Prep Baseball Report

Phoenix Rising Stars ID: Blast Motion Leaders


Cam Black-Araujo
PBR Arizona Operations

On Saturday, April 1st, PBR Arizona hosted its first Rising Stars event of the season at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Rising Stars showcases are for the 2027-2028 classes and serve as identifiers for PBR Arizona's team at the PBR Jr. Future Games.

The event was heavy on 2027 prospects and gave our staff a look at some interesting incoming freshman who will be on the high school scene for several years to come. 

At this event, we retrieved a significant amount of data on each player including: 60 Times and running splits measured by Swift Performance, Batting Practice measured by TrackMan, Catch Pop Time and Velocity, Outfield Evaluation and Velocity, Infield Evaluation and Velocity and Pitcher Bullpens analyzed and assessed by TrackMan. We pride ourselves on utilizing the latest technology in the game to provide the most accurate data for both the player and those recruiting/evaluating the player.

Below, we continue to break down all the data from the event with a look at the top Blast Motion metrics from Tuesday.

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

PHOENIX RISING STARS ID | BLAST MOTION LEADERS

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Top Blast Motion Performers in each swing category

Max Bat Speed - 75.7MPH | LHP/1B Brady Trujillo - 2027, Canyon View | Uncommitted
Avg. Bat Speed - 71.0MPH | LHP/1B Brady Trujillo - 2027, Canyon View | Uncommitted
Max Hand Speed - 23.2MPH | RHP/OF Grady Openden - 2027, Brophy Prep | Uncommitted
Avg. Hand Speed - 21.3MPH | RHP/OF Grady Openden - 2027, Brophy Prep | Uncommitted
Max On-Plane Efficiency - 96 % | OF/2B Dominic Ascanio - 2028, Heritage Academy | Uncommitted
Avg. On-Plane Efficiency - 88 % | SS/OF Kooper Klein - 2027, Mountain View | Uncommitted
Max Rotational Accel. - 25.2 G | OF/RHP Mitchell Lamoreaux - 2027, Mountain View | Uncommitted
Avg. Rotational Accel. - 22.2 G | OF/RHP Mitchell Lamoreaux - 2027, Mountain View | Uncommitted

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MAX BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Brady Trujillo AZ Canyon View 2027 1B 75.7 mph
2 Max Germaine AZ Mountain View 2027 C 70.9 mph
3 Keyen Marquez AZ Homeschool 2027 OF 70.6 mph
4 Ethan Fox AZ Brophy College Prep 2027 3B 70.1 mph
5 Marco Vacanti AZ Horizon 2027 OF 68.7 mph
6 Sam Jenkins AZ Notre Dame Prep 2027 RHP 68.3 mph
7 Mitchell Lamoreaux AZ Mountain View 2027 OF 68.2 mph
^ Joseph Kai Klepfer AZ Mountain Pointe 2027 OF 68.2 mph
8 Robert Villa III AZ Centennial 2027 SS 67.9 mph
9 William Parker AZ American Leadership Academy 2027 C 67.6 mph

AVG BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Brady Trujillo AZ Canyon View 2027 1B 71.0 mph
2 Max Germaine AZ Mountain View 2027 C 66.9 mph
3 Sam Jenkins AZ Notre Dame Prep 2027 RHP 66.3 mph
4 Ethan Fox AZ Brophy College Prep 2027 3B 66.0 mph
5 Mitchell Lamoreaux AZ Mountain View 2027 OF 64.9 mph
6 Marco Vacanti AZ Horizon 2027 OF 64.1 mph
7 Robert Villa III AZ Centennial 2027 SS 63.7 mph
8 William Parker AZ American Leadership Academy 2027 C 63.6 mph
9 Joseph Kai Klepfer AZ Mountain Pointe 2027 OF 62.7 mph
10 Keyen Marquez AZ Homeschool 2027 OF 62.5 mph

MAX HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Grady Openden AZ Brophy College Prep 2027 OF 23.2 mph
2 Auron Avery AZ American Leadership Academy Gilbert North 2027 OF 22.5 mph
3 Marco Vacanti AZ Horizon 2027 OF 22.3 mph
4 Kooper Klein AZ Mountain View 2027 SS 22.0 mph
5 Max Germaine AZ Mountain View 2027 C 21.8 mph
6 Zeke Lopez AZ Vista Grande 2027 C 21.7 mph
7 Jace Wright AZ NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY 2027 OF 21.6 mph
^ Keyen Marquez AZ Homeschool 2027 OF 21.6 mph
8 Mitchell Lamoreaux AZ Mountain View 2027 OF 21.5 mph
9 Xzavier Trujillo AZ Tolleson 2027 OF 21.4 mph

