Prep Baseball Report

Toronto New Year Invite: Positional Data Dive


Cam Black-Araujo
Assistant Director, Canada

On Saturday, February 22nd, the Prep Baseball Ontario staff hosted it's fifth and final event of the 2025 Near Year Tour with the Sold Out Toronto New Year Invite hosted at the The Yard Athletic Centre, home of the Midwestern Ontario Bearcats, in Cambridge, Ontario.

This event featured 80+ prospects in the 2025 - 2028 classes and it was another day that featured a strong crop of big-time underclass players in the 2027 and 2028 classes, as well as several unsigned upperclass names to follow. Players at the event, alongside Preseason Events across the country, are competing for roster spots on Canada/Ontario's National Team's at events such as the Future Games, Senior Future Games, West Coast Games, New York State Games, NorthEast Senior Games and the Best of the West.

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. 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 broke down the top measurable data performers from the event with our Statistical Analysis and Pitching Data Dive. Now, we conclude our post-event coverage within this Positional Data Dive as we take a look at the top TrackMan Hitting and VALD Performance running/jumping data.

For complete event results, click here.
To view Class of 2025 Commitment Board, click here.

To register for the Toronto Rising Stars ID (Mar. 31), click here.
To register for the Pitcher-Only Future Games Trials (Apr. 12), click here.
To register for the Future Games Trials (Apr. 18), click here.
To register for the Future Games Trials II (Apr. 21), click here.


TRACKMAN

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Keagan Knowler ON NHS SCHOOL ST ANNES 2025 1B 114.0 mph
2 Hudson Kiss ON De La Salle College 2025 3B 101.7 mph
3 Aidan Vivaldi ON Kings Christian Collegiate 2027 OF 101.4 mph
4 Gabriel Benincasa ON Lakeshore Catholic HS 2026 1B 100.6 mph
5 Aidan Chanderbhan ON Bishop Allen Academy Catholic Secondary School 2026 OF 99.5 mph
6 Lucian Donald ON Silverthorn Collegiate Institute 2027 1B 98.5 mph
7 Matthew Perez Scott ON St. Joan of Arc 2026 3B 98.5 mph
8 Christian Heffernan ON Centennial High School Guelph 2026 3B 98.3 mph
9 Alexander Kuypers ON IE Weldon 2026 3B 98.3 mph
10 Colton Lafleur ON welland notre dame catholic high school 2027 SS 98.1 mph
11 Brady Colling ON milton district 2027 OF 97.8 mph
12 Grayson Mcentee ON Corpus Christi 2028 OF 96.7 mph
13 Max Laflamme ON Donald A. Wilson Secondary School 2026 RHP 96.1 mph
14 Sam Blair ON St. Joseph's Catholic High School 2026 SS 95.9 mph
15 Juliano Goncalves ON Holy Trinity Oakville 2026 C 95.6 mph

EXIT VELOCITY (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Keagan Knowler ON NHS SCHOOL ST ANNES 2025 1B 103.1 mph
2 Aidan Vivaldi ON Kings Christian Collegiate 2027 OF 94.0 mph
3 Matthew Perez Scott ON St. Joan of Arc 2026 3B 93.7 mph
4 Hudson Kiss ON De La Salle College 2025 3B 92.6 mph
5 Gabriel Benincasa ON Lakeshore Catholic HS 2026 1B 89.3 mph
6 Juliano Goncalves ON Holy Trinity Oakville 2026 C 89.2 mph
7 Evan Harding ON St. Thomas of Villanova 2028 RHP 88.6 mph
8 Grayson Mcentee ON Corpus Christi 2028 OF 88.5 mph
9 Christian Heffernan ON Centennial High School Guelph 2026 3B 88.4 mph
10 Hunter Bartha ON West Niagara Secondary School 2028 SS 87.7 mph

