PO/Catchers Future Games Trials: Positional Data Dive

April 13, 2026
Cam Black-Araujo
Assistant Director, Canada

On Friday, April 11th, the Prep Baseball Ontario staff hosted it's second of four April Future Games Trials with the Pitcher Only/Catchers Future Games Trials I hosted at The Yard, home of the Midwestern Ontario Bearcats, in Cambridge, Ontario.

This event featured roughly 50 prospects in the 2026 - 2029 classes, including ten catchers and 40+ pitchers. It was a strong group of pitchers with ten pitchers notching 88+ mph and the players were competing for a spot on one of Canada's three teams heading to the Future Games in late July... The Canadian Future Games team (2028/2029 prospects), Canada's Senior Future Games team (2027/26 prospects) and Canada's Junior Future Games team (2030/31 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 catchers ran through a full workout that included batting practice and bullpens captured on our TrackMan, as well as 30-yard sprints 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.

Today, we begin our post-event coverage within this Pitching Data Dive, covering the top TrackMan data collected during bullpens on Saturday.

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

To register for the Ontario Future Games Trials (Apr. 16), click here.
To register for the Ontario Future Games Trials (Apr. 17), click here.
To register for the Montreal Spring Invite (Apr. 25), click here.

DEFENSE

CATCHER VELOCITY

CATCHER POP-TIME

TRACKMAN

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

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)

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.