Prep Baseball Report

Team Carolina Trials - East: Trackman Hitting Leaders


Matt Payne
Director of Scouting, PBR of NC

On Wednesday July 6th PBR of North Carolina was on hand at Jim Perry Stadium on the campus of Campbell University for the Team Carolina Trials - East. The Team Carolina Trials leads to identifying prospects for some of the summer’s biggest invite only events like, PBR Southeast Senior Games, Top Prospect Games, and the PBR Future Games. The event featured players from the 2023-2026 grad classes.

The Day began with players running a laser timed 60 along with having jumping metrics recorded by Swift Technology. Position Players then took batting practice on the field with Trackman recording ball flight data. After BP, catchers, infielders and outfielders went through a defensive evaluation. The day concluded with pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting ball flight data. 

Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance. Look for more information to follow in the coming days. 

Click Here for full roster and stats

Trackman Hitting Leaders

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 Gunner Jordan SC Cheraw 2024 1B 97.9 mph
2 Ethan Wienand NC Cape Fear 2023 OF 95.3 mph
3 Colin Pritt NC Cox Mill 2024 3B 95.0 mph
4 Dylan Pasternak NC Leesville Road 2024 SS 95.0 mph
5 Spencer Perez NC Cape Fear 2023 OF 93.4 mph
6 Parker Cato NC Heritage 2024 OF 93.1 mph
7 Brayden Schear NC Wakefield 2024 1B 93.0 mph
8 Carter Johnson NC South Johnston 2023 3B 93.0 mph
9 Mason Hughes NC Cape Fear High 2024 SS 92.9 mph
10 Roger Parker NC C.E. Jordan 2024 OF 92.9 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 Gunner Jordan SC Cheraw 2024 1B 88.7 mph
2 Colin Pritt NC Cox Mill 2024 3B 86.4 mph
3 Parker Cato NC Heritage 2024 OF 86.1 mph
4 Roger Parker NC C.E. Jordan 2024 OF 85.5 mph
5 Ethan Wienand NC Cape Fear 2023 OF 85.3 mph
6 Will Eichler NC Ravenscroft 2025 RHP 84.7 mph
7 Brayden Schear NC Wakefield 2024 1B 84.5 mph
8 Mason Hughes NC Cape Fear High 2024 SS 84.4 mph
9 Dylan Pasternak NC Leesville Road 2024 SS 84.4 mph
10 Max Perry NC Myers Park 2024 SS 84.2 mph



DISTANCE OFF THE BAT

TrackMan is able to measure and track the ball while in the air.  For every fair ball put in play it will display the distance the hit traveled.

Peak Distance - Best of the Hitter’s Session

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Spencer Perez NC Cape Fear 2023 OF 356 ft
2 Parker Cato NC Heritage 2024 OF 355 ft
3 Gunner Jordan SC Cheraw 2024 1B 354 ft
4 Carter Johnson NC South Johnston 2023 3B 349 ft
5 Brayden Schear NC Wakefield 2024 1B 348 ft
6 Lucca Pascarella NC Cape Fear 2024 C 338 ft
7 Jacob Michalek NC Forsyth Country Day 2024 SS 331 ft
8 Mason Hughes NC Cape Fear High 2024 SS 330 ft
9 Nicholas Credle NC CE Jordan 2023 1B 325 ft
10 Thomas McNally NC Charlotte Christian 2024 OF 320 ft

Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Will Eichler NC Ravenscroft 2025 RHP 263 ft
2 Carter Johnson NC South Johnston 2023 3B 261 ft
3 Mason Hughes NC Cape Fear High 2024 SS 252 ft
4 Jacob Michalek NC Forsyth Country Day 2024 SS 248 ft
5 Gunner Jordan SC Cheraw 2024 1B 240 ft
6 Cameron Guentensberger NC Orange 2024 OF 237 ft
7 Parker Cato NC Heritage 2024 OF 233 ft
8 Spencer Perez NC Cape Fear 2023 OF 228 ft
9 Brayden Schear NC Wakefield 2024 1B 224 ft
10 Colin Pritt NC Cox Mill 2024 3B 222 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 Gunner Jordan SC Cheraw 2024 1B 63 %
2 Dylan Pasternak NC Leesville Road 2024 SS 42 %
3 Colin Pritt NC Cox Mill 2024 3B 41 %
4 Mason Hughes NC Cape Fear High 2024 SS 33 %
^ Ethan Wienand NC Cape Fear 2023 OF 33 %
^ Parker Cato NC Heritage 2024 OF 33 %
5 Spencer Perez NC Cape Fear 2023 OF 30 %
6 Brayden Schear NC Wakefield 2024 1B 25 %
7 Jacob Michalek NC Forsyth Country Day 2024 SS 20 %
8 Thomas McNally NC Charlotte Christian 2024 OF 16 %
^ Lucca Pascarella NC Cape Fear 2024 C 16 %
9 Bryce Marsh NC Willow Springs 2026 OF 15 %
10 Roger Parker NC C.E. Jordan 2024 OF 11 %



