Prep Baseball Report

Trackman Hitting Leaders: Last Chance Summer ID: Triangle


Matt Payne
Director of Scouting, PBR of NC

On Wednesday August 16th PBR of North Carolina was on hand at the DPC Baseball Academy in Clayton, NC for Last Chance Summer ID: Triangle. The Open ID ran in conjunction with the DPC Baseball Scout Day. The Event featured players from the 2024-2027 grad classes. 

The day began with position players running a laser timed 60. After running the position players took live BP on the field with Trackman gathering advanced hitting data. Following BP players went through a defensive evaluation at their positions. The event 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. 

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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 Jaylen Witherspoon NC West Forsyth 2027 OF 89.6 mph
2 Cole Rice NC Reagan 2024 C 89.1 mph
3 Mateo Rodriguez MN Stillwater 2024 SS 86.1 mph
4 Tyler Long NC Clayton 2025 C 85.3 mph
5 Nathan Rice NC Willow Springs 2027 SS 83.6 mph
6 Alonzo Walston, III NC New Bern 2027 OF 82.7 mph
7 Isaac Devine NC Overhills 2025 OF 81.9 mph
8 Sam Rice NC Reagan 2027 LHP 81.1 mph
9 Philip Daly NC CE Jordan 2027 RHP 79.7 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 Cole Rice NC Reagan 2024 C 82.3 mph
2 Isaac Devine NC Overhills 2025 OF 77.8 mph
3 Mateo Rodriguez MN Stillwater 2024 SS 76.8 mph
4 Jaylen Witherspoon NC West Forsyth 2027 OF 76.4 mph
5 Sam Rice NC Reagan 2027 LHP 75.5 mph
6 Nathan Rice NC Willow Springs 2027 SS 75.5 mph
7 Tyler Long NC Clayton 2025 C 74.9 mph
8 Alonzo Walston, III NC New Bern 2027 OF 72.1 mph
9 Philip Daly NC CE Jordan 2027 RHP 71.4 mph

PEAK DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Cole Rice NC Reagan 2024 C 332 ft
2 Tyler Long NC Clayton 2025 C 308 ft
3 Isaac Devine NC Overhills 2025 OF 290 ft
4 Mateo Rodriguez MN Stillwater 2024 SS 286 ft
5 Nathan Rice NC Willow Springs 2027 SS 280 ft
6 Alonzo Walston, III NC New Bern 2027 OF 276 ft
7 Philip Daly NC CE Jordan 2027 RHP 246 ft
8 Jaylen Witherspoon NC West Forsyth 2027 OF 241 ft
9 Sam Rice NC Reagan 2027 LHP 240 ft

AVERAGE DISTANCE

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Isaac Devine NC Overhills 2025 OF 223 ft
2 Cole Rice NC Reagan 2024 C 186 ft
3 Nathan Rice NC Willow Springs 2027 SS 172 ft
4 Jaylen Witherspoon NC West Forsyth 2027 OF 169 ft
5 Mateo Rodriguez MN Stillwater 2024 SS 148 ft
6 Tyler Long NC Clayton 2025 C 145 ft
7 Sam Rice NC Reagan 2027 LHP 136 ft
8 Alonzo Walston, III NC New Bern 2027 OF 132 ft
9 Philip Daly NC CE Jordan 2027 RHP 115 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.

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 Alonzo Walston, III NC New Bern 2027 OF 50 %
2 Mateo Rodriguez MN Stillwater 2024 SS 36 %
3 Nathan Rice NC Willow Springs 2027 SS 33 %
4 Sam Rice NC Reagan 2027 LHP 30 %
5 Jaylen Witherspoon NC West Forsyth 2027 OF 28 %
6 Tyler Long NC Clayton 2025 C 27 %
7 Philip Daly NC CE Jordan 2027 RHP 25 %
8 Cole Rice NC Reagan 2024 C 22 %
9 Isaac Devine NC Overhills 2025 OF 14 %

Ground Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Cole Rice NC Reagan 2024 C 55 %
2 Mateo Rodriguez MN Stillwater 2024 SS 54 %
3 Philip Daly NC CE Jordan 2027 RHP 50 %
4 Sam Rice NC Reagan 2027 LHP 46 %
5 Tyler Long NC Clayton 2025 C 45 %
6 Alonzo Walston, III NC New Bern 2027 OF 37 %
7 Nathan Rice NC Willow Springs 2027 SS 33 %
8 Jaylen Witherspoon NC West Forsyth 2027 OF 28 %
9 Isaac Devine NC Overhills 2025 OF 14 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Isaac Devine NC Overhills 2025 OF 71.4 %
2 Jaylen Witherspoon NC West Forsyth 2027 OF 28.6 %
3 Nathan Rice NC Willow Springs 2027 SS 23.8 %
4 Sam Rice NC Reagan 2027 LHP 23.1 %
5 Cole Rice NC Reagan 2024 C 22.2 %
6 Tyler Long NC Clayton 2025 C 18.2 %
7 Alonzo Walston, III NC New Bern 2027 OF 12.5 %
8 Mateo Rodriguez MN Stillwater 2024 SS 9.1 %
9 Philip Daly NC CE Jordan 2027 RHP 8.3 %