Tampa Rising Stars Games



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The Tampa Rising Stars Games event features the best 2029 and 2030 prospects in the state. The event will take place on Saturday, April 19 at Berkeley Prep in Tampa, FL.

All position players will showcase their talents in a pro-style workout. Following the workout, players will branch off into teams (selected by the Prep Baseball staff) for live gameplay. Pitchers will be evaluted during the gameplay portion of the event. Each player will participate in one game.

This event will also serve as a main identifier for invitations to the Junior Future Games in July. The Junior Future Games will run in conjunction with Prep Baseball's Future Games. The Future Games features the top High School players in the Class of 2027 from across Prep Baseball's 40+ state coverage area. It is one of the most highly recruited events of the summer and attracts more than 300 college coaches from across the country each year.

The Junior Future Games, an Invitation-Only event, will feature the best identified prospects from across the country in a four-day tournament at Lake Point in Cartersville, GA. This state-of-the-art facility features 8 all-turf fields. Participants will compete against other top-level players while representing their respective state.

NOTE: Players must use BBCOR bats during batting practice

WHO: 

2029 and 2030 High School Grads

WHERE:

Berkeley Prep - Tampa, FL

ITINERARY 

Saturday, April 19, 2025

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  • TBA

Please click the links above or view the roster tab to see your game designation.

*Times subject to change

Registered Infielders, Outfielders, and/or Catchers

  • Running Times (60-yard dash)

  • Offensive Evaluations

    • Mechanical evaluation

    • Live batting practice

    • TrackMan ball flight analysis

  • Defensive Evaluations

    • Arm strength

    • Agility/range

    • Positional analysis/profile

Registered Pitchers & Catchers

  • Pitching Evaluations

    • Live pitching during gameplay portion of the event

    • Mechanical evaluation

    • TrackMan pitch velocity, movement, spin analysis

  • Catcher Evaluations

    • Receiving/pitch presentation

    • Blocking/mobility

REFUND POLICY

Prep Baseball's refund policy is that of a transfer nature. Prep Baseball will permit the transfer of your payment to another Prep Baseball event that may be used during the following year of scheduled events. Again, registration fees are of a transfer nature and will not be refunded. If an event is cancelled due to weather, players will be issued a full credit to a future event. 

SCOUTING, TECHNOLOGY, AND DATA ANALYSIS IN ONE EVENT

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Each prospect's recruiting process starts and ends with the Player Profile, and our showcases revolve around building up that profile, maximizing its content and reach. For first-time attendees, a new player profile will be created, hosting all of your information, videos, head shot, metrics and more, making it one of the most important tools in a prospect's recruiting process.

Repeat showcase performances will continue to update your player profile, creating a history of prospect progress and ensuring the most up-to-date information is easily accessible throughout the fast-paced scouting community. These profiles are also searchable by a range of data points and metrics through our advanced search engine, making it a one-stop shop for recruiters and scouts.

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Prep Baseball stats captured at its showcases, published inside its player profiles, are the industry standard in the scouting community, carrying the highest level of credibility in actionable data. Prep Baseball profiles are the most reliable resources for prospect information due to this reason alone.

Stats are collected using only the highest of standard equipment including Swift laser timers, TrackMan ball tracking technology, Blast Motion swing sensors, and Stalker radars. All stats are hosted in player profiles accompanied by Performance Tiers that show where a prospect ranks among his peers.

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All prospect performances will be professionally video taped, edited and uploaded into their Prep Baseball Profile. Videos will consist of multiple angles and record all aspects of the showcase including 60s, live batting practice, bullpen sessions, and defensive performances.

Videos are hosted in Prep Baseball Profiles and used for video spotlights, content, social media and more. Videos are accessible to all PBR+ subscribers.

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One of the many results of a Prep Baseball showcase is getting all the information collected to the public in a timely and digestible manner. Every showcase will be featured on the Prep Baseball website and social channels through various forms of post-event content, leaderboards, video spotlights and more.

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In an effort to elevate the post-event experience for players who attend a showcase, the Account Dashboard is now the prospect's one-stop shop to view all of his post-event deliverables, including showcase video, data, Vizual Edge Score, and more. The Account Dashboard also gives players a window into upcoming events, calendar management, among other organizational tools. 

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All showcase participants will receive a numbered Prep Baseball showcase shirt and hat sponsored by our partners at Mizuno. The Mizuno Tee is the all-around t-shirt for every activity, made from lightweight textured fabric, and used to identify prospects throughout the showcase process.


PREP BASEBALL TECH PACKAGE

Following a Prep Baseball event, players will receive unrivaled access to their advanced ball-tracking and swing metrics through the TrackMan and BlastConnect apps as well as visual skills through Vizual Edge testing. Furthermore, key metrics will live inside the player's official Prep Baseball profile to help them in their recruitment process. 

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TrackMan is the global leader in ball-tracking accuracy. Following a Prep Baseball event, all players will get unrivaled access to their performance data in the TrackMan interactive app. Players can create custom dashboards that unlock both hitting and pitching data.

Pitching Features Include:

  • Pitching data access includes: release speed, spin rate, spin axis, release height, extension, horizontal and vertical break, and location on each pitch
  • See each pitch trajectory in 3D from multiple viewpoints
  • Create defined tags to label and compare pitches
  • Pin pitches together to create tunneling visualizations between different pitch types
  • Visualize each pitch location

Hitting Features Include:

  • Hitting data access includes: Exit speed, distance traveled, launch angle, launch direction, spin rate, contact depth and contact side/height for each swing.
  • Visualize plate coverage
  • Pairing of all data points on each swing
  • All key ball flight metrics will live inside player profiles at prepbaseballreport.com for the benefit of college coaches and recruiters, which will help prospects advance to the next level.
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Prep Baseball events will be equipped with VALD Performance’s industry-leading athletic testing technologies to capture pinpoint accurate, actionable data for all participants, ultimately delivering new insights into athletes’ speed, explosiveness and power for recruiters to evaluate. VALD is the only system with a full 360-degree LED display on every gate, giving instant feedback to coaches and athletes.

Through both systems, the VALD SmartSpeed Plus timing gates and Smartump mats, athletes will be evaluated on a multitude of metrics that goes beyond just the 60-yard dash. Participants will be put through a jump protocol as well as adding 10- and 30-yard splits to the 60.Athletic testing metrics include:

Athletic testing metrics include:

  • 60-yard dash with 10- and 30-yard splits
  • Top end speed (mph)
  • Reactive Strength Index
  • Vertical jump


Location

Berkeley Prep - Tampa, FL
4811 Kelly Rd
Tampa, FL
33615

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