2018 SS Connor Cahill Continues Progress in Kansas City
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On Sunday, September 6 the Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout Tour rolled through the Midwest with a stop at the home of the Kansas City T-Bones. The T-Bones are members of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, and play their home games at Community America Ballpark in Kansas City, Kansas.
Connor Cahill, a 2014 All-America Pre-Season Rookie Tournament participant, marked impressive improvement in multiple categories with his performance at this workout. We first saw him as an 8th-grader in 2013, and now as a sophomore he appears to be developing into a solid all-around player.
Top performers by measurable category appear below:
Bat Exit Velocity
| MPH | Bat Exit Velocity Leaders |
| 88 | Adam White (LHP – 2017 – Bishop Miege HS – Kanas City, MO) |
| 86 | Garrett Presko (RHP – 2018 – Pembroke Hill HS – Weatherby Lake, MO) |
| 86 | Garrett Stephens (C – 2016 – Shawnee Mission Northwest HS – Lenexa, KS) |
| 84 | Connor Cahill (SS – 2018 – Blue Valley Northwest HS – Overland Park, KS) |
| 84 | Tanner Lowrey (C – 2016 – Oak Grove, MO HS) |
| 83 | Cory Bonner (OF – 2017 – Blue Springs, MO HS) |
| 83 | Brett Pierson (2B – 2018 – Carrollton, MO HS) |
| 82 | Conner Boyt (SS/RHP – 2017 – Edgerton HS – Gardner, KS) |
| 82 | Michael Burdick, Jr. (C – 2017 – Staley HS – Kansas City, MO) |
| 82 | Hunter Burtrum (RHP/3B – 2019 – West Plains, MO HS) |
| 82 | Justin Hieber (2B – 2016 – Paola, KS HS) |
| 82 | Austin Landis (OF/LHP – 2017 – Joplin, MO HS) |
2018 SS Connor Cahill
We didn’t test bat exit velocity when we first saw 2018 SS Connor Cahill (Lenexa, KS) at the August 2013 Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout in Council Bluffs, Iowa — but it’s a safe bet his current mark of 84 mph is quite a bit higher than what he would have recorded a little more than two years ago.
Back then, as an 8th-grader, he ran 8.13 in the 60 yard dash and posted 68 mph raw velocity. A few months later, at the Baseball Factory Winter Classic in Vero Beach, Florida, he nudged his raw velocity up two ticks from 68 to 70 mph. Just one month after that, at the 2014 All-America Pre-Season Rookie Tournament in Auburndale, Florida, he gained a little ground on his 60 yard dash — with a move down from 8.13 to 8.07.
Now, a little more than two years after we first saw him, Cahill has lowered his 60-yard dash by exactly a half-second (down from 8.13 to 7.63) and has raised his raw velocity by seven miles per hour (up from 68 to 75 mph).
Catcher Release Times
| SEC | Catcher Pop Time Leaders |
| 1.90 | Alex Brough (C – 2016 – Lee’s Summit West HS – Greenwood, MO) |
| 1.98 | Garrett Stephens (C – 2016 – Shawnee Mission Northwest HS – Lenexa, KS) |
| 2.00 | Joseph Bowers (C – 2018 – Harrisonville, MO HS) |
| 2.06 | Andrew Keck (C/OF – 2018 – St. John Vianney HS – St. Louis, MO) |
| 2.12 | Cullen Ainsworth (C/2B – 2019 – Elkhorn HS – Omaha, NE) |
| 2.14 | Adrian Garcia (C – 2018 – Shawnee Mission HS – Mission, KS) |
| 2.15 | Michael Burdick, Jr. (C – 2017 – Staley HS – Kansas City, MO) |
60 Yard Dash
| SEC | 60 Yard Dash Leaders |
| 6.94 | Jacob Gill (SS – 2016 – Central HS – Saint Joseph, MO) |
| 6.97 | Cory Bonner (OF – 2017 – Blue Springs, MO HS) |
| 7.02 | Brock Gilliam (SS – 2016 – Basehor Linwood HS – Basehor, KS) |
| 7.05 | Joseph Bowers (C – 2018 – Harrisonville, MO HS) |
| 7.06 | Tyler Fennewald (RHP/3B – 2016 – New Bloomfield, MO HS) |
2017 OF Cory Bonner (Blue Springs, MO) ran 7.22 just about one year ago at the Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tryout in Kansas City, Missouri. A couple of months later at the Baseball Factory Select Training & Competition at Pirate City, he ran 7.30.
His 6.97 60 yard dash marked an improvement of a quarter-second (down from 7.22) in just one year. His speed isn’t the only thing that improved however, he also nudged his raw velocity up three miles per hour in the same period of time.
Raw Velocity
| MPH | Raw Velocity Leaders |
| 87 | Brock Gilliam (SS – 2016 – Basehor Linwood HS – Basehor, KS) |
| 84 | Joseph Bowers (C – 2018 – Harrisonville, MO HS) |
| 84 | Alex Brough (C – 2016 – Lee’s Summit West HS – Greenwood, MO) |
| 81 | Garrett Stephens (C – 2016 – Shawnee Mission Northwest HS – Lenexa, KS) |
| 80 | Jacob Gill (SS – 2016 – Central HS – Saint Joseph, MO) |
Fastball Velocity
| MPH | Fastball Velocity Leaders |
| 84 | Joshua Lucas (RHP – 2017 – Leavenworth, KS HS) |
| 82 | Cole Gacke (RHP – 2016 – Liberty North HS – Kansas City, MO) |
| 80 | Tyler Fennewald (RHP/3B – 2016 – New Bloomfield, MO HS) |
| 80 | Garrett Presko (RHP – 2018 – Pembroke Hill HS – Weatherby Lake, MO) |
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