YEAR REVIEW: BAT SPEED

It was indeed a strange year in 2020, the spring HS season shut down early and players across the state found themselves trying to get games in wherever they could. The state of Arizona was luckier than some states out there and was able to show some consistency throughout the summer and fall seasons. From a scouting perspective, the players that got to work during some extra time off really stood out towards the end of the summer and during fall competition. Some players were able to make some big physical transformations during that time while some prospects were able to make some big improvements to their swings or mechanics. PBR Arizona was able to get out to see some of these improvements, having spent hundreds of hours at the baseball field while holding plenty of their own events throughout the year. 

The biggest question mark in 2020 was what was going to happen to college recruiting. Scouts all over the country have had to get clever with their approach but there has been plenty of recruiting still going on. At this time last year, there were about 3 commits in the 2022 grad class committed to DI programs. This year, there are already 16 prospects committed in the 2023 class. College coaches are finding a way to get it done and Prep Baseball Report has been there to help provide resources to those scouts to aid in the process. We are looking forward to continue covering prospects in the future.

In 2020, another key tool Prep Baseball Report started to implement at its events was the use of Blast Motion sensors. During batting practice, Blast Motion helped our staff capture important Swing and Impact Metrics across several categories. Swing metrics measure pre-impact mechanics centered around plane, connection, and rotation while Impact metrics measure pre-impact performance outcomes based on ball contact.

We continue to wrap up 2020, we will be looking at some of the top Blast data metrics collected from the past year. Today, we will be taking a look at the top Rotational Acceleration averages:

RANK	NAME	STATE	SCHOOL	CLASS	POS	ROT. ACC (AVG)
1	Austin Mittelstedt	AZ	Horizon	2023	RHP	28.38 g
2	Austin Mittelstedt	AZ	Horizon	2023	RHP	27.70 g
3	Andrew Vasquez	AZ	Hamilton	2021	OF	27.50 g
4	Alec Bressler	CA	Beaumont	2021	OF	27.50 g
5	Jackson Geck	AZ	Scottsdale Christian	2022	OF	25.20 g
6	Tate Roderick	AZ	Cactus Shadows	2021	OF	24.06 g
7	Landon Penney	AZ	Brophy College Prep	2023	LHP	23.66 g
8	Lucas Cardy	AZ	Canyon Del Oro	2022	RHP	23.40 g
9	Jacob Cano	AZ	Shadow Ridge	2023	OF	23.15 g
10	Xavier Delgado	AZ	Pinnacle	2022	SS	22.50 g
11	Jack Rogers	AZ	Salpointe Catholic	2021	1B	22.16 g
12	Victor Londono	AZ	Salpointe Catholic	2022	C	22.09 g
13	Garrett Sloan	AZ	Estrella Foothills	2022	3B	21.97 g
14	Lucas Brutsche	AZ	Basha	2023	RHP	21.89 g
15	Bryce Stanton	AZ	Shadow Ridge	2023	SS	21.83 g
16	Ricky Rodenberg	CA	JSerra	2022	3B	21.82 g
17	Jayden Bracy	AZ	Canyon Del Oro	2021	1B	21.76 g
18	Jake Kingsbury	AZ	Brophy College Prep	2021	LHP	21.48 g
19	Braden Lovett	AZ	Liberty	2021	SS	21.29 g
20	Julian Alemany	AZ	Brophy College Prep	2021	3B	21.14 g
21	Pablo Araujo	AZ	Nogales	2022	OF	21.13 g
22	Austin Schulz	AZ	Queen Creek	2022	SS	21.10 g
23	Rodolfo (RJ) Molina	AZ	Salpointe Catholic	2021	2B	21.03 g
24	Marshall Mastrantuono	AZ	Sunnyslope	2022	SS	20.95 g
25	Nico Rijo-Berger	AZ	Sandra Day O'Connor	2023	3B	20.78 g

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