Island Future Games Trials: Positional Data Dive
May 25, 2026
On Thursday, May 21st, the Prep Baseball British Columbia staff hosted it's third and final Future Games Trials of the year with the Island Future Games Trials, hosted at Royal Athletic Park in Victoria, British Columbia.
The event featured roughly 20+ prospects in the 2027 - 2030 classes vying for a spot on one of Canada's three premiere teams heading to LakePoint in July for the Prep Baseball Future Games... The Future Games team (2028/29), Senior Future Games (2026/27) and Junior Future Games (2030/31).
All players ran through a full workout that included batting practice and bullpens captured on our TrackMan, 60-yard with splits captured by VALD Performance and positional metrics. Over the next several days we'll be highlighting top performers from the event within our post-event analysis. Stay locked into our social media channels over the next several days as we continue to push out video, leaderboards and more.
Earlier this week, we began our post-event coverage within our Statistical Analysis and Pitching Data Dive articles. Today, we will continue our post-event coverage within this Positional Data Dive article as we bring you the top Trackman Hitting and VALD Performance data collected during batting practice and 30-yard runs on Friday.
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.)
HARD HIT %
LINE DRIVE %
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.