Colton Small
LHP / 1B, OF · Class of 2028 · Forest Hills Eastern (MI) · Grand Rapids · 6'10" 211 · L/L · 16y 8mo · CBA Orioles Scout Team · UNCOMMITTED · PBR #174 natl (MI #1 LHP) · PG #391 (MI #1 LHP) · young for the class
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PBR Future Games (Class of 2028) · Emerson, GA · July 22, 2026 · TrackMan · a SIX-FOOT-TEN sixteen-year-old sinkerballing lefty
▶︎ Video: PBR scout video (8/7/26) · June look (6/17/26) · CBA Scout Day A (6/1/26) · CBA Scout Day B (6/1/26) · PG profile
91.0
FB Max ('26)
84.5–87.5
SI Sitting (FG)
6'10"
Frame @ 16y8m
−16.1"
Sinker Run
.193
oppAVG (PG)
Benchmarks — vs. typical 2028 showcase arm
Gray band = typical class range (approx.) · marker = Small · Future Games TrackMan (FB max from '26 logs)
FB Velo Max
91.0
SI Velo Sitting
84.5–87.5
SI Spin Max
2210
SI Ride (IVB)
12.4"
SL Spin Max
2258
Extension
6.1'
Read the shape, not the ride: this is a heavy low-spin sinker (2079 rpm, −16" of run) released from a 6.5' height — steep downhill AND east-west at once, from an angle nobody in a HS lineup has ever seen. The '25 look logged 7.5' of extension; the levers are still being organized.
Perfect Game — results at .193
PG #391 natl (MI #1 LHP) · 34 events · 90 in-game (7/6/26) · 16y 8mo — young for the class
Game stats — PG tournaments (DiamondKast, 31 G):
IPERAWHIPKBBHStrike %K%oppAVG
77.12.081.4790615356.225.7.193
%iles vs. 2028: WHIP 87th · ERA 81st · K/7 77th · BB/7 58th. Nobody squares him: .193 average against, zero home runs allowed in 77+ career innings, 66.9% whiff-per-swing — and that's a real workload for a kid this age. The flag is the walk rate (17.4%, 61 BB), which is also the least surprising flag in scouting: 6'10" sixteen-year-olds walk people until the body stops growing. The outs come off the barrel-missing sink either way.
Development — Aug '25 → Jul '26
East Coast Super Sophomore Games vs. Future Games · CBA Scout Day (5/24) between
MetricECSS 8/1/25Future GamesΔ
FB/SI sitting77.4–80.784.5–87.5+6.8
FB/SI max82.389.5 (90 PG 7/6 · 91 logged)+7.2 / 12 mo
CH fade—−16.2" @1775SI mirror
SL—73.8–77.0 T77.6firming
Body6'10" ~2056'10" 21130+ lbs to come
+7.2 mph in twelve months while still six months younger than most of the class. The math writes itself: a 6'10" lefty gaining seven a year who's already 89–91 doesn't need projection talk — he needs a stopwatch. Four-seam (82–84 at 14+ IVB) exists as a secondary look off the sinker.
Pitch Metrics — Future Games  ·  Movement (lefty — arm side left)
PitchRangeMaxSpinIVBHMNote
Sinker 84.5–87.589.5207912.4"−16.1"HEAVY SINKER
Changeup 76.6–81.781.717759.1"−16.2"SI MIRROR
Slider 73.8–77.077.62049−2.6"6.0"SHORT SWEEP
Four-seam 5/24 82.5–84.184.1204614.1"−13.7"CHANGE-OF-LOOK
12"RiseArmGloveSICHSL4S
Ext 6.1' · Release 6.5' at FG (7.5' ext logged in '25) · SI and CH sit on the same cell 7 mph apart — mirror pair off the tall slot · HM signs read lefty: minus = arm-side · steepest downhill plane on our shelf, by a lot
Sources: Prep Baseball Report profile (subscriber data) — Future Games TrackMan (7/22/26), CBA Scout Day (5/24/26), East Coast Super Sophomore Games (8/1/25) · Perfect Game profile — career game logs via DiamondKast (31 G / 77.1 IP), percentiles, 90 in-game (7/6/26) · Ranks: PBR #174 / MI #1 LHP (current), PG #391 (9/2) · Class benchmark bands are staff approximations · Prepared by UVA Pitching · 9/9/26