Prep Baseball Report

2026 Columbia Preseason ID: Blast Motion Leaders


Sammy Esposito
PB SC Director of Scouting

The Columbia Preseason ID is set for Saturday, January 17th, at D-BAT Columbia in Columbia, SC. The Preseason IDs help update evaluations and metrics. This setting provides a prime opportunity for prospects to strengthen their Prep Baseball profiles and position themselves for invitations to premier summer events such Carolina Border Battle, SC Top Prospect Games, Prep Baseball Future Games, JR Future Games, and SR Future Games.

The Preseason ID plays a crucial role on the Prep Baseball calendar, serving as an early identification point before the SCHSL season. These events allow our scouting staff, and college recruiters, to establish a strong follow list entering the spring. Our staff strategically hosts preseason events across the state with the goal of identifying emerging prospects who have capitalized on the offseason, while also re-evaluating known players trending upward. Complete player profiles, including tech metrics, statistics, video, and detailed scouting reports, will be published on the Prep Baseball Report website, which is followed by more than 1,000 college programs nationwide.

The event began with A pro-style workout for all the position players followed that included running a laser timed 60 recorded using Vald Preformance Technology, pitcher bullpens with each pitch tracked by Trackman, a defensive evaluation, and finished with BP with TrackMan ball flight analysis.

Below we will look at the statistical breakdown for the event.

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Blast Motion Leaders

MAX HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Benjamin Balliet SC Fox Creek 2028 OF 22.0 mph
2 Mason Phelps SC Lexington 2029 2B 21.6 mph
3 Kooper Evans SC Beaufort 2029 3B 21.5 mph
4 Sam Dennis SC Greenville Academy 2029 C 21.4 mph
5 Dylan McKey SC Mountain View Prep 2028 OF 21.3 mph
^ Reid Levesque SC Nation Ford 2028 RHP 21.3 mph
^ Zak Perry SC Gray Collegiate Academy 2027 RHP 21.3 mph
6 Simms Leitner SC Rock Hill 2028 SS 21.1 mph
7 Ethan Crosby SC Gray Collegiate Academy 2027 3B 20.8 mph
8 JJ Caulder SC South Florence 2028 RHP 20.1 mph
9 Caden Guy SC Chapin 2027 SS 19.4 mph
10 Johnathan Cosmopoulos SC Lexington 2028 SS 18.8 mph
^ Coltyn Carr SC Hanahan 2029 2B 18.8 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Dylan McKey SC Mountain View Prep 2028 OF 20.4 mph
2 Sam Dennis SC Greenville Academy 2029 C 20.2 mph
3 Benjamin Balliet SC Fox Creek 2028 OF 20.2 mph
4 Kooper Evans SC Beaufort 2029 3B 20.0 mph
5 Mason Phelps SC Lexington 2029 2B 20.0 mph
6 Reid Levesque SC Nation Ford 2028 RHP 20.0 mph
7 Zak Perry SC Gray Collegiate Academy 2027 RHP 19.9 mph
8 Simms Leitner SC Rock Hill 2028 SS 19.4 mph
9 JJ Caulder SC South Florence 2028 RHP 19.0 mph
10 Ethan Crosby SC Gray Collegiate Academy 2027 3B 18.8 mph

PEAK BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Benjamin Balliet SC Fox Creek 2028 OF 79.0 mph
2 Zak Perry SC Gray Collegiate Academy 2027 RHP 73.2 mph
3 Dylan McKey SC Mountain View Prep 2028 OF 72.3 mph
4 Mason Phelps SC Lexington 2029 2B 71.8 mph
5 Ethan Crosby SC Gray Collegiate Academy 2027 3B 71.3 mph
6 Reid Levesque SC Nation Ford 2028 RHP 69.9 mph
7 Sam Dennis SC Greenville Academy 2029 C 69.4 mph
^ Kooper Evans SC Beaufort 2029 3B 69.4 mph
8 JJ Caulder SC South Florence 2028 RHP 68.3 mph
9 Johnathan Cosmopoulos SC Lexington 2028 SS 67.9 mph
10 Caden Guy SC Chapin 2027 SS 66.7 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Benjamin Balliet SC Fox Creek 2028 OF 73.1 mph
2 Zak Perry SC Gray Collegiate Academy 2027 RHP 70.2 mph
3 Dylan McKey SC Mountain View Prep 2028 OF 68.0 mph
4 Kooper Evans SC Beaufort 2029 3B 67.8 mph
5 Mason Phelps SC Lexington 2029 2B 67.7 mph
6 JJ Caulder SC South Florence 2028 RHP 66.5 mph
7 Sam Dennis SC Greenville Academy 2029 C 66.5 mph
8 Ethan Crosby SC Gray Collegiate Academy 2027 3B 65.7 mph
9 Caden Guy SC Chapin 2027 SS 63.8 mph
10 Johnathan Cosmopoulos SC Lexington 2028 SS 63.4 mph

MAX ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Reid Levesque SC Nation Ford 2028 RHP 28.6 g
2 Dylan McKey SC Mountain View Prep 2028 OF 22.9 g
3 Ethan Crosby SC Gray Collegiate Academy 2027 3B 20.8 g
4 Zak Perry SC Gray Collegiate Academy 2027 RHP 20.2 g
5 JJ Caulder SC South Florence 2028 RHP 19.6 g
6 Sam Dennis SC Greenville Academy 2029 C 18.9 g
7 Kooper Evans SC Beaufort 2029 3B 17.4 g
8 Benjamin Balliet SC Fox Creek 2028 OF 15.7 g
9 Simms Leitner SC Rock Hill 2028 SS 15.6 g
10 Johnathan Cosmopoulos SC Lexington 2028 SS 15.0 g

AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Dylan McKey SC Mountain View Prep 2028 OF 20.9 g
2 Reid Levesque SC Nation Ford 2028 RHP 19.3 g
3 Ethan Crosby SC Gray Collegiate Academy 2027 3B 17.5 g
4 JJ Caulder SC South Florence 2028 RHP 16.7 g
5 Sam Dennis SC Greenville Academy 2029 C 14.7 g
6 Kooper Evans SC Beaufort 2029 3B 13.6 g
7 Johnathan Cosmopoulos SC Lexington 2028 SS 12.7 g
8 Benjamin Balliet SC Fox Creek 2028 OF 12.2 g
9 Simms Leitner SC Rock Hill 2028 SS 11.4 g
10 Zak Perry SC Gray Collegiate Academy 2027 RHP 9.8 g

AVERAGE ON PLANE EFFICIENCY

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Ethan Crosby SC Gray Collegiate Academy 2027 3B 87 %
2 Coltyn Carr SC Hanahan 2029 2B 79 %
3 Benjamin Balliet SC Fox Creek 2028 OF 77 %
4 Caden Guy SC Chapin 2027 SS 75 %
5 Reid Levesque SC Nation Ford 2028 RHP 74 %
6 Sam Dennis SC Greenville Academy 2029 C 74 %
7 JJ Caulder SC South Florence 2028 RHP 73 %
8 Simms Leitner SC Rock Hill 2028 SS 68 %
9 Zak Perry SC Gray Collegiate Academy 2027 RHP 66 %
10 Skylar Hartwig SC Lexington 2030 C 59 %


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