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Tournaments | Story | 7/4/2025

14u Elite Scout Notes: Day 1

Tyler Kotila

Madden Williams (2029, Northbrook, Ill.) has a compact and athletic frame and swings it well from the right side. Williams took some good hacks on Thursday and was able to show clean turns with fast hands and a quick bat. He has a clean stroke, with feel to turn through contact and rotate the torso well. He stays in sync and can impact it well, with good barrel accuracy. Williams added 3 hits on the day, including a triple. He showed a good feel for the barrel and swung it well for his Cangelosi Sparks squad.

Bryan Freeman (2029, Henderson, Nev.) has a projectable and lean 6-foot, 160-pound frame with room to keep filling out moving forward. He took to the mound in relief on Thursday and put together a good outing. He worked the upper-70s on the fastball and reached back to grab 83 mph on the pitch. He showed good feel to locate it with some plane and angle to it from a higher slot. He flipped a 12-6 shaped curveball in the mid- to upper-60s with good depth to it, showing developing shape. Freeman threw 1 and 1/3 innings of relief work, punching out 2 opposing hitters.

Reese Robinson (2029, Henderson, Nev.) is a compact frame and build, with a top-of-the-order toolset that has budding traits and room to keep improving throughout. Robinson swings it from the right side has a compact and simple stroke. He stays short and compact to contact and is able to control the barrel well. He takes the hands to it well and stays through the ball with tons of feel for the barrel. Robinson impacted well on Thursday and kicked off the event with a trio of hits for his Knights Elite roster.

Anthony Rodrigue (2029, St. Peters, Mo.) is an uber projectable 6-foot, 180-pound frame with tons of athleticism and present strength. He’s currently ranked the no. 1 player in Missouri and 93rd overall player in the 2029 class, and he showed why on Thursday, getting it done on both sides of the ball. He lifted one into the backside gap, sending it deep, carrying it to the deep part of the yard, coming all the way around to third for a triple. Rodrigue also got on the mound and bumped the upper-70s on the fastball, consistently filling the zone and throwing plenty of strikes. He flashed a 12-6 shaped curveball with good depth and developing traits. Rodrigue threw 6.0 innings, allowing 5 hits, walking 5, and striking out 4 opposing hitters along the way.

Toeing the slab against Rodrigue was Giovanni Rosales (2029, Woodridge, Ill.), who turned in a quality outing for his team. Rosales worked up to 77 mph on the fastball and was able to show feel to command it for strikes. He flashed a breaking ball with 11-5 shape and depth to it, showing good feel to snap it off when needed. Rosales threw 6.0 innings, allowing 6 hits, walking 3, and striking out 4 opposing hitters. Rosales has projectable traits on the mound during his outing.

Jackson Berra (2029, Wentzville, Mo.) put together a really good outing on the mound for his team on Thursday, toeing the slab and getting it done. He has a lengthy, lean, and projectable frame with good traits to like in it moving forward. Berra showed the fastball often, working up to 77 mph on the pitch, mixing in a sweeping breaking ball as well, with projectable shape and depth to it. Berra threw 7.0 innings, allowing 2 hits, walking 1, and striking out 6 opposing hitters in a shutout performance.

Channing Foster (2029, Lexington, Tenn.) has a lengthy 6-foot-2, 175-pound frame with good athleticism and a lean frame. Foster took to the mound on Thursday and was able to get it done for his team, showing a clean and repeatable delivery working down the slope. Foster worked up to 84 mph on the fastball, with a long and loose arm action, creating some whip through release. The fastball had some carry and occasionally flashed sinker traits. He also showed a mid-60s breaking ball showing 11-5 shape and depth to it, with developing traits. Foster threw 2.0 innings of no-hit ball, walking 2, and striking out 4 opposing hitters. He also got it done at the plate. Foster also tallied a hit at the plate, getting it done with a clean and athletic stroke in the batter’s box.

