Prep Baseball Report

Trackman Hitting Leaders: Dirtbags Scout Day


Matt Payne
Director of Scouting, PBR of NC

PBR of North Carolina was on hand at Southern Alamance High in Graham, NC on Saturday May 13th for a Scout Day with the Dirtbags Organization. The scout day featured players from the 2024-2027 grad classes. 

 The day began with catchers going through a defensive evaluation, followed by pitcher throwing a bullpen with Trackman collecting ball flight analytics. After the pitchers, position players ran a laser timed 60 followed by BP on the field Trackman gathering ball flight data on each hitter. The day concluded with outfielders and infielders going through a defensive evaluation. 

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

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 Dylan Palmer NC East Wake Academy 2026 OF 102.6 mph
2 Matthew Perez NC Grays Creek 2024 C 94.2 mph
3 Maddax Brown VA Smithfield 2024 C 93.2 mph
4 Max Luzarraga NC Weddington 2025 RHP 92.6 mph
5 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 91.9 mph
6 Matthew Aldridge NC J.H. Rose 2025 OF 90.7 mph
7 Derek Guzman NC Davidson Day 2026 SS 90.5 mph
8 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 89.9 mph
9 Cody Rogers NC Porter Ridge 2026 LHP 89.3 mph
10 Owen Hardee NC JH Rose 2025 RHP 89.0 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 Dylan Palmer NC East Wake Academy 2026 OF 87.3 mph
2 Matthew Perez NC Grays Creek 2024 C 86.7 mph
3 Maddax Brown VA Smithfield 2024 C 85.8 mph
4 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 84.4 mph
5 Derek Guzman NC Davidson Day 2026 SS 84.2 mph
6 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 82.3 mph
7 Judge Dillow VA Abingdon 2027 C 82.0 mph
8 Cody Rogers NC Porter Ridge 2026 LHP 81.8 mph
9 Ethan Simmons NC JH Rose 2025 3B 81.8 mph
10 Hunter Goss NC Excelsior Classical Academy 2025 1B 80.7 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Max Luzarraga NC Weddington 2025 RHP 362 ft
2 Dylan Palmer NC East Wake Academy 2026 OF 357 ft
3 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 356 ft
4 Matthew Perez NC Grays Creek 2024 C 345 ft
5 Kayden McGlauflin NC Weddington 2026 RHP 338 ft
6 Cody Rogers NC Porter Ridge 2026 LHP 334 ft
7 Matthew Aldridge NC J.H. Rose 2025 OF 331 ft
8 Derek Guzman NC Davidson Day 2026 SS 329 ft
9 Christian Xavier Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 316 ft
10 Carter Beck NC North Davidson 2027 2B 314 ft

AVERAGE DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 273 ft
2 Max Luzarraga NC Weddington 2025 RHP 264 ft
3 Matthew Perez NC Grays Creek 2024 C 243 ft
4 Derek Guzman NC Davidson Day 2026 SS 236 ft
5 Cody Rogers NC Porter Ridge 2026 LHP 234 ft
6 Christian Xavier Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 231 ft
7 Matthew Aldridge NC J.H. Rose 2025 OF 226 ft
8 Dylan Palmer NC East Wake Academy 2026 OF 224 ft
9 Casey Murray NC Fuquay Varina 2027 RHP 217 ft
10 Caleb Renn NC Holly Springs 2027 LHP 205 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 Dylan Palmer NC East Wake Academy 2026 OF 50 %
2 Maddax Brown VA Smithfield 2024 C 42 %
3 Matthew Perez NC Grays Creek 2024 C 30 %
4 Max Luzarraga NC Weddington 2025 RHP 30 %
5 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 12 %
6 Derek Guzman NC Davidson Day 2026 SS 11 %
7 Matthew Aldridge NC J.H. Rose 2025 OF 10 %

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 Anthony Zezza NC Holly Springs 2026 LHP 70 %
2 Ethan Simmons NC JH Rose 2025 3B 58 %
3 Noah Price NC Cleveland 2027 C 57 %
4 Matthew Perez NC Grays Creek 2024 C 53 %
5 Brody Hines NC Corinth Holders 2025 C 50 %
^ Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 50 %
6 Braydon Smith NC Southern Alamance 2026 SS 45 %
7 Dune Staniszewski SC South Aiken 2025 C 44 %
8 Andrew Brandt SC Wade Hampton 2027 3B 42 %
9 Caleb Renn NC Holly Springs 2027 LHP 40 %
^ Judge Dillow VA Abingdon 2027 C 40 %
^ Dylan Palmer NC East Wake Academy 2026 OF 40 %
10 Brody Edwards VA SMLCA 2027 C 37 %

Ground Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Maddax Brown VA Smithfield 2024 C 85 %
2 RJ Browning NC Topsail 2027 SS 77 %
3 Hunter Goss NC Excelsior Classical Academy 2025 1B 70 %
^ Kayden McGlauflin NC Weddington 2026 RHP 70 %
4 Carter Beck NC North Davidson 2027 2B 69 %
5 Brayden Seeley NC West Forsyth 2026 1B 60 %
6 William Leahy NC Heritage High 2025 LHP 50 %
^ Camden Spangler VA Northside 2027 SS 50 %
7 Owen Hardee NC JH Rose 2025 RHP 44 %
8 Andrew Brandt SC Wade Hampton 2027 3B 42 %
9 Braydon Smith NC Southern Alamance 2026 SS 36 %
10 Ethan Simmons NC JH Rose 2025 3B 33 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 87.5 %
2 Casey Murray NC Fuquay Varina 2027 RHP 69.2 %
3 Cody Rogers NC Porter Ridge 2026 LHP 66.7 %
4 Christian Xavier Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 62.5 %
5 Talan Liljestrand NC Heritage 2024 SS 61.5 %
6 Max Luzarraga NC Weddington 2025 RHP 60.0 %
7 Jonathan Chappell NC West Forsyth 2025 C 55.6 %
^ Derek Guzman NC Davidson Day 2026 SS 55.6 %
8 Matthew Aldridge NC J.H. Rose 2025 OF 50.0 %
^ Caleb Renn NC Holly Springs 2027 LHP 50.0 %
9 Jackson Melton NC West Forsyth 2026 OF 42.9 %
10 Brody Edwards VA SMLCA 2027 C 37.5 %
^ Parker Harpin NC Southeast Alamance 2027 C 37.5 %