Prep Baseball Report

Red Deer Preseason ID: Hitting Data Dive


Cam Black-Araujo
Assistant Director, Prep Baseball Canada

On Saturday, February 24th the Prep Baseball Alberta staff hosted it's first showcase of the season with the Red Deer Preseason ID at The Red Deer Dome in Red Deer, Alberta. This event featured over 17 players from the across the province in the 2024 - 2028 classes and allowed our staff an opportunity to get an in-depth look at the players, as well as collect updated metrics via our tech partner TrackMan.

The event also serves as an identifier and qualifier for our Select Series Events such as Future Games (2026), Jr. Future Games (2028/2029), Senior Future Games (2025), West Coast Games (2025/2026) and Best of the West (18U & 15U).

Earlier this week we began our post-event coverage within our Statistical Analysis and Pitching Data Dive articles. Today we'll conclude our post-event leaderboards within this article as we take a look at the top hitting metrics, captured by TrackMan, from the Preseason ID in Red Deer.

For complete event results, click here.
To view upcoming events, click here.

TRACKMAN

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

EXIT VELOCITY (AVG.)

Exit Velocity: This metric measures the speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of contact.

BATTED BALL DISTANCE (MAX)

BATTED BALL DISTANCE (AVG.)

SWEET SPOT %

Sweet Spot percentage: This metric is determined by how often the player produces a batted ball during the session with a launch angle between 8 to 32 degrees.

HARD HIT %

LINE DRIVE %

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
2024 Okotoks Dawgs Scout Day AB 03/06 Dunvernay Fieldhouse
2024 St. Josephs Academy Scout Day AB 03/08 St. Joseph's High School
2024 Edmonton Spring Future Games Trials AB 03/09 The Shop by SPMBA
2024 AHP Renegades Scout Day AB 03/29 Absolute Human Performance
2024 Medicine Hat Preseason ID AB 04/14 Mavericks Athletic Park
2024 Calgary Future Games Trials AB 04/17 Tourmaline Field
2024 Parkland Academy Scout Day AB 04/18 Tri Leisure Centre
2024 18U Best of the West AB 05/01 Norbrock Stadium (Kamloops, BC)
2024 15U Best of the West AB 05/01 Norbrock Stadium (Kamloops, BC)
2024 Calgary Blues Scout Day AB 05/10 Optimist Athletic Park
2024 Calgary Summer Open AB 06/26 Webber Academy Athletic Park

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