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Wed August 17, 2022
On Saturday August 6th PBR of NC was at Buck Hardee Field at Legion Stadium in Wilmington, NC hosting the Last Chance Summer ID and a Scout Day with Team Beast NC. Players in attendance ranged from the 2023-2026 grad classes.
The day began with catchers going through a defensive evaluation followed by pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting ball flight data. After the bullpens, position players ran a laser timed 60 using Swift Technology then taking BP on the field with Trackman gathering ball flight information. The day concluded with outfielders and infielders going through a defensive evaluation.
Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance. Click Here to see the full roster and stats
TrackMan Leaders - Team Beast Scout Day
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
Brent Avery
NC
Eugene Ashley
2023
1B
94.8 mph
2
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
91.4 mph
3
Gage Sessoms
NC
South Brunswick
2023
3B
82.1 mph
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
Brent Avery
NC
Eugene Ashley
2023
1B
83.9 mph
2
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
82.0 mph
3
Alexander Blankenship
NC
NB
2025
RHP
71.9 mph
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
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
346 ft
2
Brent Avery
NC
Eugene Ashley
2023
1B
344 ft
3
Alexander Blankenship
NC
NB
2025
RHP
284 ft
Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Distance (avg)
1
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
268 ft
2
Alexander Blankenship
NC
NB
2025
RHP
226 ft
3
Brent Avery
NC
Eugene Ashley
2023
1B
204 ft
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
Brent Avery
NC
Eugene Ashley
2023
1B
27 %
^
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
27 %
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
Brent Avery
NC
Eugene Ashley
2023
1B
63 %
2
Alexander Blankenship
NC
NB
2025
RHP
50 %
3
Mannix Crawford
NC
South Brunswick
2024
SS
40 %
Fly Ball %
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Fly Ball %
1
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
54.5 %
2
Alexander Blankenship
NC
NB
2025
RHP
40.0 %
^
Mannix Crawford
NC
South Brunswick
2024
SS
40.0 %
3
Crayton Dail
NC
South Brunswick
2024
LF
35.7 %
Ground Ball %
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Ground Ball %
1
Gadisson Speight
NC
Laney
2026
SS
70 %
2
Crayton Dail
NC
South Brunswick
2024
LF
42 %
3
Gage Sessoms
NC
South Brunswick
2023
3B
40 %
Peak Velocity
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Velocity (max)
1
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
80.0 mph
2
Brent Avery
NC
Eugene Ashley
2023
1B
79.6 mph
Average Effective Velocity
Effective velocity is taking into account the velocity of each pitch, its release distance, the pitches time to the plate / hitting area, and the pitches movement. With all of this information, Effective Velocity is allowing coaches and scouts to more accurately compare how a pitch is affecting a hitter.
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Eff Velocity (avg)
1
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
79.4 mph
2
Brent Avery
NC
Eugene Ashley
2023
1B
77.6 mph
Peak Spin Rate
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (max)
1
Brent Avery
NC
Eugene Ashley
2023
1B
2046 rpm
2
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
2045 rpm
Average Spin Rate
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Brent Avery
NC
Eugene Ashley
2023
1B
1964 rpm
2
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
1952 rpm
Average Induced Vertical Movement
Induced vertical movement tracks how the ball rides through the zone, or sinks through the zone. For the purpose of this board we are tracking which fastballs showed the most ride, typically leading to more swing and miss opportunities
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
IVB (avg)
1
Alexander Blankenship
NC
NB
2025
RHP
20.5 in
2
Gadisson Speight
NC
Laney
2026
SS
16.6 in
Average Horizontal Movement
Horizontal movement is often referred to as run. This measurement does not distinguish between early and late movement, just the overall amount the ball tracks to the arm side out of the hand.
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
-8.2
2
Brent Avery
NC
Eugene Ashley
2023
1B
-4.0
Peak Spin Score
The Spin Score is a measurement linking velocity and spin. It is calculated by dividing the spin rate by the velocity of each pitch.
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Score (max)
1
Gadisson Speight
NC
Laney
2026
SS
28
2
Brent Avery
NC
Eugene Ashley
2023
1B
25
Peak Velocity
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Velocity (max)
1
Brent Avery
NC
Eugene Ashley
2023
1B
71.5 mph
2
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
68.9 mph
Peak Spin Rate
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (max)
1
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
1990 rpm
2
Gadisson Speight
NC
Laney
2026
SS
1857 rpm
Average Spin Rate
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Rate (avg)
1
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
1926 rpm
2
Gadisson Speight
NC
Laney
2026
SS
1813 rpm
Average Induced Vertical Movement
This is a measurement of how much the ball drops from its original position and trajectory. It does not measure how late the movement happens. This can be referred to as depth on a breaking ball.
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
IVB (avg)
1
Alexander Blankenship
NC
NB
2025
RHP
6.4 in
2
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
-5.8 in
Average Horizontal Movement
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
HM (avg)
1
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
-8.2
2
Brent Avery
NC
Eugene Ashley
2023
1B
-4.0
Peak Spin Score
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Spin Score (max)
1
Kayleb Wray
NC
Eugene Ashley
2024
RHP
29
2
Gadisson Speight
NC
Laney
2026
SS
29