AVG. HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Grady Openden AZ Brophy College Prep 2027 OF 21.3 mph
2 Marco Vacanti AZ Horizon 2027 OF 21.0 mph
3 Mitchell Lamoreaux AZ Mountain View 2027 OF 20.5 mph
4 Kooper Klein AZ Mountain View 2027 SS 20.2 mph
5 Max Germaine AZ Mountain View 2027 C 19.9 mph
6 Auron Avery AZ American Leadership Academy Gilbert North 2027 OF 19.8 mph
7 Robert Villa III AZ Centennial 2027 SS 19.5 mph
8 Jaxson Baxter AZ Notre Dame Prep 2027 C 19.5 mph
9 Dylan Keith AZ Red Mountain 2027 OF 19.3 mph
10 William Parker AZ American Leadership Academy 2027 C 19.3 mph

MAX ON-PLANE EFFICIENCY

Rank Name State School Class Pos MaxOnPlaneEfficiency
1 Dominic Ascanio AZ Heritage Academy Maricopa 2028 OF 96
2 Keyen Marquez AZ Homeschool 2027 OF 94
3 Max Germaine AZ Mountain View 2027 C 93
4 Andrew Dahl AZ N/A 2027 1B 92
^ William Parker AZ American Leadership Academy 2027 C 92
^ Kooper Klein AZ Mountain View 2027 SS 92
5 Austin Brown AZ Gilbert Christian 2027 RHP 91
6 Grady Openden AZ Brophy College Prep 2027 OF 90
7 Jack McDonough AZ Perry 2027 RHP 89
^ Devin Dekavallas AZ Perry High School 2027 SS 89

AVG. ON-PLANE EFFICIENCY

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Kooper Klein AZ Mountain View 2027 SS 88 %
2 Max Germaine AZ Mountain View 2027 C 86 %
3 Austin Brown AZ Gilbert Christian 2027 RHP 83 %
4 Dominic Ascanio AZ Heritage Academy Maricopa 2028 OF 83 %
5 William Parker AZ American Leadership Academy 2027 C 82 %
6 Grady Openden AZ Brophy College Prep 2027 OF 81 %
7 Andrew Dahl AZ N/A 2027 1B 81 %
8 Ace Stinnett AZ Mountain View 2027 SS 80 %
9 Jack McDonough AZ Perry 2027 RHP 79 %
10 Devin Dekavallas AZ Perry High School 2027 SS 77 %

MAX ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Mitchell Lamoreaux AZ Mountain View 2027 OF 25.2 g
2 Grady Openden AZ Brophy College Prep 2027 OF 24.7 g
3 Keyen Marquez AZ Homeschool 2027 OF 24.5 g
4 Jacob Arzaga AZ Desert Ridge 2028 C 23.1 g
5 Jaxson Baxter AZ Notre Dame Prep 2027 C 22.4 g
6 Joseph Kai Klepfer AZ Mountain Pointe 2027 OF 20.5 g
7 Marco Vacanti AZ Horizon 2027 OF 20.0 g
8 Austin Brown AZ Gilbert Christian 2027 RHP 19.2 g
9 Cayden Mitchell AZ Desert Vista 2028 OF 17.1 g
10 Auron Avery AZ American Leadership Academy Gilbert North 2027 OF 16.2 g

AVG. ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Mitchell Lamoreaux AZ Mountain View 2027 OF 22.2 g
2 Jaxson Baxter AZ Notre Dame Prep 2027 C 19.0 g
3 Grady Openden AZ Brophy College Prep 2027 OF 18.9 g
4 Marco Vacanti AZ Horizon 2027 OF 15.8 g
5 Austin Brown AZ Gilbert Christian 2027 RHP 14.4 g
6 Keyen Marquez AZ Homeschool 2027 OF 14.1 g
7 Joseph Kai Klepfer AZ Mountain Pointe 2027 OF 13.9 g
8 Max Germaine AZ Mountain View 2027 C 11.4 g
9 Jace Wright AZ NOTRE DAME PREPARATORY 2027 OF 11.3 g
10 Cayden Mitchell AZ Desert Vista 2028 OF 11.0 g

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
Tucson Rising Stars ID AZ 05/05 University of Arizona - Reid Park (Back Field)
2023 PBR CA-NV-AZ-UT ProCase (Invite Only) AZ 06/04 University of Southern California - Dedeaux Field
Top Prospect Games: Class of 2026 & 2027 AZ 06/06 Legacy Sports Complex
Top Prospect Games: Class of 2025 AZ 06/12 Brewers Spring Training Fields - Phoenix, AZ
Top Prospect Games: Class of 2024 AZ 06/13 Brewers Spring Training Fields - Phoenix, AZ
PBR Junior Future Games NATIONAL 07/25 LakePoint


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