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 Will Eichler NC Ravenscroft 2025 RHP 72 %
2 Christian Shrewsbury NC Walkertown 2023 2B 66 %
^ Brandon Benkovics NC Wayne Christian 2025 RHP 66 %
^ Roger Parker NC C.E. Jordan 2024 OF 66 %
3 Nicholas Credle NC CE Jordan 2023 1B 63 %
4 Mason Hughes NC Cape Fear High 2024 SS 58 %
^ Carter Johnson NC South Johnston 2023 3B 58 %
5 Gunner Jordan SC Cheraw 2024 1B 54 %
^ Dean Williams NC East Wake Academy 2023 OF 54 %
6 Max Perry NC Myers Park 2024 SS 53 %
^ Cameron Guentensberger NC Orange 2024 OF 53 %
7 Colin Pritt NC Cox Mill 2024 3B 50 %
8 Bryce Marsh NC Willow Springs 2026 OF 44 %
9 Bailor Peebles NC Ayden-Grifton 2024 2B 36 %
10 Ethan Wienand NC Cape Fear 2023 OF 33 %
^ Tanner Woodard NC Neuse Charter 2024 CF 33 %
^ Ian Williams NC Wake Forest 2025 OF 33 %
^ Brayden Schear NC Wakefield 2024 1B 33 %


Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Parker Cato NC Heritage 2024 OF 58.3 %
2 Spencer Perez NC Cape Fear 2023 OF 53.8 %
3 Jacob Michalek NC Forsyth Country Day 2024 SS 50.0 %
4 Bailor Peebles NC Ayden-Grifton 2024 2B 45.5 %
5 Ian Williams NC Wake Forest 2025 OF 41.7 %
^ Carter Johnson NC South Johnston 2023 3B 41.7 %
6 Ethan Wienand NC Cape Fear 2023 OF 33.3 %
^ Tanner Woodard NC Neuse Charter 2024 CF 33.3 %
^ Thomas McNally NC Charlotte Christian 2024 OF 33.3 %
^ Mason Hughes NC Cape Fear High 2024 SS 33.3 %
^ Lucca Pascarella NC Cape Fear 2024 C 33.3 %
7 Cameron Guentensberger NC Orange 2024 OF 30.8 %
8 Jabari Lee NC Jack Britt 2024 OF 30.0 %
9 Dylan Pasternak NC Leesville Road 2024 SS 28.6 %
10 Nicholas Credle NC CE Jordan 2023 1B 27.3 %
^ Will Eichler NC Ravenscroft 2025 RHP 27.3 %
^ Gunner Jordan SC Cheraw 2024 1B 27.3 %


Ground Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Cole Triplett NC Willow Spring 2024 OF 69 %
2 Wyatt Lytle NC Middle Creek 2027 C 61 %
3 Jabari Lee NC Jack Britt 2024 OF 60 %
4 Charlie Vestal NC South Granville 2023 1B 54 %
5 Bryce Marsh NC Willow Springs 2026 OF 44 %
6 Max Perry NC Myers Park 2024 SS 38 %
7 Dylan Pasternak NC Leesville Road 2024 SS 35 %
8 Brayden Schear NC Wakefield 2024 1B 33 %
^ Lucca Pascarella NC Cape Fear 2024 C 33 %
^ Thomas McNally NC Charlotte Christian 2024 OF 33 %
^ Tanner Woodard NC Neuse Charter 2024 CF 33 %
9 Dean Williams NC East Wake Academy 2023 OF 27 %
10 Ian Williams NC Wake Forest 2025 OF 25 %
^ Parker Cato NC Heritage 2024 OF 25 %
^ Colin Pritt NC Cox Mill 2024 3B 25 %