Fri April 16, 2021
Welcome back to the coverage of the Colorado Preseason All-State Games! Today we take a look at the leaders in the Trackman Hitting Metrics.
Who hits the ball the hardest? A higher exit velocity correlates very closely to on field performance at all levels of the game. Likewise, players with higher peak exit velocities are typically the ones with higher grades for raw power.
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
| 1 | Camden Ross | CO | Broomfield | 2022 | C | 102.6 mph |
| 2 | Aaron Kidd | CO | Legend | 2022 | 2B | 96.9 mph |
| 3 | Carson Fagan | CO | Severance | 2022 | SS | 96.5 mph |
| 4 | Luke Emerson | CO | Douglas County | 2022 | OF | 96.0 mph |
| 5 | Hunter Gotschall | CO | Douglas County | 2023 | RHP | 95.6 mph |
| 6 | Andrew Isdale | CO | Chaparral | 2022 | RHP | 95.3 mph |
| 7 | Brady Hall | CO | Rocky Mountain | 2023 | RHP | 95.1 mph |
| 8 | Mason Bright | CO | Severance | 2023 | RHP | 94.7 mph |
| 9 | Brady Webb | CO | Lutheran | 2022 | OF | 93.6 mph |
| 10 | Javier Tanner | CO | Mountain Vista | 2022 | RHP | 93.2 mph |
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
| 1 | Camden Ross | CO | Broomfield | 2022 | C | 95.4 mph |
| 2 | Aaron Kidd | CO | Legend | 2022 | 2B | 91.5 mph |
| 3 | Carson Fagan | CO | Severance | 2022 | SS | 90.6 mph |
| 4 | Owen Marsh | CO | Mullen | 2022 | RHP | 89.2 mph |
| 5 | Mason Bright | CO | Severance | 2023 | RHP | 86.9 mph |
| 6 | Andrew Isdale | CO | Chaparral | 2022 | RHP | 86.8 mph |
| 7 | Henry Stewart | CO | Mullen | 2022 | LHP | 86.7 mph |
| 8 | Luke Emerson | CO | Douglas County | 2022 | OF | 86.4 mph |
| 9 | Ashtin Gilio | CO | Alexander Dawson | 2023 | 2B | 85.5 mph |
| 10 | Max Meuli | CO | Legend | 2022 | 3B | 85.4 mph |
Who hits the ball the farthest?
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
| 1 | Camden Ross | CO | Broomfield | 2022 | C | 396 ft |
| 2 | Ryder Banks | CO | Air Academy | 2023 | 1B | 366 ft |
| 3 | Blake Windham | CO | Castle View | 2021 | OF | 357 ft |
| 4 | Mason Bright | CO | Severance | 2023 | RHP | 355 ft |
| 5 | Owen Marsh | CO | Mullen | 2022 | RHP | 354 ft |
| 6 | Carl Lind | CO | Legend | 2022 | 3B | 352 ft |
| 7 | Aaron Kidd | CO | Legend | 2022 | 2B | 341 ft |
| 8 | Carson Fagan | CO | Severance | 2022 | SS | 339 ft |
| 9 | Andrew Isdale | CO | Chaparral | 2022 | RHP | 333 ft |
| 10 | Brayden Pfeffer | CO | Legend | 2023 | OF | 332 ft |
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
| 1 | Camden Ross | CO | Broomfield | 2022 | C | 308 ft |
| 2 | Tyler P Smith | CO | Ponderosa | 2022 | OF | 260 ft |
| 3 | Brayden Pfeffer | CO | Legend | 2023 | OF | 251 ft |
| 4 | Brady Hall | CO | Rocky Mountain | 2023 | RHP | 250 ft |
| 5 | Aaron Kidd | CO | Legend | 2022 | 2B | 237 ft |
| 6 | Connor Barron | CO | Fossil Ridge | 2024 | 3B | 236 ft |
| 7 | Ryder Banks | CO | Air Academy | 2023 | 1B | 235 ft |
| 8 | Andrew Isdale | CO | Chaparral | 2022 | RHP | 234 ft |
| 9 | Kaden O'Toole | CO | Legacy | 2022 | C | 231 ft |
| 10 | Carter Evans | CO | Resurrection Christian | 2023 | SS | 225 ft |
Who hits the ball hard and often? When a player hits a ball with an Exit Velocity of 90 mph or more, the batter is credited with a Hard Hit. This tracks what percentage of batted balls eclipsed that threshold.
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hard Hit % |
| 1 | Aaron Kidd | CO | Legend | 2022 | 2B | 87 % |
| 2 | Camden Ross | CO | Broomfield | 2022 | C | 81 % |
| 3 | Carson Fagan | CO | Severance | 2022 | SS | 69 % |
| 4 | Mason Bright | CO | Severance | 2023 | RHP | 54 % |
| 5 | Luke Emerson | CO | Douglas County | 2022 | OF | 50 % |
| ^ | Owen Marsh | CO | Mullen | 2022 | RHP | 50 % |
