Orange County Summer ID: Positional Data Dive

June 15, 2026
By: Gavin Smith
Manager, Content & Operations

On Tuesday, June 9th, the Prep Baseball California team hosted the Orange County Summer ID at Hart Park in Orange, Cal. This was an open event for 2026-2030 prospects, and gave our staff an ample look at the area's top prospects.

50 players made their way to Orange and participated in a pro-style workout, gathering unrivaled access to data through our state-of-the-art tech partners, as well as in-depth scouting analysis from our Prep Baseball California staff.

Today, we will take a further in-depth look at the top position players with the help of our tech partnerships, broken down by the categories below:

VALD ATHLETIC TESTING

60-YARD

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	60-yd
1	DYLAN SALCEDO	CA	Corona High School	2027	SS	6.73 s
2	Landon Scott	CA	Temecula Valley	2027	SS	6.83 s
3	Dean Mariani	CA	Chaparral High	2027	SS	6.86 s
^	Nick Davis	CA	Brea Olinda High	2027	SS	6.86 s
4	Mason Park	CA	Fullerton Union High	2027	SS	6.88 s
5	Zak Flinn	CA	Arrowhead Christian Academy	2028	C	6.92 s
6	Grant Menges	CA	Tustin High	2029	SS	6.93 s
7	Nate Godbold	CA	Mt. Carmel High	2028	SS	7.00 s
8	JJ Metcalf	CA	Woodbridge High	2028	C	7.03 s
9	Joseph (JD) Nelson	CA	Murrieta Mesa High	2027	OF	7.07 s
^	Colton Mellinger	CA	Agoura High School	2028	3B	7.07 s
10	Tyler Wengert	CA	Edison High	2027	3B	7.10 s
^	Matthew Inzunza	CA	JSerra Catholic	2030	C	7.10 s

Traditionally, the 60-yard dash has been the in-event standard to help measure a player's speed tool. We implemented three timing gates at the 10 and 30 yards, to capture athletes’ quickness, explosiveness and reaction time. From there, we will calculate an athlete’s top-end speed in miles per hour.

MAX RUN SPEED

TRACKMAN

We'll continue to roll out the data we gathered from this event, starting with the analytics we have at our disposal from our TrackMan units. Below we'll look at which players had noteworthy batted ball and pitch data.

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Matthew Herrera	CA	Corona	2027	1B	105.3 mph
2	Joseph (JD) Nelson	CA	Murrieta Mesa High	2027	OF	101.2 mph
3	Zak Flinn	CA	Arrowhead Christian Academy	2028	C	100.8 mph
4	Richard Rodriguez III	CA	Santa Fe High	2028	1B	100.7 mph
5	Dean Mariani	CA	Chaparral High	2027	SS	100.1 mph
6	Ryder King	CA	Redondo Union High	2027	1B	99.7 mph
7	Presley Gaborno	CA	Foothill High	2027	OF	99.6 mph
8	Paulson Cheung	CA	Ruben S. Ayala High	2028	2B	99.5 mph
9	Nick Davis	CA	Brea Olinda High	2027	SS	98.8 mph
10	JJ Metcalf	CA	Woodbridge High	2028	C	98.8 mph
11	Aidan Gogley	CA	Foothill High	2027	C	98.6 mph
12	Joel Vargas	CA	Eastlake	2028	OF	98.1 mph
13	DYLAN SALCEDO	CA	Corona High School	2027	SS	97.9 mph
14	Landon Scott	CA	Temecula Valley	2027	SS	97.6 mph
15	Colton Mellinger	CA	Agoura High School	2028	3B	97.6 mph

EXIT VELOCITY (AVERAGE)

Exit Velocity: This metric measures the speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of contact.

Batted Ball (MAX)

Sweet Spot %

Sweet Spot percentage: This metric is determined by how often the player produces a batted ball during the session with a launch angle between 8 to 32 degrees.

VISUAL EDGE

A look at the top Vizual Edge scores from the event.

EDGE SCORE

The Edge Score is a comprehensive score out of 100 that takes the core-six visual skills into account, providing athletes, parents, coaches and scouts with a benchmark number for assessing an athlete’s overall visual ability. In general the higher the Edge Score, the higher chance of athletic success. Think of the Edge Score as the 'Sixth Metric' in the standard Five-Tools that make up a ball player.

The average Edge Score for the 2020 MLB Draft Class was 79.3 (of hitters who completed a Vizual Edge test). MLB players we've worked with typically show stronger scores, with elite hitters scoring consistently above 87.0 on their Edge Score.

+ CLICK HERE for a look at the complete statistics from the event.