Future Games: Team North Carolina Quick Hitters

The end of July has become one of the most pivotal periods on the amateur baseball recruiting calendar. The Prep Baseball Future Games, held annually at LakePoint in Emerson, GA, brings together the top uncommitted talent from across the country—drawing national attention from college programs coast to coast. With over 400 college coaches expected in attendance, the 2025 Future Games stands as a premier showcase event for aspiring collegiate athletes.

This year’s event once again features a three-tiered structure:

• The Senior Future Games, spotlighting uncommitted players from the Class of 2026
• The traditional Future Games, highlighting the Class of 2027
• And the Junior Future Games, featuring select talent from the 2029 and 2030 classes

The Future Games is the marquee event of the week, drawing over 400 college coaches and scouts again in 2025.  The rising 2027 class was featured this year with a workout day on Wednesday, followed by three days of game play. Team NC showed out with high level college follows and several MLB Draft follows on the roster.

Below, we take a closer look at how the Team North Carolina performed in front of a packed house of college coaches and professional scouts at LakePoint.

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QUICK HITTERS: TEAM NORTH CAROLINA CATCHERS

Parker Filipek, C/Inf, TC Roberson HS, 2027

Baseball player. Showed an ease and good feel behind the dish, on the infield and in the outfield. While the catching skills should be considered as a top end backstop, he presents options when he first gets to a campus with his ability to play multiple spots. Behind the dish, pitchers enjoyed throwing to Filipek. Simple setup and target. Easy hands. Kept balls in the zone with some ease. Willing and athletic block and recover. Left handed hitter has zone feel. Flat path with some pull side pop. In the workout, Filipek peaked his exit velocity at 93.2mph. In game flashed good barrel feel. Behind the dish the arm carried 75mph out of the crouch iwth a top pop time of 1.97. Extremely accurate throughout the week.

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Banks Woody, C, North Raleigh Christian Academy, 2027

Strength present. Strong, muscular lower half with strong hands and forearms. Right handed hitter looks to do damage with each swing. Works to punish the baseball. Profiles as a catcher with advanced power for the position, transitioning to a middle of the order type hitter at the next level. Peaked his exit velocity at 96.7mph in the workout while carrying an average exit of 94.1mph. Good carry out of the crouch at 80mph with a top pop time of 1.87 and solid feel for the bag.

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Cole Bowman, C/1B, Wesleyan Christian Academy, 2027

Physical presence. Switch hitter flashed elite level power from both sides of the plate. Excellent mover in the box. Quickness and strength present. Still young and just scratching the surface of what could be a very high ceiling. Flashed an ability to stick behind the dish as well as provide options for a future coaching staff at 1B. Runs well enough to dream on him in the outfield as well, giving him a bunch of different ways to get into a lineup early. Offensively, works for extension from both sides of the plate. Max exit velocity of 104.5mph and carried several balls over 370’. At 5-foot-11, 209 pounds, ran a 6.70 sixty with a 3.79 thirty and 1.69 ten yard split. Jumped over 26 inches. High ceiling as he continues to progress in the coming years.

Wyatt Lytle, C, Pro5 Baseball, 2027

One of the top catch and throw prospects in the area, showed excellent arm strength and carry throughout the week at LakePoint. Positional arm strength of 85mph out of the crouch. Best pop time of 1.86 with a solid 2.04 range in the workout. Pop times carried to game days with in game pop of 2.06. Solid receiver. Willing blocker. Athletic recover and throw. Right handed hitter flashed an ability to get extension and be on the barrel vs some of the top arms in the country. Natural lift with strength at impact. In the workout, exit velocity peaked at 102.3 and Lytle carried an average exit velocity of 91.8mph across the ten swings.

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Team NC at the Future Games