Trackman Hitting Leaders: Last Chance Summer ID: Triangle
August 24, 2023
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 % |