With 10 weeks of college baseball in the books, we’ve covered a lot of ground from a data standpont.

More than 45 freshmen have been featured in this space with only a couple names getting multiple weeks of shine in the Freshman Five. We’ve tracked several players like West Virginia’s Gavin Kelly, Arizona State’s Landon Hairston and Ohio State’s Henry Kaczmar holding serve among the NCAA season-long barrel leaders while also covering many of the hardest throwers and nastiest pitchers in college baseball.

With a little over a month left in the season, here are even more new names with intriguing data after an exciting week of college baseball action.

As always, our focus goes beyond the box score and examines the underlying performances of hitters and pitchers using advanced Statcast data. Baseball America subscribers can read my takeaways from Week 10 of the 2026 college baseball season below.

Weekly Offensive Barrel Leaders

PLAYERSCHOOLPADRAFT YEAR95+ MPH100+ MPHBARRELSCade CorcoranSam Houston State242027 (So.)1389Sean SmithWest Virginia18Grad878Tristan BissettaOle Miss202026 (Sr.)1088Jacob DoyleNevada20202612108Michael ElkoRichmond242026 (Sr.)958Gavin DegnanPennsylvania1920261178Steven MilamLouisiana State172026917Kaden CarpenterUtah Valley242026 (Sr.)1057Ashton KampaIllinois-Chicago202026877Drew GregoNebraska182028857Jay SecretarskiPennsylvania212027 (So.)1037Carter GeffreIowa162027 (R-So.)977

It was an impressive display by Sam Houston freshman first baseman Cade Corcoran (more on him below) this week, as he set the Division I pace with nine barrels and 13 hard-hit balls in play. It resulted in an 8-for-22 performance with four doubles, three home runs, seven runs, seven RBIs and just two strikeouts. 

Despite everything going to hell in Baton Rouge, LSU’s Steven Milam had a nice week, going 7-for-17 with a pair of home runs and two doubles. His exit data is perfectly exemplified here: nine hard-hit balls and seven barrels but just one batted-ball event at 100-plus mph. Milam makes a lot of hard contact at good angles, but he lacks high-end power, similar to Kane Kepley, who went 56th overall to the Cubs in last year’s draft.

Standing at 6-foot-7, Nevada outfielder Jacob Doyle showed impressive raw power this week by clubbing a dozen hard-hit balls, 10 of which were clocked in the triple digits. Doyle went 7-for-18 with two doubles, three home runs and seven RBIs. On the season, he is hitting .313/.421/.679 with 13 home runs. His swing-and-miss is concerning, but he pairs strong swing decisions (68.1% zone swing and 15.9% chase) with plus power (107.2 mph 90th percentile EV) and solid launch-angle data. 

It was a good week for the seniors and super seniors on the list, as Sean Smith of West Virginia, Tristan Bissetta of Ole Miss and Michael Elko of Richmond each racked up eight barrels. Bissetta really impressed with five balls in play at 108 mph or higher and a max exit velocity of 113.3 mph on a home run against Southern Miss. 

Illinois-Chicago first baseman Ashton Kampa is an interesting sleeper. He had a great week, catching seven barrels on eight hard-hit balls in play. Kampa is hitting .343/.414/.636 with seven home runs on the season with 11 strikeouts in 116 plate appearances. 

Full-Season Offensive Barrel Leaders

PLAYERSCHOOLPABARRELGavin KellyWest Virginia17047Gavin GallaherNorth Carolina20341Brodie JohnstonVanderbilt19641Henry KaczmarOhio State18041Javier GorostolaFlorida Gulf Coast18140Diego CardenasAbilene Christian18239Camden KozealArkansas18939Blake PrimroseSaint Joseph’s17638Landon HairstonArizona State20137Ace ReeseMississippi State18137Andrew DetlefsenUTSA19237Jake SchaffnerNorth Carolina20037

Week after week, Gavin Kelly continues to pace D-I in total barrels despite having the fewest plate appearances among national leaders. However, the field managed to gain a little on him this past week, as the 6-foot sophomore utility player found just one barrel. Gavin Gallaher remains in second behind Kelly, but he’s now joined by Vanderbilt star Brodie Johnston and the aforementioned Ohio State slugger Henry Kaczmar.

Landon Hairston has MLB scouts buzzing for 2027, but he had a fairly quiet week by his lofty standards, as he went 5-for-16 and didn’t catch a single barrel.

Blake Primrose of Saint Joseph’s is another interesting sleeper for 2027. He’s had a great season, hitting .354/.455/.778 with 15 home runs and a whopping 38 barrels on the season. 

Weekly Pitching Whiff Leaders

PLAYERSCHOOLTHROWDRAFT
CLASSWHIFFSJosh NewellLindenwoodR2026 (Sr.)26Ryan PiechXavierR202626Sam StockmanSt. Thomas (Minn.)L2026 (So.)26Casey EuperPepperdineL202726Mason EdwardsUSCL202625Steven CashJacksonville StateL2026 (Sr.)24Dylan VolantisTexasL202724Carson CormierIllinois StateR2026 (R-So.)24Dominic VoegeleKansasR202623David RossowCampbellR2026 (R-Sr.)23Sergio LopezUT Rio Grande ValleyRGrad23Smith BaileyArizonaR202723Jase PhillipsSIU EdwardsvilleR202623Lincoln SheffieldKansas StateL2026 (Sr.)22Trey NewmannPortlandR202622Gavin PerryWestern KentuckyRGrad22

Lindenwood senior Josh Newell tossed seven innings against Morehead State, generating 26 whiffs. Newell sits 90 mph on his well-below-average fastball, but he mixes a good changeup with excellent vertical separation off his fastball. The result was 16 whiffs against the pitch. Newell isn’t much of a pro prospect, but it was a notable performance. 