Harrison Metoyer (2029, Ridgely, Tenn.) has a lean, compact, and athletic frame with a projectable frame and build. Metoyer took to the mound in relief, working into the upper-70s/low-80s on the fastball. The pitch had some angle and plane to it, occasionally cutting it. He also had an upper-60s/low-70s breaking ball with more lateral sweeping shape and some tilt to it. Metoyer also belted a double at the plate, showing a feel for the turn and move through contact. He was able to connect with the barrel out in front and produce a line drive extra-base hit working pull side.

Ian Mora (2029, Evergreen Park, Ill.) has some athletic traits in his projectable frame, and he showed good traits on both sides of the ball. Mora swings it from the right side, with an athletic swing and compact stroke. He was able to toe-tap and work into contact, throwing the hands well, with good barrel accuracy. Mora managed 3 hits on the day, including a double, driving in 2 runs. Mora also worked the mid-70s on the fastball up to 76 mph, with some life and run to it. He showed a changeup in the mix as well, with some straight depth to it. Mora threw strikes and filled the zone, keeping the opposition hitless.

Ian Christopher (2028, Lake In The Hills, Ill.) has an uber-projectable 6-foot-2, 160-pound frame with good room to keep filling out the build moving forward. Christopher added two hits on the day, getting it done offensively. He was able to lift the leg and work into contact well. He creates some separation and has a loose stroke with some feel to throw the barrel head well and impact out in front. Christopher was able to drive the ball well, plating a couple of runs for his Hit Dogs team as well.

Ryan Smith (2029, Bartlet, Ill.) has a bigger and stronger 6-foot, 215-pound frame and build. He was able to control the barrel well and find ways to impact it well. Smith swings it from the right side, with a simple but loud move. He creates a ton of length through the zone and is able to impact it with good strength and jump off of the barrel. Smith produced loud results with a good path working through contact. He produced some loud results on Thursday and picked up 2 hits on the day, including a double. He also plated 4 runs.

Brady Shehorn (2029, Chicago, Ill.) toed the slab for the Chicago White Sox Ace squad on Thursday and put together a quality outing on the mound. He has a projectable 6-foot-3, 184-pound frame with good length throughout and some present athleticism. The frame projects well moving forward as he continues to fill out. He worked the mid- to upper-70s on the fastball, filling the zone well, with a clean and repeatable release. He flashed a low-60s breaking ball with a slurvy shape and developing traits to it. Shehorn threw 5.0 innings, allowing 3 hits, walking 4, and striking out 2 opposing hitters, with no earned runs.

Sutton Nelson (2029, Waupun, Wisc.) has an extremely lengthy and lean build, with a projectable frame that has budding athleticism. Nelson looked the part on both sides of the ball for his GRB Rays squad today. Nelson worked up to 83 mph on the fastball, with good whip to the arm. He flashed some life and run to the pitch. Some hand speed and whip working through the release. He flipped an upper-60s curveball with good depth and shape to it. Nelson also got it done at the plate, showing an athletic move. He had high hands with a good feel to deliver the barrel and impact it well. Nelson added a double.

Noah Thompson (2029, Naperville, Ill.) has an athletic and lean frame with good length throughout the build. Thompson swings it well from the right side, with a slightly spread base, lifting the leg and striding hard into contact. He gets the foot down on time and is able to take the hands to it, with some barrel whip. He was able to drive the ball with some strength to impact and show some jump off of it. Thompson added picked up 2 hits, including a double, driving in 2 runs for his Hit Dogs squad on Thursday.

Cal Newhouse (2029, Kirkland, Wash.) has a compact frame and build. He takes the hands to it well, with a clean and compact path. He’s able to control the barrel well and find ways to impact it. He has projectable bat-to-ball skills, and a budding toolset as a top-of-the-order type bat. Newhouse works forward into contact with the stride, throwing the hands to it quickly, being able to get the barrel on it and drive it. Newhouse added 3 hits on the day, getting it done near the top of the order for his team.

Rocco Bonato (2029, Saint John, Ind.) has a compact frame and build, with some budding strength present. Bonato swings it from the right side and he put together some good at-bats today for his Indiana Balls squad. Bonato stays short to the ball, getting on an uphill path, working through it. He was able to impact it well with a jump off of the barrel. He added 2 hits today, a double and a triple. He drove the ball well into the gap, working pull-side, and got it done at the plate.

- Tyler Kotila

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