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Tournaments  | Story | 7/6/2025

14u Elite Scout Notes: Day 3

14u Elite Scout Notes: Day 1 | Day 2 

Brendan O'Toole (2028, Waltham, Mass.) has a lengthy 6-foot-2, 155-pound frame and build. He has long levers with good length throughout. O’Toole has a quick leg lift up around the letters, working with a longer and looser arm action coming through the three-quarters release. The fastball worked 80-82 mph with some angle and run to it. He has a bigger curveball in the mix with good depth to it, working the low-60s. O’Toole threw 5.0 innings of no-hit ball, where he allowed just 1 walk, and struck out 5 opposing hitters. He threw 72% strikes on the day. O’Toole also has a few hits on the weekend, boasting a .333 batting average. He’s been one of the reasons that Boston Prime 14u Navy has made a push into bracket play.

Layne James (2029, Eloy, Ariz.) has a bigger and physical 6-foot-2, 220-pound frame and build. James got it done on both sides of the ball this weekend for his Knights Elite Black National. James toed the slab on Saturday, with a bigger and physical frame on display. He lifts the leg and moves downhill, with a whippy arm action working from a higher slot. The pitch was up to 80 mph, holding the upper-70s. The pitch had a good angle to it. He also flashed a mid-60s breaking ball with more slurvy shape to it, in the mix as well. James got it done at the plate, adding a couple of hits early on this weekend, hitting .300 for his team. He has traits to like on both sides of the ball.



Austin Brewer (2029, Browns Summit, N.C.) has a taller and lean frame, with a wiry build, and good projection that remains throughout the build. He works from the wind-up, with a clean leg lift and move, working down the slope. He gets some extension and push, creating a longer and looser arm swing working through the back. He generates a lot of whip and arm speed working through release. The fastball worked the upper-70s, filling the zone well. He also flashed an upper-60s breaking ball with developing shape and depth. Brewer threw 6 and â…“ innings, allowing 3 hits, walking 4, and striking out 4 opposing hitters. He also has a double, with a 2-for-3 line at the plate. Brewer’s actions project well on the mound.

JP Branyon (2029, Landrum, S.C.) is a physical and strong 6-foot-1, 210-pound frame. He has some projection left, as he continues to refine the build moving forward. The right-handed pitcher came on in relief for Brewer, working 73-78 mph on the fastball, for a 7-pitch save. He punched out one opposing hitter and recorded 2 total outs to help lock up the win. He has also swung it well, handling the barrel well with good strength. He impacts it and can do damage at the plate. He’s hit .429 so far with 2 doubles and 2 RBI to his credit.

Grant Spackey (2029, North Barrington, Ill.) has a lean and athletic frame, with some length throughout, and some room to keep filling out moving forward. He swings it from the right side of the plate with a clean and controlled operation. He stays balanced well, with a feel to impact it and throw the barrel head through it. Spackey was able to impact it with feel to throw the barrel head. He has hit well this weekend, hitting .375, with a double and 4 RBI to his credit. Spackey has good bat-to-ball actions, with projectable traits in the batter’s box.

Ashton Moore (2029, Inman, S.C.) swings it well, with a left-handed stroke that showed really well this weekend for Wow Factor Carolina Scout 14u. Moore is a 5-foot-11, 170-pound frame with a good, projectable build that projects really well moving forward. Moore has a spread base, with a smooth and simple leg lift working through it. He gets the front foot down and is able to turn well through contact. He whips the hands through the zone with tons of feel to impact the baseball and do damage in the air. Moore has a shorter and quicker path. He has hit .429 this weekend, with a triple and 3 RBI.

Cade Meyer (2029, Henderson, Nev.) has an athletic frame with a medium build. He shows some present strength and is able to do damage at the plate. Meyer projects well moving forward. He has shown good traits in the box, with a wider base and higher-set hands. He lifts the leg, with a quick path and good hand speed, working through it. He drove the ball well, impacting it with some strength and barrel accuracy. He has been 5-for-11, with a triple and 3 RBI to his credit. He worked at-bats well and churned out quality swings for Knights Elite Black National.

Austin Bihun (2029, Huntley, Ill.) has a compact frame and wiry build. He swung it from the left side and was all over the barrel on Saturday. He did damage time and time again, finding ways to drive the ball well, to all fields. He has a shorter and simpler move to contact, with direct hands, and good bat-to-ball skills. Bihun clubbed 3 hits on Saturday, including a double, with 2 RBI to his credit as well. He churned out good at-bats for his GRB Rays Illinois Shower squad.

Mason Koth (2029, Algonquin, Ill.) is a massively physical 6-foot, 165-pound frame, with tons of room to keep growing and refining the frame moving forward. There’s plenty of upside here with Koth, and he showed a lot of the upside at the plate on Saturday. The right-handed bat was able to show serious feel to leverage the baseball, with loud impact after loud impact. He lifts the leg with a good move, working forward into contact. He throws the barrel head with a direct path and a ton of feel to impact it. He creates length through the zone and can produce some jump off the barrel. Koth was 5-for-6, with a double, triple, and 4 RBI to his credit as well.

