The 2026 All-County baseball team spotlights the best of the best after Shelby County teams delivered another season to remember.
All-County Team: https://t.co/TMR1512juR
📝 𝐘𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬: 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬
The fourth installment of our position-by-position Quick Hits series shifts to the outfielders, a group that featured high-level athletes, loud tools, and high-end upside across multiple classes.
Scouting notes from the event below. 👇
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1B/RHP Kade Brantley (2027, AL)
@Kade_Brantley6@ThompsonBaseba1
6-2, 207-pounds. Eye-opening strength with loud PS contact. Substantial PS pop & doesn't take much effort to generate it. 105.3 mph EV 🚀
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📊 𝐘𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬
The third annual Yellowhammer State Games featured some of the deepest talent we've seen in the event's history, and the numbers backed it up. 👀
🔥 20 hitters at 100.0+ mph EV
🔥 27 arms at 86.0+ mph
🔥 58 sub-7.00 runners
🔥 20 players at 87+ mph defensively
We break down each major metric and the standout performances that defined two days at River Run Park.
🔗: https://t.co/jxiqgHvftZ
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📊 𝐘𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬
The third annual Yellowhammer State Games featured some of the deepest talent we've seen in the event's history, and the numbers backed it up. 👀
🔥 20 hitters at 100.0+ mph EV
🔥 27 arms at 86.0+ mph
🔥 58 sub-7.00 runners
🔥 20 players at 87+ mph defensively
We break down each major metric and the standout performances that defined two days at River Run Park.
🔗: https://t.co/jxiqgHvftZ
#YSGames26 || @PrepBaseball
1B Kade Brantley (@Kade_Brantley6, 2027) is enjoying a strong day at the plate.
Goes to the back-side gap for a two-RBI double and puts the Warriors out front 2-1 in the bottom of the first.
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1B Kade Brantley (@Kade_Brantley6, 2027) picks up this second hit of GM1 with a shot back up the middle for a single.
Present feel for the barrel w/ level path thru the zone.
Warriors threatening in the T7, 3-3 score.
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DH Wyatt Williams (@WyattWilliams_1, 2026) drops a firm single into left center and moves a RISP here.
Thompson would later score on a 2B into left off the bat of 1B Kade Brantley (@Kade_Brantley6, 2027).
Warriors leading 1-0.
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🚨 Area Champions!
Your Warriors claim their third Area Championship in the past four years and secure a fourth consecutive playoff appearance. A complete team victory from start to finish.
The Warriors are headed to May baseball. #GTBH#WNU#SurviveAndAdvance
1B/RHP Kade Brantley (@Kade_Brantley6, 2027) starts the frame with this first-pitch double to RF.
Strong 6-2/200 shows strength in the barrel.
Thompson leads 7-2, T5.
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1B/RHP Kade Brantley (@Kade_Brantley6, 2027) helps his own cause and gets the offense going with two-outs in the first.
Sends a double into right center here, bigger build w/ 6-2, 200-pound frame.
Thompson pushes across a run in the first, 1-0 score.
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1B/RHP Kade Brantley (@Kade_Brantley6, 2027) helps his own cause and gets the offense going with two-outs in the first.
Sends a double into right center here, bigger build w/ 6-2, 200-pound frame.
Thompson pushes across a run in the first, 1-0 score.
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OF/RHP Kade Brantley (@Kade_Brantley6, 2027) splits the back-side gap for a leadoff double.
Covers the plate well here going the opposite way on the outer-half pitch. Solid two-way upside for the junior.
Thompson leads 2-1, T2.
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