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 Keagan Knowler ON NHS SCHOOL ST ANNES 2025 1B 422 ft
2 Matthew Perez Scott ON St. Joan of Arc 2026 3B 375 ft
3 Aidan Vivaldi ON Kings Christian Collegiate 2027 OF 367 ft
4 Hudson Kiss ON De La Salle College 2025 3B 365 ft
5 Aidan Chanderbhan ON Bishop Allen Academy Catholic Secondary School 2026 OF 362 ft
6 Alexander Kuypers ON IE Weldon 2026 3B 360 ft
7 Max Laflamme ON Donald A. Wilson Secondary School 2026 RHP 355 ft
8 Lucian Donald ON Silverthorn Collegiate Institute 2027 1B 353 ft
9 Juliano Goncalves ON Holy Trinity Oakville 2026 C 346 ft
10 Dominic Williams ON Elmvale District High School 2027 C 341 ft
11 Daniel Colangelo ON NOTRE DAME CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 340 ft
12 Colton Lafleur ON welland notre dame catholic high school 2027 SS 333 ft
13 Alessandro Zayas ON Cardinal Carter Catholic 2027 3B 330 ft
14 Gabriel Benincasa ON Lakeshore Catholic HS 2026 1B 328 ft
15 Ryder Alexander Jones ON Notre Dame SS 2027 1B 327 ft

BATTED BALL DISTANCE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Keagan Knowler ON NHS SCHOOL ST ANNES 2025 1B 307 ft
2 Matthew Perez Scott ON St. Joan of Arc 2026 3B 282 ft
3 Alexander Kuypers ON IE Weldon 2026 3B 269 ft
4 Colton Lafleur ON welland notre dame catholic high school 2027 SS 261 ft
5 Lucas Liao ON Dr J Hayden 2028 SS 253 ft
6 Yuya Nakamura ON Earl Haig 2026 OF 252 ft
7 Dominic Williams ON Elmvale District High School 2027 C 250 ft
8 Daniel Colangelo ON NOTRE DAME CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 2027 3B 249 ft
9 Atle Walker Jr. ON St. Maximillian Kolbe 2028 SS 235 ft
10 Lucian Donald ON Silverthorn Collegiate Institute 2027 1B 230 ft

Distance: This metric measures how far the ball traveled, or would travel if it was not obstructed, measured in feet.

HARD HIT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hard Hit %
1 Aidan Vivaldi ON Kings Christian Collegiate 2027 OF 90 %
2 Matthew Perez Scott ON St. Joan of Arc 2026 3B 85 %
3 Keagan Knowler ON NHS SCHOOL ST ANNES 2025 1B 76 %
4 Hudson Kiss ON De La Salle College 2025 3B 66 %
^ Christian Heffernan ON Centennial High School Guelph 2026 3B 66 %
5 Aidan Chanderbhan ON Bishop Allen Academy Catholic Secondary School 2026 OF 62 %
6 Gabriel Benincasa ON Lakeshore Catholic HS 2026 1B 61 %
7 Alessandro Zayas ON Cardinal Carter Catholic 2027 3B 57 %
^ Sam Blair ON St. Joseph's Catholic High School 2026 SS 57 %
8 Hunter Bartha ON West Niagara Secondary School 2028 SS 56 %

Hard Hit % - Percentage of batted balls with an exit velocity of 90 MPH or higher.

SWEET SPOT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 Matthew Perez Scott ON St. Joan of Arc 2026 3B 85 %
2 Keagan Knowler ON NHS SCHOOL ST ANNES 2025 1B 84 %
3 Dominic Williams ON Elmvale District High School 2027 C 81 %
^ Lucas Liao ON Dr J Hayden 2028 SS 81 %
4 Andrew Eden ON Lucas High School 2027 RHP 75 %
5 Grayson Mcentee ON Corpus Christi 2028 OF 72 %
6 Hudson Patterson ON Preston High School 2028 RHP 71 %
7 Giulio Sosa ON St. Benedict C.S.S. 2028 2B 66 %
^ Dario Parasram ON Assumption College School 2027 OF 66 %
^ Brock Dougan ON Bluevale Collegiate 2026 OF 66 %

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.

