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Aidan Knaak (Photo Courtesy of Clemson Athletics)
College baseball season is entering the height of its annual drama with conference play underway in nearly every league. This can sometimes have something of a neutralizing effect on players, preventing them from putting up the same gaudy numbers they might have been producing in non-conference matchups.
This fact makes each week’s top performances stand out that much more, and with the help of 64Analytics.com, Baseball America is back to highlight those showings with the Freak Sheet.
Here are five hitters and pitchers who produced standout data in Week 5:
Hitters
Trent Liolios, 1B, Northwestern
After producing 90.1 mph average and 104 mph 90th percentile exit velocities as a sophomore in 2024 but having little results to show for them, Northwestern first baseman Trent Liolios appeared poised for a breakout junior campaign. He’s since delivered emphatically on that projection.
Through just 17 games in 2025, Liolios is batting .382/.470/.873 with eight home runs (just one shy of his career high), three doubles, 17 RBIs and more walks (nine) than strikeouts (eight). The 6-foot-3 infielder was particularly impressive last week when he went 7-for-15 with four home runs, six RBIs and just two strikeouts, which placed him atop 64Analytics’ weekly leader board in Weighted Runs Created Efficiency (wRCE).
Liolios enters the sixth weekend of the regular season ranked 13th nationally in wRCE and has cut his strikeout rate down from 20.27% in 2024 to just 12% this season.
Mitch Voit, 2B, Michigan
A third-team BA Preseason All-American, Michigan second baseman Mitch Voit has backed up the hype for his junior season by leading the Wolverines in batting average (.432), runs scored (19), hits (32), doubles (11), home runs (five) and stolen bases (six) through 20 games.
Voit saw his season numbers explode in Week 5 thanks to a mind-boggling 12-for-18 showing with five doubles, one home run, one triple and 12 RBIs, all while striking out just three times.
The showing earned the second-highest weekly wRCE total behind only Liolio and helped moved Voit to 10th nationally in the category on the season.
Robbie Burnett, INF/OF, Georgia
While No. 6 Georgia continues to iron things out on the mound, it will need its offense to continue carrying the bulk of the load en route to victories.
Bulldog utilityman Robbie Burnett has more than done his part in those efforts. Last week, the senior went 8-for-14 with two homers, two doubles and 16 RBIs, which propelled him into first in wRCE, according to 64Analytics.
Burnett also ranks second among Power 4 players in ISO, trailing only his teammate, Ryland Zaborowski.
Drew Burress, CF, Georgia Tech
Ranked fifth on Baseball America’s inaugural 2026 college draft rankings, Georgia Tech center fielder Drew Burress continues to annihilate college pitching to the tune of 33 home runs in just 79 career games.
Burress’s impressive collegiate outputs were also apparent in his week five production: 9-for-16 with five doubles, three home runs and eight RBIs with more walks (three) than strikeouts (one). It was the third-most valuable week produced by a Division I hitter, according to 64Analytics, which also has Burress ranked No. 5 on the year in wRCE.
Burress is an statistical standout in just about every way, ranking in the 97th percentile or higher in OPS, ISO, wRCE, wRAA and runs created per at-bat.
Patrick Herrera, 3B, Kentucky
Save for one other occasion, the Freak Sheet has exclusively highlighted standout data from hitters based on their performances at the plate. Sometimes, though, a defensive play comes along that is simply too game-changing to ignore. Kentucky’s Patrick Herrera produced one of those plays, which you should watch here:
Herrera’s eye-popping play, which ranked second on SportsCenter’s Top 10 that evening, was also hugely relevant statistically, as Georgia had runners on first and second with no outs in the bottom of the seventh trailing 9-5. Herrera put two outs on the board and helped his team to a much-needed win on the road against a top 10 opponent.
Pitchers
Aidan Knaak, RHP, Clemson
After a four decent starts that left onlookers yearning for more, Clemson sophomore Aidan Knaak delivered big with a career-high 12 strikeouts over seven shutout, one-hit innings against Notre Dame. It marked the most valuable outing of the week in Weight Runs Allowed Efficiency (wRAE), according to 64Analytics.
Knaak is generating a 61% miss rate on his elite changeup, which has helped him to maintain a 41% overall miss rate through five starts despite not generating many whiffs on his fastball or curveball.
Dominic Fritton, LHP, NC State
NC State lefty Dominic Fritton has enjoyed a resurgent campaign in 2025 after struggling mightily for the Wolfpack last year. Through 28.2 innings over five appearances, he owns a 1.26 ERA and 39 strikeouts to 13 walks, which puts him 30th nationally in wRAE.
Fritton ranked fifth among Division I players in weekly wRAE last week after offering seven innings of one-run ball on two hits and two walks with eight strikeouts against Virginia Tech.
The draft-eligible lefty has largely reinvented himself, leaning on his curveball and slider much more this season and nearly doing away with his changeup. His curveball, which produced a 29% miss rate last year, is now missing bats at a 43% clip.
Kaleb Hay, RHP, Fresno State
Kaleb Hay made significant contributions to Fresno State’s second winning week of the season when appeared in two games and offered 11.1 shutout innings with 15 strikeouts and just two walks.
A Swiss Army Knife-type who can fill multiple roles for the Bulldogs, Hay put together the second-most valuable week in the nation, according to 64Analytics’ wRAE metric.
Jacob Morrison, RHP, Coastal Carolina
After missing the entire 2024 season, Coastal Carolina’s Jacob Morrison has thrived since returning to action this year, posting a 1.99 ERA in 22.2 innings over five appearances.
Morrison’s most recent outing was the best of his career, as he logged 7.2 shutout innings with 10 strikeouts and just three hits and one walk allowed. The performance ranked third among Division I players in wRAE last week, per 64Analytics.
Through five appearances in 2025, Morrison’s fastball has gained nearly 2 mph since 2023. He’s also drawing 50% miss rates on his curveball and slider.
Logan Lunceford, RHP, Wake Forest
Logan Lunceford’s results through five starts have been impossible to ignore. He owns a 1.33 ERA, 50 strikeouts to nine walks, just 3.3 hits allowed per nine innings, a 0.704 WHIP and a nation-leading 41.8 wRAE.
Lunceford last week locked down Miami with eight strikeouts against just one walk and three hits allowed over seven innings.
The returns on each of Lunceford’s pitches have been just as astounding as his overall numbers. The righty is generating a 71% miss rate on curveballs, a 63% miss rate on changeups, a 45% miss rate on sliders and a 32% miss rate on fastballs all while maintaining a 9% walk rate.
Lunceford has established himself as one of the nation’s premier arms this year.
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