2028 Pitching Recruiting Board
Built from 2026 PBR Future Games TrackMan data (7/22–25, LakePoint) · Shooter Hunt's Impact 75 · PBR fastball leaderboards (aVAA / Carry / Sinker / Cutter scores) · cross-checked vs. PBR national (7/26 list) & PG top-500 (9/2 list) · all players uncommitted
UVA Recruiting
Pitching Board
Metrics key: aVAA +1.0 = notably flat plane · Carry +3.0 = real ride (top-quartile carry ≈ 1.4× whiff rate) · Sinker/Cutter scored 1–100 · Runway = PBR frame projection
TOP TARGETS — the headliners NATIONAL FIGHTS, GET IN EARLY
PlayerPBR / PGWhy
Kohen Poplin RHP · Venice, FL26 / 19Best P4P FB at the event: 95.1 avg, T96.3, flat (+1.50 aVAA) WITH carry (3.8) · CB 2936 max · SL 2900+ · event MVP
Greyson Bell LHP · Daniel Boone, PA2 / 789–92 with real cutter (85–86) + depth CB · ~7' extension · silkiest delivery at the event, young for class
Tommy Driver RHP · Ballston Spa, NY42 / 52Unicorn sinker: 91.8 avg with 18.9" run, 99 Sinker Score, at 6'5"/192 · true tunneling SL 79–82 · big runway
Landon Echelberry RHP · Oregon Clay, OH20 / 8491–94 with ride + run, four pitches, QB athlete
Ty Pohl LHP · North HS, IN59 / 31489–91 with 21.2" IVB — true carry lefty, whiffs in the zone · advanced CH (1200–1400 rpm)
Cooper Janke RHP · Cocoa Beach, FL76 / 626'6"/220, 91–93+ with near-7' extension, four-pitch starter look
Jack Postma RHP · Barrington, IL66 / 827.0' extension off 6'5" frame, riding 92.4, 100%-zone sweeper · full report on file
Riley Salvemini RHP · Woodland, CA61 / 8789.9 avg with 2582 spin AND 4.0 carry · power CH he kills spin on · sharp SL 2600+
REGIONAL PRIORITIES — VA + footprint CALL FIRST
PlayerPBR / PGWhy
Antonio Burke RHP · Highland School, VA— / 316*“Perhaps the biggest winner of any arm at the event” — 92.0 avg T94.3, +1.15 aVAA, 3.0 carry (P4P top-5) · report on file
Clayton Moore RHP · Greenbrier Christian, VA329 / ~500Impact 75 · sink/run FB T92.2 + spin-killed splitter · VA/DC #11 · report on file
Tyler Howard RHP · VA208 / —Impact 75 arm from the VA/DC pipeline
Jacob McCarter LHP · Cox Mill, NC— / 976'4" projection lefty, ¾ slot, three pitches for strikes · NC #5 · max runway frame
Jesse Covington RHP/SS · Wesleyan Christian, NC198 / 993.7 avg T95.0 with 3.3 carry · elite athlete, position-player-first but the arm is elite
*Burke was tied-#500 on PG's 7/20 list, #316 by 9/2 — climbing fast post-FG.
UNDER THE RADAR — flat + carry fastballs WHIFF PROFILE
Unranked or 200+ on both lists, but elite on PBR's ride measurements.
PlayerPBR / PGWhy
Kamden Johnston RHP · Lincoln-Way East, ILunrankedElite on BOTH ride boards: 21.8" IVB + +1.46 aVAA at 86.5 — PBR's own “sleeper worth circling”
Chase White RHP · South Central, NC207 / 428Made the P4P board anyway: 90.3 avg T92.7 with 5.1 carry at 5'11" · velo + shape now, in footprint
Kash Sissener RHP · Snow Canyon, UT— / 216#2 carry (6.0) · T91.8 · big velo ceiling + runway (28)
Keegan Crabtree RHP · Lincoln-Way East, ILunranked21.1" IVB, 2372 rpm at 6'1"/159 — runway 40, classic dev-program bet
Kingsley Archambault RHP · MNunranked+3.0 carry at 6'3"/158 · highest Runway score PBR gave any arm (49)
Kline Cummings LHP · Bolles, FLunrankedFlat-plane lefty, 4.6 carry, 6'2"/160
Lawson Moore LHP · Gatewood, GA247 / 281Single best Carry mark of the event (7.4 · 21.3" IVB) from the left side
Rory Funke LHP · Dexter Southfield, MA336 / 142+1.20 aVAA, 5.4 carry, 2343 rpm lefty in the Northeast
UNDER THE RADAR — bowling-ball sinkers BARREL MISSERS
PlayerPBR / PGWhy
Austin Webb RHP · Notre Dame Prep, AZunrankedPerfect 100 Sinker Score: −6.7 carry, 17.1" run, −6.8 VAA
Mark Douglas RHP · Cardinal Newman, CAunranked98 sinker score WITH 2353 rpm — sink without low spin = seam-shifted wake, genuinely unusual
Jack Plachta LHP · OL St. Mary's, MIunrankedLefty sinker-baller: 99 score, 18.2" run — LHP ground-ball guys are roster gold
Cameron Kirby RHP · Thornton Academy, MEunranked98 sinker score at 6'2"/156 — a Maine arm nobody is recruiting
UNDER THE RADAR — natural supinators / cutters ARSENAL BUILDERS
PBR's point: these hands grow whole arsenals — cutters, sweepers, and kill-spin changeups come naturally.
PlayerPBR / PGWhy
Bairon Exline RHP · Salem, OH— / 48590.7 avg T92.5, 99 Cutter Score, 2471 rpm — real velo with a rare supinated hand · Impact 75
Everest King RHP · Homeschool, SC382 / 23289.4 avg natural cutter, 2376 rpm · footprint-adjacent, almost certainly under-recruited
Corbin Kendrick RHP · Junius H. Rose, NC394 / 352T93.0 with cut action and LOW spin (1949) — outlier profile, in region
Christian Reis RHP · Palos Verdes, CAunrankedT91.6, 99 cutter score, 2401 rpm
UNDER THE RADAR — spin-dev bets ONE FIX AWAY
PlayerPBR / PGWhy
Evan Litschke LHP · Mount Paran, GAunranked2440 rpm from the left side not yet converting to ride — exactly what a pitching lab fixes
Asher Krimmel RHP · Lafayette, MO169 / —3000+ rpm slider at 76–80 with a cut fastball — “sure to trigger all analytics departments”
Trevor Alons RHP · Centennial, NM122 / 245SL maxed 3030 rpm at 81–82 with fastball intent · 90–92 now (2450)
Anderson Kaufmann RHP · Alton, IL77 / 404Low release + near-7' extension makes 88–90 play way up — the Driver-lite angle profile
PRIORITY CALLS
Locally: Burke · Moore · Howard  ·  Nationally: Driver · Pohl · McCarter · Salvemini  ·  Dev list (metrics most outrun rank): Johnston · White · Exline · Litschke — White & Kendrick are drive-able from Charlottesville.
Sources: PBR “Future Games: Impact 75 (Pitchers)” (7/29/26, Shooter Hunt) · “2026 Future Games: Best Fastballs of the Event” (8/1/26, Andy Sroka) · PBR player profiles · PBR national 2028 rankings (July '26) & PG 2028 top-500 (9/2/26) — post-FG “Future Games Fallout” update is paywalled, some “unranked” tags may have moved · One-page reports on file: Burke, Moore, Postma, Waddell · Prepared by UVA Pitching · 9/7/26