Prep Baseball Report

Trackman Hitting Analytics: East Coast Dodgers Scout Day


Matt Payne
Director of Scouting, PBR of NC

On Saturday February 19th PBR of North Carolina was on hand at Next Level Training Center in Greenville, NC for a Scout Day with the East Coast Dodgers Organization. The scout day featured players from up and down the east coast in the 2022-2026 grad classes. 

The day began with catchers going through a defensive evaluation followed by pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman gathering ball flight analytics. After the pitchers and catchers the position players ran a laser timed 30 followed by live BP with Trackman collecting ball flight data, the open atmosphere of Next Level allowed for coaches to see ball flight off the bat. After batting practice infielders and outfielders went through a defensive evaluation. 

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Trackman Hitting Analytics

PEAK EXIT VELOCITY

TrackMan is able to track every ball hit into fair territory, throughout the BP sessions.  Below are the exit velocities produced by individual players.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 David Ziolkowski NC Leesville Road 2023 OF 99.9 mph
2 Sam Schaeffer NC Durham Academy 2023 1B 95.7 mph
3 Brady Groves NC Franklinton 2023 OF 94.1 mph
4 Stephen Crater NC Wake Forest 2026 3B 93.6 mph
5 Robert Burris MD Bohemia Manor 2022 1B 93.1 mph
6 Caden French NC Wakefield 2024 OF 92.2 mph
7 Kairos Quintana PR Albergueolimpico Baseball Academy 2023 OF 91.9 mph
8 Felix Gonzalez NJ St. Joseph's Montvale 2024 2B 91.6 mph
9 Graeson Matheson NC Millbrook 2023 OF 91.2 mph
10 Troy Ford GA Homeschool 2025 OF 91.1 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

The average exit velocity measures a players ability to consistently produce hard contact.  The average was taken based on every ball tracked by TrackMan throughout the player's BP session.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 David Ziolkowski NC Leesville Road 2023 OF 89.3 mph
2 Robert Burris MD Bohemia Manor 2022 1B 85.9 mph
3 Brady Groves NC Franklinton 2023 OF 85.3 mph
4 Sam Schaeffer NC Durham Academy 2023 1B 85.2 mph
5 Felix Gonzalez NJ St. Joseph's Montvale 2024 2B 83.7 mph
6 Troy Ford GA Homeschool 2025 OF 82.9 mph
7 Graeson Matheson NC Millbrook 2023 OF 82.2 mph
8 Julian Rondon NJ St. Joseph's Montvale 2023 OF 81.8 mph
9 Davis Crowder NC St. David's 2024 1B 81.5 mph
10 Julian Carter GA Riverwood 2025 SS 81.1 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Sam Schaeffer NC Durham Academy 2023 1B 343 ft
2 Julian Rondon NJ St. Joseph's Montvale 2023 OF 339 ft
3 Kolton Smittle PA Canon McMillan 2025 3B 334 ft
4 Troy Ford GA Homeschool 2025 OF 332 ft
5 Luke Taibi NC Wake Forest 2024 OF 324 ft
6 Robert Burris MD Bohemia Manor 2022 1B 322 ft
7 David Ziolkowski NC Leesville Road 2023 OF 319 ft
8 Jimmy Blount VA Glenvar 2023 1B 318 ft
9 Davis Crowder NC St. David's 2024 1B 318 ft
10 Luis Saldivia NJ West Windsor South 2022 SS 317 ft

AVERAGE DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Robert Burris MD Bohemia Manor 2022 1B 236 ft
2 Julian Rondon NJ St. Joseph's Montvale 2023 OF 235 ft
3 Davis Crowder NC St. David's 2024 1B 230 ft
4 Preston Kennedy NC Home School 2023 2B 220 ft
5 Luis Saldivia NJ West Windsor South 2022 SS 219 ft
6 Mark Ryan Melton GA Trinity 2025 C 200 ft
7 Luke Taibi NC Wake Forest 2024 OF 197 ft
8 Kieran Mederos NC Millbrook 2024 C 197 ft
9 Blu Calimbo NC Franklinton 2023 OF 187 ft
10 Stephen Crater NC Wake Forest 2026 3B 186 ft