Ryan Piech of Xavier is an intriguing pro prospect who ranks 209th in our current Top 300 draft board. This past week, he leaned on his slider, fastball and changeup for 26 whiffs in his start against Seton Hall. Piech sits 91-93 mph with plus ride on his fastball, while his slider is a mid-80s cutter-slider hybrid. 

Smith Bailey has been a name to know for next year’s class, and he slots in at No. 52 in our 2027 college draft rankings. Bailey works with a low-launch four-seam fastball that sits at 93-94 mph and touches 96 at peak. He pairs it with a slider at 83-85 mph showing higher spin rates and short slider shape. He also shows a high-spin downer curveball and a mid-80s changeup with good vertical separation off his fastball. It’s a nice pitch mix that could end up with four average-or-better pitches as a pro. Bailey generated 11 whiffs this week against his fastball and four apiece against each of his secondaries. 

Junior righthander Dominic Voegele from Kansas went seven innings against Oklahoma State on Saturday, allowing three runs on three hits and three walks while striking out 15. Voegele generated 23 whiffs with the help of his mid-90s fastball that shows good ride and run from a 5-foot-8 release height. He also mixes in a sinker, sweeper, two-plane curveball and a changeup that’s rarely thrown. It’s an interesting mix and one that will get him drafted in 2026.  

Hardest Throwers Of The Week

PLAYERSCHOOLTHROWSDRAFT
CLASSMAX
VELOCole CarlonArizona StateL2026100.7Cal RandallUCLAR2026100.7Justin ShadekGeorgia TechR2026 (R-So.)100.2Chris LevonasWake ForestR202799.5Gavin KingMiddle Tennessee StateR2026 (So.)99.2Dax WhitneyOregon StateR202799.1Logan EisenreichVirginia TechR202799.1Zach EdwardsOregon StateR202699Thomas BurnsTexasR202699Cameron JohnsonOklahomaL202698.8

Each week, it seems like Arizona State’s Cole Carlon makes a stronger and stronger case for being a top 20 pick in the draft. This past week, it wasn’t Carlon’s breaking ball that garnered the headlines, but rather his fastball, as he hit a new max of 100.7 mph. It was the hardest pitch thrown in Division I for the week. 

Every week or so, a new name pops up among the fastball velocity leaders. This time, it’s draft-eligible sophomore Gavin King of Middle Tennessee State. He nearly hit triple digits on his upper-90s fastball with ride, and he mixes it with a hard low-90s cutter, a slurvy slider in the mid-80s and a changeup. His numbers this season have been bad, but it is swing-and-miss stuff. 

The 2027 draft is loaded with exciting pitching. Two of the best are Dax Whitney and Chris Levonas, who not only generate outs, but do it with exceptional power that tracks well for future pro success. Virginia Tech’s Logan Eisenreich also shows up on this list weekly, but he has really struggled to get outs. 

Freshman Five

Drew Grego, OF, Nebraska

Grego had a huge week, going 8-for-18 with three home runs, two doubles, six runs and 12 RBIs. He was also among the minor league leaders in barrels with seven. The freshman outfielder is hitting .318/.393/.598 with seven home runs across 31 games and is making a case to be added to the next 2028 draft board update.  

Cade Corcoran, 1B, Sam Houston

As mentioned above, the 6-foot-4 first baseman led all of Division I in barrels in Week 10. A 2027 draft-eligible sophomore, Corcoran is hitting .278/.397/.431 with five home runs over 40 games this season. Corcoran has shown good exit velocity data, launch angles and patient swing decisions as a first-year player. 

Marcelo Harsch, RHP, Wake Forest

Evan Jones isn’t the only interesting freshman on the Demon Deacons’ staff. Standing 6-foot-5 out of Montclair, N.J., Harsch has pitched to a 4.79 ERA over 12 appearances. He’s shown swing-and-miss stuff, striking out 34 batters across 20.2 innings. He sits 96-97 mph, touching 99 on his four-seam fastball and mixing in a sinker in the same velocity band. His primary secondary pitch is a mid-80 curveball with deathball shape that misses lots of bats. He’s shown a cutter and a more traditional slider, as well. Harsch is draft-eligible in 2028 and ranks eighth in our current 2028 college draft rankings. 

Cord Rager, LHP, Oklahoma

It was an outstanding week for Rager, who went five scoreless innings against Missouri on Sunday. He sat 92-94 mph, touching 95 at peak with heavy ride-cut shape on his fastball and over seven feet of extension. He mixed a trio of secondaries in an upper-80s cutter, low-80s sweeper and a mid-80 changeup. Rager is a name to know for 2028, and one that’s moving up the board. 

Carlos Lugo, OF, Campbell

The Camels’ freshman outfielder has quietly had a very nice season in 2026, hitting .343/.440/.462 across 37 games. Lugo had a strong showing this past week, as he went 8-for-16 with two home runs, seven RBIs and five barrels. In addition to the counting stats, he has also posted strong exit velocity data (103.8 mph 90th percentile EV) and elite contact rates (94.7% z-contact). Mark him down as another intriguing name to watch for 2028.