Prep Baseball Report

USA Prime Scout Day: Trackman Hitting Leaders


Sammy Esposito
PBR SC Director of Scouting

On Thursday September 28th PBR of South Carolina was on hand at Flour Field for a scout day with USA Prime. The scout day featured players from the 2024-2028 grad classes.

The evening started with catchers going through a defensive evaluation then pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting data analytics. After the bullpens position players ran a laser timed 60 followed by BP on the field with Trackman collecting ball flight data. After BP outfielders and infielders went through a defensive evaluation. 

Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance. 

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Statistical 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 Cooper DeVries SC Eastside 2027 RHP 100.3 mph
2 BJ Jeter SC Union County 2024 OF 99.6 mph
3 Cole Bellinger SC Greer 2024 C 98.6 mph
4 Kaleb Owens SC Easley 2024 RHP 96.3 mph
5 Brady Davenport SC Palmetto 2024 1B 95.6 mph
6 Gavin Hug SC Greer 2024 C 94.7 mph
7 Levi Recio SC Easley 2024 1B 94.3 mph
8 Cade Gardner NC A.C. Reynolds 2024 SS 93.7 mph
9 Carter McAdams SC J. L. Mann High Academy 2027 SS 93.4 mph
10 Ashley Shiffer SC JL Mann 2026 3B 93.4 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.



DISTANCE OFF THE BAT


TrackMan is able to measure and track the ball while in the air.  For every fair ball put in play it will display the distance the hit traveled.


Peak Distance - Best of the Hitter’s Session



Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session


 

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 %




Fly Ball %




Ground Ball %