Trackman Hitting Leaders: Athletes Lab Scout Day
February 3, 2023
On Saturday January 28th PBR of North Carolina was at the Athletes Lab Performance Center in Maiden, NC for a Scout Day with the Alab Organization. The scout day featured players from the 2024-2027 grad classes.
The day started with catcher, outfielders and infielders going through a defensive evaluation outside on the 100 yard turf field. Following the defensive evaluations players ran a laser timed 60 then headed indoors for batting practice. Trackman was used during the offensive evaluations collecting ball flight data. The day concluded with pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman gathering advanced analytics.
Below we begin our breakdown of players in attendance. Look for more information to follow in the coming days.
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Trackman Hitting Leaders
PEAK EXIT VELOCITY
TrackMan is able to track every ball hit into fair territory, throughout the BP sessions. Below are the exit velocities produced by individual players.
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
| 1 | Cale Ball | NC | Madison | 2024 | 1B | 94.7 mph |
| 2 | Collin Chappel | NC | Maiden | 2025 | RHP | 91.8 mph |
| 3 | Garrett Wagoner | WV | Spring Valley | 2025 | OF | 89.9 mph |
| 4 | Evan Matile | NC | East Lincoln | 2025 | OF | 88.0 mph |
| 5 | Cade Norton | SC | Blue Ridge | 2024 | C | 87.3 mph |
| 6 | Jace Duckworth | NC | Robert L. Patton | 2024 | OF | 86.8 mph |
| 7 | Jake Henderson | NC | Watauga | 2024 | OF | 86.5 mph |
| 8 | Cade Gaither | NC | West Iredell | 2024 | OF | 86.0 mph |
| 9 | Nathan Rollins | NC | Lincoln Charter | 2025 | SS | 84.9 mph |
| 10 | Hayden Haynes | NC | Maiden | 2026 | OF | 84.9 mph |
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
The average exit velocity measures a players ability to consistently produce hard contact. The average was taken based on every ball tracked by TrackMan throughout the player's BP session.
PEAK DISTANCE
AVERAGE DISTANCE
HARD HIT PERCENTAGE
TrackMan is able to track and follow exit velocities of each hitter. Based on the individual's top exit velocity, TrackMan is able to give us a percentage of hard hit balls. This percentage is based off of each individual hitter's top exit velocity.
LAUNCH ANGLE PERCENTAGE
Based on the ball flight, TrackMan is able to identify each hit as a ground ball, line drive, or fly ball. While there are many factors as to why a hitter may approach each pitch in a certain way, the overall groupings of BP can give some insight to each hitter's approach.
Line Drive %
Ground Ball %
Fly Ball %