Iggy Robinson (2028, Milton, Mass.) has a massive 6-foot-3, 190-pound frame, with lengthy levers, and a medium build. He has projection remaining with room to keep filling out moving forward. He swung the bat from the left side with a spread base and high hands. He lifts the leg and creates some separation with some coil to the hands. He turns hard with a good feel to deliver the barrel to the contact point, creating some loud impacts. He uses the strength in the frame well and can produce some hard-hit balls. Robinson has hit 6-for-9, with a double, a triple, and 5 RBI to his credit. He has 3 walks and just one punchout, being one of the more exciting bats in the Boston Prime 14u Navy squad.

Hayden McFadden (2029, Stoneham, Mass.) has a stronger and physical 6-foot-1, 200-pound build. There’s plenty of present strength, and he uses that strength at the plate to impact well. He can create leverage, and he produced some hard-hit balls. McFadden loads up on the backside and creates some separation with hard turns and a good feel to rotate through the swing. He throws the barrel head well and creates length through the zone. McFadden has hit .375 with a triple to his credit for Boston Prime 14u Navy.

Eli Henley (2029, Geneva, Ill.) has a compact frame and wiry build. There’s room to keep filling out the frame moving forward. Henley had a great day at the dish on Saturday, finding ways to work on the barrel and do damage at the plate. He is 3-for-7 on the weekend and tallied 3 hits in today’s doubleheader. He loads deep with his hands and shows some hand speed to get to the contact point. He has good bat-to-ball skills and drives the ball well. He had a double and a couple of singles in today’s game for his Canes Illinois squad.

Nolan Maranell (2029, Wheaton, Ill.) has a medium frame and a stronger build. There’s present strength in the frame, and it shows on both sides of the ball. Maranell also worked into the mid-70s on his fastball, and showed some arm-side life and run to it. He flipped an 11-5 shaped curveball that worked into the mid-60s, as well. He threw 5.0 innings, allowing 2 hits, walking 7, and striking out 4 opposing hitters on the day. Maranell also posted a 2-hit day at the dish, adding a double. He showed good feel to impact the ball and produced good strength at the point of contact.

Paris Head (2029, Chicago, Ill.) has taken some really mature at-bats this weekend, and he did so again on Saturday. He has a really projectable 5-foot-10, 160-pound frame that oozes athleticism. He has a really clean right-handed swing with good feel to impact the baseball, turning well through contact and producing hard-hit balls to all fields. He stays shorter and direct to contact and can impact it well. He has hit 3-for-6 on the weekend but also has notably drawn 5 walks, working counts, and looking for pitches to hit. The PG Select Festival alum has been a bright spot in the Chicago White Sox Ace lineup.

Aarion Gould (2029, Chicago, Ill.) has a 5-foot–7, 160-pound frame with a compact build and present strength that shows. Gould toed the slab on Saturday, where he worked up to 81 mph on the fastball and held the upper-70s on the pitch. The fastball had some life and occasional sink to it. He also flashed an upper-60s breaking ball with good 11-5 shape and depth to it. The pitch has some snap and bite, and he could land it for strikes. He threw 6.0 innings, allowing 4 hits, walking 4, and striking out 6 opposing hitters along the way. Gould has also picked up a couple of hits at the plate, showing some feel for the barrel and ability to drive the baseball well.

Channing Foster (2029, Lexington, Tenn.) has an uber athletic 6-foot-2, 175-pound frame and build. It projects well, and he has room to keep filling out the frame moving forward. Foster toed the slab on Saturday, working into the low-80s on the fastball, with good arm-side life and some burst out of the hand. He had a longer and looser arm action with good whip working through it. He had an upper-60s breaking ball with an 11-5 shape and depth to it, flashing good depth and bite to it. Foster threw 5.0 innings, allowing 4 hits, walking 2, and striking out 6 opposing hitters — holding the opposition scoreless. Foster swung it from the right side, with a spread base and high-set hands. He threw the barrel head well and was able to impact it well. He hit .429 with 2 triples, and 5 RBI to his credit.

Ryan Smith (2029, Bartlett, Ill.) has a strong 6-foot, 215-pound frame and build. He projects well as he continues to refine the build and add in more strength. Smith swings it from the right side. He was able to impact it off the barrel with good whip through the zone. He takes a shorter path to contact and is able to get on the barrel out in front. He generates good bat speed and produces some impressive results. Smith has a 7-for-14 line at the dish, with a double and 5 RBI to his credit. He’s done damage a ton this weekend for his Windy City Hit Dogs squad.

