On Tuesday, July 2nd Prep Baseball of South Carolina hosted trials for Team Carolina at The University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. The Team Carolina Trials/Rising Star leads to identifying prospects for some of the summer’s biggest invite only events like Top Prospect Games, PB JR Future Games, and the PB Future Games.  The event featured players from the 2028-2029 grad classes. 

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

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

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Trackman Leaders - Pitching

 

Fastball Stats

Peak Velocity

Average Effective Velocity

Effective velocity is taking into account the velocity of each pitch, its release distance, the pitches time to the plate / hitting area, and the pitches movement.  With all of this information, Effective Velocity is allowing coaches and scouts to more accurately compare how a pitch is affecting a hitter.

Peak Spin Rate

Average Spin Rate

Average Induced Vertical Movement

Average Horizontal Movement

Peak Spin Score

Curveball Stats

Peak Velocity

Peak Spin Rate

Average Spin Rate

Average Induced Vertical Break

Average Horizontal Break

Peak Spin Score

Slider Stats

Peak Velocity

Peak Spin Rate

Average Spin Rate

Average Induced Vertical Break

Average Horizontal Break

Peak Spin Score

Change Up Stats

Peak Velocity

Peak Spin Rate

Average Spin Rate

Average Induced Vertical Break

Average Horizontal Break