The sun shined brightly on the some of the top amateur talent in their respective areas when the New Balance Baseball Future Stars Series hosted regional combines in Phoenix, Arizona and Dallas, Texas this past weekend.
The first stop came Saturday at Arcadia High School, where some of the top players in Arizona descended onto the facility to try to make their name and earn invitations to the upcoming jewel events this summer.
The following players were the respective leaders in athletic testing, as conducted by the great Future Stars Series staff in attendance, and as first seen on the @ftrstarsseries Twitter account:
Top 60yd and Pro Agility times from our @NB_Baseball @P15Sports @ftrstarsseries Arizona Combine. #𝚆𝚎𝙶𝚘𝚝𝙽𝚘𝚠 pic.twitter.com/lphDhyPZp8
— New Balance 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 (@ftrstarsseries) January 24, 2022
There were numerous standouts at the event, many of whom have already had their video shared on the numerous FSS social media platforms by Chase Denton, who was on hand at both events to make sure players got posted.
Arizona 2022 infielder Dante Turgeon (@DanteT_2022) looking polished defensively while showing some major power potential at our @NB_Baseball @P15Sports @ftrstarsseries Arizona Combine. @ASU_Baseball commit pic.twitter.com/iPYR5xvPdy
— Future Stars Series Southwest (@fss_southwest) January 22, 2022
Arizona 2024 OF/RHP Trey Markham (@treym_28) put on a show today launching consistent rockets to the fence and looked solid defensively while running his 60yd in 6.93 during our @NB_Baseball @P15Sports @ftrstarsseries Arizona Combine. #UNCOMMITTED pic.twitter.com/JHgQRphUHj
— Future Stars Series Southwest (@fss_southwest) January 23, 2022
Arizona 2024 OF/RHP Shea Braaten (@SheaBraaten) impressed heavily running his 60yd in 6.94 and barreled hard liners showing bat-speed at our @NB_Baseball @P15Sports @ftrstarsseries Arizona Combine. #UNCOMMITTED pic.twitter.com/2X1qUO2xzE
— Future Stars Series Southwest (@fss_southwest) January 23, 2022
Arizona 2025 C/INF Preston Armstrong (@Armstrong2025) putting these throws on the money while crushing hard liners to all fields at our @NB_Baseball @P15Sports @ftrstarsseries Arizona Combine. #UNCOMMITTED pic.twitter.com/lVFMVOHDHR
— Future Stars Series Southwest (@fss_southwest) January 23, 2022
The bar was set high for the North Texas group, but they delivered and then some with a stellar showing to cap off the weekend.
The following are the top performers in athletic testing at that event, which was held at the beautiful Texas Rangers Youth Academy:
Top 60yd times from our @NB_Baseball @P15Sports @ftrstarsseries North Texas Combine. #𝚆𝚎𝙶𝚘𝚝𝙽𝚘𝚠 pic.twitter.com/QdB8ZQvS9t
— New Balance 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 (@ftrstarsseries) January 24, 2022
Top Broad Jump and Pro Agility data from our @NB_Baseball @P15Sports @ftrstarsseries North Texas Combine. #𝚆𝚎𝙶𝚘𝚝𝙽𝚘𝚠 pic.twitter.com/Nck8WTNAwC
— New Balance 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 (@ftrstarsseries) January 24, 2022
Top Triple Jump numbers from our @NB_Baseball @P15Sports @ftrstarsseries North Texas Combine. #𝚆𝚎𝙶𝚘𝚝𝙽𝚘𝚠 pic.twitter.com/C8ecmUFdYO
— New Balance 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 (@ftrstarsseries) January 24, 2022
It’s expected that quite a few players from both events will be moving on to the bigger events of the summer, and the day in Dallas certainly provided no shortage of candidates of that, with some of the more impressive showings already posted on social media:
Texas 2023 RHP/INF Javier Torres (@JavTorres510) has legit two-way ability locating 90-93 mph velocity and barreled hard liners showing power potential in BP during our @NB_Baseball @P15Sports @ftrstarsseries North Texas Combine. @TxStateBaseball commit pic.twitter.com/Q4ekU3ynfU
— Future Stars Series Southwest (@fss_southwest) January 23, 2022
Arkansas 2023 OF/INF Martavius Thomas (@_martavius1) ran his 60yd in 6.68 and showed some major bat-speed from the left side crushing two absolute bombs today at our @NB_Baseball @P15Sports @ftrstarsseries North Texas Combine. @RazorbackBSB commit pic.twitter.com/0mgkRRcQ97
— Future Stars Series Southeast (@fss_southeast) January 23, 2022
Texas 2023 RHP Jackson Baker (@BakerJackson23) ran his 60yd in 6.67 and looked polished on the mound locating 88-91 mph with a nasty slider during our @NB_Baseball @P15Sports @ftrstarsseries North Texas Combine. @AlabamaBSB commit pic.twitter.com/gw4aTAoKZV
— Future Stars Series Southwest (@fss_southwest) January 23, 2022
Louisiana 2024 LHP/OF Bryson Pierce (@BrysonPierce9) was impressive today showing sharp command of his easy 83-86 mph velocity and flashed a nasty 70-73 mph breaking ball during our @NB_Baseball @P15Sports @ftrstarsseries North Texas Combine. #UNCOMMITTED pic.twitter.com/1wAXTUKzcf
— Future Stars Series Southeast (@fss_southeast) January 24, 2022
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