Madden Williams (2029, Northbrook, Ill.) is another bat who has consistently found barrels this weekend. He has a compact 5-foot-8 frame with a wiry build. He has some present athleticism and twitch that shows. Williams has great bat-to-ball skills and currently shows the traits of a top-of-the-order bat, with room to keep improving. Williams has a compact stroke, with a shorter path to contact. He works directly to it and has the hand and bat speed to do serious damage. He has a feel to match planes and has done damage at the plate. He is 9-for-14 on the weekend, with 2 doubles, 2 triples, and 2 RBI to his credit.

Ian Christopher (2028, Lake In The Hills, Ill.) has a 6-foot-2, 160-pound frame, with good length throughout the build. He had room to keep filling out moving forward, with projection that remains. Christopher has done damage this weekend, impacting well at the plate. He has a bigger leg lift and stride into contact. He has managed a .364 average on the weekend, with a double, a triple, and 4 RBI to his credit. He has 3 walks and just one punchout as well.

Mason Leiterman (2029, Bartlett, Ill.) has an athletic and compact 5-foot-9, 145-pound frame. He has a projection that remains. Leiterman took a couple of good swings on the day, punching out 2 doubles in Saturday’s contest. He showed a feel to match planes, with good barrel accuracy. He was able to drive the ball out in front and do damage, especially working pull-side. He drove in 4 runs and was able to put some good swings on the ball.


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MLK East Scout Notes Recap

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March 10 Perfect Game/Player of the Week:  Lorenzo Carrier, OF, Pitt  The Pitt Panthers (12-2) are off to one of the best starts in recent program history and their offense has performed as one of the best in the country.  For the season, they are averaging almost 12-runs per game and on their recent trip to the West Coast, Lorenzo Carrier went on the kind of hot streak that is hard to comprehend.  The 6-5/215 senior from Bear, DE was a one-man wrecking crew in their 4-wins last week, starting with the fact that he reached base safely in 17 of his 19 trips to the plate.  He collected 13 hits in 14 official at-bats, scoring 10 runs, with 4 walks, 2 triples, 4 home runs and he drove in an insane 19-runs.  Carrier has refined his approach, simplified his bat path and is creating massive power that has him putting up career numbers.  For the season, he is...
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College Top 25: March 9

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Debut: Contreras YouTube Feature

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    667 Progress Way | Sanford, FL 32771 | 319-298-2923 www.perfectgame.org | facebook.com/perfectgameusa | @PerfectGameUSA     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   PERFECT GAME DEBUTS NEW YOUTUBE FEATURE FOLLOWING JOSEPH CONTRERAS ON HISTORIC DAY BEFORE WBC   Behind-the-scenes access captures the youngest player in the World Baseball Classic preparing for the global stage   Sanford, Florida (Friday, March 6, 2026) - Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, today announced the debut of a new original YouTube feature spotlighting right-handed pitcher Joseph Contreras, as PG cameras followed him throughout the day of his final high school start before departing to join Team Brazil in the World Baseball Classic.   The feature provides exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to one...
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Perfect Game Softball March Madness

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High School Notebook: March 5

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Full BP & pregame I/O from ‘26 SS Keon Johnson. Whippy hands and lifted to the middle of the field throughout the rounds, athletic mover on the dirt & enough arm strength to stick on the left side. #4 in @PG_Georgia & #50 on the @PG_Draft Board. #PGHS @FPDVikingSports https://t.co/vYvReQKTVh pic.twitter.com/BksHJtA09X — Cam McElwaney (@CamMcElwaneyPG) February 20, 2026 Keon Johnson, SS, First Presbyterian Day Johnson has long been near the top of the 2026 rankings and it all culminated in being a PG All-American last August. He heads into the spring as one of the names to know in the upcoming MLB Draft and is drawing crowds to his high school in Macon. It’s a well-built 6-foot-2, 200-pound frame with good actions up the middle. The defensive acumen has continued to improve over the last few years and now looks comfortable at shortstop and even projects there...
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DII/DIII/NAIA Rankings Update: March 4

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Juco | Rankings | 3/4/2026

JUCO Top 25: March 4

Troy Sutherland
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High School Top 50 Update: March 3

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Press Release | Press Release | 3/3/2026

PG & RaceTrac Expand Partnership

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  667 Progress Way | Sanford, FL 32771 | 319-298-2923 www.perfectgame.org | facebook.com/perfectgameusa | @PerfectGameUSA     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   PERFECT GAME AND RACETRAC ANNOUNCE EXPANDED PARTNERSHIP   Sanford, Florida (Tuesday, March 3, 2026) - Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, today announced an expanded partnership with RaceTrac, naming the convenience store brand the Official Convenience Store of Perfect Game in Georgia and Florida. The enhanced relationship significantly broadens RaceTrac’s presence across Perfect Game’s premier tournament venues and digital platforms, deepening its engagement with players, families, coaches and fans throughout two of the most active youth baseball markets in the country.   As part of the expanded agreement, RaceTrac will launch a robust...
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