On Wednesday, July 16th, Prep Baseball of South Carolina hosted the Team Carolina Trials at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC.  This event serves as a key evaluation platform, helping identify prospects for several of the summer’s premier invite-only showcases, including the PB Senior Games, Top Prospect Games, PB Junior Future Games, PB Senior Future Games, and the PB Future Games.  The Trials featured players from the Class of 2026 through the Class of 2030.

During the event, position players participated in a professional-style workout that included a comprehensive defensive evaluation. Infielders and outfielders fielded ground balls and made throws, with arm strength recorded using a Stalker radar gun. Catchers executed throws to second base, with both arm strength and pop times measured.

Hitters underwent swing analysis with Blast Motion, while all ball flight data was recorded using TrackMan.  Speed and explosiveness were assessed through Vald Performance lasers, capturing 10-30-60-yard sprint splits, along with jump metrics.

Pitchers threw a controlled bullpen session, where each pitch was tracked by TrackMan to analyze ball movement and overall performance. 

Below is a statistical breakdown from the event.

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Quick Hits

Liam Purcell 3B / RHP / D.W. Daniel, SC / 2026 Big winner on the day as a 2 two prospect.  Opened up some eye balls right away as he started on the mound and this long lean frame at 6'4 with a loose athletic arm fired off some bullets at 87-88.7 mph.  Coming off an injury and fully recovery showed the ability to spin a breaking and feel for a change up.  With the bat showed off bat speed and power with a flat stroke through the zone while producing a top exit velocity of 99.9 mph.

Lucas McElhoe RHP / OF / Legion Collegiate Academy, SC / 2027 Athletic right handed came out firing on the mound.  Fastball jumped out of his hand while up to 87.4 mph.  His breaking balls really caught our attention while really showing the ability to spin them.  His slider was up to 76.2 mph with a max spin rate at 2927 rpm!!!!  His curveball was up to 73.4 mph with a max spin of 2978 rpm!!.  Big time spin from this youngster.

Stephen Hudgins OF / SS / Powdersville, SC / 2027 Rankings  StateRank: 41 / POS: 8 Strong atheltic frame with lots of twitch.  Showed off some blazing speed in his laser timed 60 with a 6.46.  With the bat also showed off bat speed and power with the bat.  Hand a top bat speed with the blast sensor of 74.4 while producing top ecit velocity of 96.2 mph with a max distance of 349 feet.  Swing shows some natural lift in with plus bat speed!

Kaido Greene SS / RHP / J.L. Mann, SC / 2026 Rankings  StateRank: 58 / POS: 14 Good defensive actions and a plus arm across the diamond with up to 90mph.  Also ran a 6.99 laser timed 60.  This switch hitter showed off a line drive approach with the bat from both sides while producing a max exit velocity of 95.4 mph and max distance of 363 feet.