Golden Spikes Scout Day: Data Dive
October 30, 2025
The Golden Spikes Scout Day took place on Tuesday, October 28th, featuring players exclusively from the Golden Spikes program. The event gave each prospect a chance to showcase the progress they’ve made over a busy fall schedule and demonstrate their skills in front of our staff.
This event also serves as an identifier for players to earn spots in future invite-only events, including the West Coast Games, Top Prospect Games, Future Games, and more.
This article will highlight the top overall data recorded at the event.
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VALD PERFORMANCE
TOP 60-YARD DASH
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-yard splits, to capture athletes’ quickness, explosiveness and reaction time. From there, we will calculate an athlete’s top-end speed in miles per hour. While the measurement still has its utility, the 10-yard split has started to become more and more applicable in determining the player's burst and reaction time in-game, whether that's in the outfield or on the basepaths.
TOP 30-YARD SPLIT
TOP 10-YARD SPLIT
TOP RUN SPEED
TRACKMAN
MAX FASTBALL VELOCITY
MAX EXIT VELOCITY
HIGHEST AVG. EXIT VELOCITY
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 impact.
MAX BATTED DISTANCE
HIGHEST 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.