VALD PERFORMANCE

30-YARD DASH

Rank Name State School Class Pos 30-yd
1 Brady Colling ON milton district 2027 OF 3.84 s
2 Aidan Vivaldi ON Kings Christian Collegiate 2027 OF 3.88 s
3 Hudson Kiss ON De La Salle College 2025 3B 3.89 s
4 Liam Hamel ON Hillfield Strathallan College 2025 OF 3.90 s
5 Aiden Cuthbert ON Huron Park SS 2026 OF 3.94 s
6 Aidan Chanderbhan ON Bishop Allen Academy Catholic Secondary School 2026 OF 3.99 s
7 Andrew Eden ON Lucas High School 2027 RHP 4.01 s
^ Christian Heffernan ON Centennial High School Guelph 2026 3B 4.01 s
^ Elijah Smith ON Banting Memorial 2028 OF 4.01 s
8 Hudson Fowler ON Huron Park 2027 OF 4.03 s
^ Izaak Gilbert ON Southwood Secondary School 2028 OF 4.03 s

10-YARD SPLIT

Rank Name State School Class Pos 10-yd
1 Brady Colling ON milton district 2027 OF 1.65 s
2 Liam Hamel ON Hillfield Strathallan College 2025 OF 1.66 s
3 Izaak Gilbert ON Southwood Secondary School 2028 OF 1.68 s
^ Hudson Fowler ON Huron Park 2027 OF 1.68 s
^ Hudson Kiss ON De La Salle College 2025 3B 1.68 s
4 Elijah Smith ON Banting Memorial 2028 OF 1.70 s
^ Aiden Cuthbert ON Huron Park SS 2026 OF 1.70 s
5 Aidan Vivaldi ON Kings Christian Collegiate 2027 OF 1.71 s
^ Christian Heffernan ON Centennial High School Guelph 2026 3B 1.71 s
6 Lucas Marquez ON Francis Libermann 2027 3B 1.73 s

JUMP HEIGHT (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Jump Height (max)
1 Hudson Kiss ON De La Salle College 2025 3B 27.5
2 Joaquin Cater Sanchez ON Brebeuf College School 2026 SS 25.2
3 Aidan Chanderbhan ON Bishop Allen Academy Catholic Secondary School 2026 OF 25.0
^ Lucian Donald ON Silverthorn Collegiate Institute 2027 1B 25.0
4 Christian Heffernan ON Centennial High School Guelph 2026 3B 24.7
5 Dario Parasram ON Assumption College School 2027 OF 23.5
6 Colton Lafleur ON welland notre dame catholic high school 2027 SS 23.3
7 Keagan Knowler ON NHS SCHOOL ST ANNES 2025 1B 23.2
8 Liam Hamel ON Hillfield Strathallan College 2025 OF 22.9
9 Aiden Cuthbert ON Huron Park SS 2026 OF 22.8

UPCOMING EVENTS

Showcase State Date Location
2025 Ontario Nationals Scout Day ON 03/21 Blue Chip Sports Training
2025 Ontario Blue Jays Scout Day ON 03/29 Athlete's Turf
2025 Toronto Rising Stars ID ON 03/31 The Yard Multi-Sport Training Facility
2025 Pitcher Only Future Games Trials ON 04/12 Pro Teach Baseball
2025 Ontario Future Games Trials ON 04/18 Athlete's Turf Inc.
2025 Ontario Future Games Trials II ON 04/21 Athlete's Turf Inc.
2025 18U Best of the West ON 04/30 Norbrock Stadium (Kamloops, BC)
2025 13U Best of the West ON 05/01 Norbrock Stadium (Kamloops, BC)
2025 15U Best of the West ON 05/01 Norbrock Stadium (Kamloops, BC)

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