cleaner, more true outfield arms on the day, accurately backspinning the baseball to home. 

Parker Runge

+ RHP/INF Easton Benz (Vianney, 2028) gave our staff one of his better looks to date. He started his day off with a 6.94 60-yard dash, his best number to date by a wide margin, and also had the highest average exit velocity (84.43 mph) of any of the three events he’s attended of ours, peaking at 90.7 mph. On the mound, he ran his fastball up to 82.1 mph, throwing both a 72-74 mph changeup and 66-68 mph curveball for strikes. 

+ RHP Brady McGuire (Eureka, 2027) was the only pitcher-only of the event and put together the day’s most polished bullpen. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound right-hander worked only out of the stretch, repeating an in-line delivery to pair with a long arm swing that finished from a true ¾ slot. His sinker (7.7 VB, 15.8 HB) sat in the low-80s, touching 84 mph, and was paired exceptionally well with a changeup that has real out-pitch potential. He threw it from a near identical release height, limiting lift (3.3 VB) and creating heavy horizontal action (16.8 HB) on the pitch. McGuire rounded out his arsenal with a slider in the low-70s that flashed some sweep at times. 

Brady McGuire