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VENTURA, CALIF. - On Wednesday, June 24th, the Prep Baseball California team hosted the Ventura Braves Scout Day at the De Anza School Field in Ventura, Cal. This was an exclusive event for players within the Ventura Braves program, featuring players from these classes (2026-2031), and gave our staff an ample look at players within the Braves program. 

Just under 30 players made their way to the De Anza School Field 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. 

To start the day, all position players in attendance ran a 60-yard sprint with all split times being gathered using VALD Technologies' laser timing system. Next up was a pair of jump tests using the VALD system again, where players participated in a max vertical jump to test their power production and a 5-Hop RSI test to measure force production. Upon completion of the athletic testing portion of the day, the players went into offensive evaluations with multiple rounds of batting practice, where Trackman Technologies was in use to gather batted ball data on players in attendance. Which was then followed by defensive evaluations at their primary and secondary position (OF, C, SS, 1B) with arm strength being measured via a Stalker Radar gun and skill evaluations by our staff on hand. Once the batting practice portion of the event was completed, we shifted into the pitching portion of the day with pitchers throwing bullpens from the main mound with Trackman Technologies running to gather pitch data.

Today, we will be looking at some of the top data performers from the event, found below. For all of the event information, please click here.

VALD ATHLETIC TESTING

60-YARD

Traditionally, the 60-yard dash has been the in-event standard to help measure a player's speed. 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. 

10-Yard

30-Yard

MAX RUN SPEED

MAX VERTICAL

RSI-TESTING

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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)

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.

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

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