HARD HIT PERCENTAGE

TrackMan is able to track and follow exit velocities of each hitter.  Based on the individual's top exit velocity, TrackMan is able to give us a percentage of hard hit balls.  This percentage is based off of each individual hitter's top exit velocity.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hard Hit %
1 David Ziolkowski NC Leesville Road 2023 OF 55 %
2 Sam Schaeffer NC Durham Academy 2023 1B 53 %
3 Robert Burris MD Bohemia Manor 2022 1B 45 %
4 Brady Groves NC Franklinton 2023 OF 44 %
5 Julian Rondon NJ St. Joseph's Montvale 2023 OF 37 %
6 Graeson Matheson NC Millbrook 2023 OF 28 %
7 Troy Ford GA Homeschool 2025 OF 16 %
8 Felix Gonzalez NJ St. Joseph's Montvale 2024 2B 11 %
^ Kolton Smittle PA Canon McMillan 2025 3B 11 %
9 Stephen Crater NC Wake Forest 2026 3B 9 %
^ Luis Saldivia NJ West Windsor South 2022 SS 9 %
^ Caden French NC Wakefield 2024 OF 9 %
10 Kairos Quintana PR Albergueolimpico Baseball Academy 2023 OF 8 %

LAUNCH ANGLE PERCENTAGE

Based on the ball flight, TrackMan is able to identify each hit as a ground ball, line drive, or fly ball.  While there are many factors as to why a hitter may approach each pitch in a certain way, the overall groupings of BP can give some insight to each hitter's approach.

Line Drive %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Line Drive %
1 Grant Bartell GA Westlake 2026 OF 72 %
2 Ethan Wisler NC Wakefield 2027 OF 66 %
^ Hunter Graham NC South Garner 2025 OF 66 %
3 Robert Burris MD Bohemia Manor 2022 1B 63 %
^ Mark Ryan Melton GA Trinity 2025 C 63 %
4 Griffin Matthews NC Grace Christian 2023 1B 60 %
5 Preston Kennedy NC Home School 2023 2B 57 %
6 Jack Merrell NC Heritage 2025 C 55 %
7 Kairos Quintana PR Albergueolimpico Baseball Academy 2023 OF 50 %
8 Noah Whitehead NC Millbrook 2023 SS 46 %
9 Stephen Crater NC Wake Forest 2026 3B 45 %
^ Louis Smelcer NC Jack Britt 2025 C 45 %
10 Emilio Liriano NJ St. Joseph's Montvale 2025 MIF 44 %
^ Kolton Smittle PA Canon McMillan 2025 3B 44 %
^ Felix Gonzalez NJ St. Joseph's Montvale 2024 2B 44 %

Ground Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Kyle Brazeau NC Wake Forest 2024 OF 58 %
2 Tyler Abbe NC Heritage 2026 2B 53 %
3 Graeson Matheson NC Millbrook 2023 OF 50 %
^ Julian Carter GA Riverwood 2025 SS 50 %
4 Hyden Ayala PR Puerto Rico Baseball Academy & High School 2023 SS 46 %
5 Jimmy Blount VA Glenvar 2023 1B 45 %
6 Brady Groves NC Franklinton 2023 OF 44 %
^ Jack Merrell NC Heritage 2025 C 44 %
7 Ethan Staub NC Wake Forest 2025 SS 41 %
8 Griffin Matthews NC Grace Christian 2023 1B 40 %
9 Sam Schaeffer NC Durham Academy 2023 1B 38 %
10 Patrick Maloney NC Broughton 2024 C 37 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Luis Saldivia NJ West Windsor South 2022 SS 63.6 %
2 Luke Taibi NC Wake Forest 2024 OF 53.8 %
3 Davis Crowder NC St. David's 2024 1B 53.3 %
4 Julian Rondon NJ St. Joseph's Montvale 2023 OF 50.0 %
^ Kieran Mederos NC Millbrook 2024 C 50.0 %
5 EVAN GENAO NC Wakefield High School 2025 OF 42.9 %
6 Blu Calimbo NC Franklinton 2023 OF 41.7 %
7 Patrick Maloney NC Broughton 2024 C 37.5 %
8 Caden French NC Wakefield 2024 OF 36.4 %
9 Ethan Staub NC Wake Forest 2025 SS 33.3 %
^ David Ziolkowski NC Leesville Road 2023 OF 33.3 %
^ Connor Wright NC Millbrook 2025 1B 33.3 %
^ Troy Ford GA Homeschool 2025 OF 33.3 %
^ Mason Jones NC Laney 2026 RHP 33.3 %
^ Julian Carter GA Riverwood 2025 SS 33.3 %
10 Preston Kennedy NC Home School 2023 2B 28.6 %
^ Pierson McCallum NC Millbrook 2023 RHP 28.6 %