4.18.26 Ontario Future Games Trials: Positional Data Dive

April 19, 2026
Cam Black-Araujo
Assistant Director, Canada

On Saturday, April 18th, the Prep Baseball Ontario staff hosted it's fourth of four April Future Games Trials with the 4.1826 Ontario Future Games Trials hosted at Future MVP Baseball Lab, in Scarborough, Ontario.

This event featured roughly 40+ prospects in the 2026 - 2029 classes and it was a strong group of players, both on the positional players and two-ways, competing for a spot on one of Canada's two premiere teams heading to the Future Games in late July... The Canadian Future Games team (2028/2029 prospects) and Canada's Senior Future Games team (2027/26 prospects).

Players attending Future Games Trials events also qualify to be selected for other marquee events including the New York State Games (NY), NorthEast Senior Games (NY), West Coast Games (CA), Super Sophomore Games (OH) and more.

All player ran through a full workout that included batting practice and bullpens captured on our TrackMan, as well as 30-yard springs captured by VALD Performance and positional metrics. Over the next several days we'll be highlighting top performers from the event within our post-event analysis. Stay locked into our social media channels over the next several days as we continue to push out video, leaderboards and more.

Earlier this week, we began our post-event coverage within our Statistical Analysis and Pitching Data Dive articles. Today, we will continue our post-event coverage within this Positional Data Dive as we bring you the top TrackMan, Blast Motion and VALD Performance data from Friday's event.

For complete event results, click here.
To view Ontario's Class of 2026 Commitment Board, click here.

To register for the Last Chance Future Games Trials (May 20), click here.

TRACKMAN

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Ben Laughlin	ON	Glebe Collegiate Institute	2027	1B	98.9 mph
2	Westin Merritt	ON	Bill Crothers Secondary School	2028	RHP	97.2 mph
3	Lincoln Rose	ON	St. Peter. C.S.S	2027	SS	97.0 mph
4	Hunter Bartha	ON	West Niagara Secondary School	2028	SS	96.9 mph
5	Aarush Chaturvedi	ON	Earl Haig Secondary School	2027	3B	95.7 mph
6	Eamon McKay	ON	Kingston Secondary School	2028	LHP	95.3 mph
7	Ioannis (Yanni) Fourkiotis	ON	All Saints Catholic	2026	3B	95.1 mph
8	Evan Walker	ON	Archbishop Denis O'Connor	2026	SS	94.4 mph
9	Romeo Waghmare	ON	Aurora High	2027	C	93.4 mph
10	Lincoln Young	ON	AN Myer Niagara Falls Ontario	2027	RHP	93.3 mph

EXIT VELOCITY (AVG.)

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 DISTANCE (MAX)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (max)
1	Lincoln Rose	ON	St. Peter. C.S.S	2027	SS	353 ft
2	Aarush Chaturvedi	ON	Earl Haig Secondary School	2027	3B	347 ft
3	Evan Walker	ON	Archbishop Denis O'Connor	2026	SS	347 ft
4	Dario Parasram	ON	Assumption College School	2028	1B	345 ft
5	Romeo Waghmare	ON	Aurora High	2027	C	341 ft
6	Hunter Bartha	ON	West Niagara Secondary School	2028	SS	341 ft
7	Lincoln Young	ON	AN Myer Niagara Falls Ontario	2027	RHP	323 ft
8	Chase Storey	ON	Donald A Wilson	2027	C	322 ft
9	Jamie Horst	ON	Iroquois Ridge	2027	1B	321 ft
10	Ben Laughlin	ON	Glebe Collegiate Institute	2027	1B	318 ft

BATTED BALL DISTANCE (AVG.)

HARD HIT %

LINE DRIVE %

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.

BLAST MOTION

AVG. HAND SPEED

Hand Speed: The observed speed as measured on the handle of the bat (measured six inches from the knob of the bat). Peak Hand Speed will occur prior to the moment of impact, very close to the commit time in the swing when the wrists unhinge.

AVG. BAT SPEED

Bat Speed: The observed speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact. The sweet spot of the bat is measured six inches from the tip of the bat.

AVG. ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rotational Acceleration: Rotational Acceleration measures how quickly your bat accelerates into the swing plane. Rotational Acceleration is a good indicator of how you build bat speed by sequencing properly vs. pulling the bat with your hands. The quicker your rotational acceleration, the more power you will have and the more time you have to make a decision at the plate.

AVG. ON-PLANE EFFICIENCY

On-Plane Efficiency: Measures the percentage of your swing where the bat is on the swing plane. Your vertical bat angle at contact establishes the plane for that swing. Plane is a great indicator of making consistent contact and barreling balls.