SC Rising Stars Fall ID: Trackman Pitching Leaders

November 21, 2023
Sammy Esposito
PBR SC Director of Scouting

On Sunday November 12th PBR of South Carolina was on hand at Brookland Cayce High School for our rising stars ID. The event featured players from the 2028-2029 grad classes.

The afternoon started with players running a laser timed 60 while using swift timing gates to measure their 10 yd/ 30 yd/ and 60 yd split, followed by batting practice in the incredible indoor facility with Trackman collecting ball flight data. After batting practice players when through defensive evaluations, followed by pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting data analytics.

Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance.

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TRACKMAN LEADERS

Fastball Stats

Peak Velocity

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Jesse Covington	NC	Westchester Country Day	2028	2B	83.1 mph
2	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	77.0 mph
3	Victor Kaczenski	SC	Lexington High	2029	OF	76.4 mph
4	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	74.8 mph
5	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	74.1 mph
6	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	71.6 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	Jesse Covington	NC	Westchester Country Day	2028	2B	78.4 mph
2	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	74.5 mph
3	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	72.6 mph
4	Victor Kaczenski	SC	Lexington High	2029	OF	71.9 mph
5	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	70.5 mph
6	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	69.6 mph

Peak Spin Rate

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Jesse Covington	NC	Westchester Country Day	2028	2B	2249 rpm
2	Victor Kaczenski	SC	Lexington High	2029	OF	2225 rpm
3	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	2130 rpm
4	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	2057 rpm
5	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	1855 rpm
6	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	1831 rpm

Average Spin Rate

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	Jesse Covington	NC	Westchester Country Day	2028	2B	2138 rpm
2	Victor Kaczenski	SC	Lexington High	2029	OF	2129 rpm
3	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	2003 rpm
4	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	2003 rpm
5	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	1813 rpm
6	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	1647 rpm

Average Induced Vertical Movement

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	IVB (avg)
1	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	19.1 in
2	Jesse Covington	NC	Westchester Country Day	2028	2B	17.7 in
3	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	17.4 in
4	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	16.7 in
5	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	15.4 in
6	Victor Kaczenski	SC	Lexington High	2029	OF	12.9 in

Average Horizontal Movement

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (avg)
1	Jesse Covington	NC	Westchester Country Day	2028	2B	15.1
2	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	10.5
3	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	7.7
4	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	7.5
5	Victor Kaczenski	SC	Lexington High	2029	OF	-2.2
6	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	1.7

Peak Spin Score

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Score (max)
1	Victor Kaczenski	SC	Lexington High	2029	OF	29
2	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	28
3	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	28
4	Jesse Covington	NC	Westchester Country Day	2028	2B	27
5	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	25
6	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	24

Curveball Stats

Peak Velocity

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	66.0 mph
2	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	63.3 mph
3	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	61.1 mph
4	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	58.2 mph

Peak Spin Rate

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	1986 rpm
2	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	1889 rpm
3	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	1794 rpm
4	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	1599 rpm

Average Spin Rate

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	1912 rpm
2	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	1841 rpm
3	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	1770 rpm
4	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	1527 rpm

Average Induced Vertical Break

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	IVB (avg)
1	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	-8.9 in
2	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	2.8 in
3	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	-2.5 in
4	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	1.2 in

Average Horizontal Break

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (avg)
1	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	-12.9
2	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	-10.1
3	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	-6.4
4	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	-2.4

Peak Spin Score

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Score (max)
1	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	32
2	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	29
3	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	27
4	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	27

Change Up Stats

Peak Velocity

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Jesse Covington	NC	Westchester Country Day	2028	2B	70.2 mph
2	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	69.0 mph
3	Victor Kaczenski	SC	Lexington High	2029	OF	68.2 mph
4	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	68.0 mph
5	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	66.8 mph
6	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	61.3 mph

Peak Spin Rate

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Score (max)
1	Victor Kaczenski	SC	Lexington High	2029	OF	29
2	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	25
3	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	24
4	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	24
5	Jesse Covington	NC	Westchester Country Day	2028	2B	23
6	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	21

Average Spin Rate

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (avg)
1	Victor Kaczenski	SC	Lexington High	2029	OF	1690 rpm
2	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	1573 rpm
3	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	1470 rpm
4	Jesse Covington	NC	Westchester Country Day	2028	2B	1432 rpm
5	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	1414 rpm
6	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	1309 rpm

Average Induced Vertical Break

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	IVB (avg)
1	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	15.4 in
2	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	14.3 in
3	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	14.3 in
4	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	13.9 in
5	Victor Kaczenski	SC	Lexington High	2029	OF	7.8 in
6	Jesse Covington	NC	Westchester Country Day	2028	2B	2.1 in

Average Horizontal Break

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	HM (avg)
1	Jesse Covington	NC	Westchester Country Day	2028	2B	17.1
2	Cash Conner	SC	Southside Christian	2028	OF	13.4
3	Bradley Runion	SC	Pendleton	2028	SS	12.7
4	Briggs Lessmeister	SC	Clover	2028	C	10.4
5	Emerson Morris	SC	Wade Hampton High	2028	SS	7.5
6	Victor Kaczenski	SC	Lexington High	2029	OF	-7.4