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Prep Baseball was back at Arena Lake Norman on Tuesday February 18th for the final preseason workout of the season. The event featured players from the Arena National organization, along with openings for players to attend the Last Chance Preseason ID.  With high school baseball practice already underway, this was a small event, but it did give the Prep Baseball Scouting staff a chance to lay eyes on more talented athletes in North Carolina.

The workout opened with athletic testing.  Players ran a laser timed 30, with a 10yd split collected as well.  Offensive evaluations followed where players received multiple rounds of BP with TrackMan collecting data on each ball put in fair territory.  Players then went through defensive workouts at their primary position.  Arm velocities were collected throughout the workouts.  Pitchers threw bullpens in a controlled environment, again with TrackMan collecting ball flight data, to finish up the night.

CLICK HERE to see the full analytics and stats package from the Arena National Scout Day, along with the event roster.

CLICK HERE to see the stats, analytics and roster from the Preseason ID.

TrackMan Hitting Metrics

EXIT VELOCITY

TrackMan is able to track every ball hit into fair territory, throughout the BP sessions.  Below are the best exit velocities produced by individual players, by category.

Max Exit Velocity

Best Average Exit Velocity

DISTANCE OFF THE BAT

TrackMan is able to measure and track the ball while in the air.  For every fair ball put in play it will display the distance the hit traveled.

Peak Distance - Best of the Hitter’s Session

Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session

SWEET SPOT PERCENTAGE

TrackMan is able to track and follow how hard the ball is hit as well as the angle off the bat. With this information, TrackMan has deduced the Sweet Spot as batted balls hit with a launch angle of 8 - 32 degrees.

LAUNCH ANGLE PERCENTAGE

Based on the ball flight, TrackMan is able to identify each hit as a ground ball, line drive, or fly ball.  While there are many factors as to why a hitter may approach each pitch in a certain way, the overall groupings of BP can give some insight to each hitter's approach.

Line Drive %

Fly Ball %

Ground Ball %

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