Prep Baseball Report

Super SO Games: TrackMan Leaders from Team NC


Zach Boraski
North Carolina Assistant Scouting Director

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This weekend, top uncommitted 2027s from the Mid-Atlantic have descended on Greensboro and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for the Inaugural East Coast Super Sophomore Games. The event is being hosted at two locations, High Point University and Wake Forest University. Team North Carolina players took part in a full workout on Friday and will play three games over the weekend, two on Saturday and one on Sunday. Here is video and quick hitting notes from Friday's Workout:

Super Sophomore Games Event Page

SUPER SOPHOMORE GAMES: TEAM NC HITTERS -  TRACKMAN LEADERS

EXIT VELOCITY

TrackMan is able to track every ball hit into fair territory, throughout the BP sessions.  Below are the best exit velocities produced by individual players, by category.

Max Exit Velocity

Rank   Name State School Class Pos. Max Velo
1 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 99.4 MPH
2 Christian Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 98.3 MPH
3 Kellen Rogers NC Wake Forest 2027 SS 94.7 MPH
4 Chace Blackmon NC Hough 2027 OF 94.4 MPH
5 Andrew Caracio NC Pro 5 2027 1B/LHP 94.3 MPH

Best Average Exit Velocity

Rank   Name State School Class Pos. Avg Velo
1 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 93.0 MPH
2 Wyatt Lytle NC Pro 5 2027 C 87.5 MPH
3 Luke Talley NC Green Level 2027 1B/LHP 84.9 MPH
4 Corbin Spilliards NC Christ School 2027 SS 84.6 MPH
5 Maddox Dean NC Southern Nash 2027 C 84.3 MPH

DISTANCE OFF THE BAT

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. Max (Ft)
1 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 376 FT
Wyatt Lytle NC Pro 5 2027 C 371 FT
3 Andrew Caracio NC Pro 5 2027 1B/LHP 359 FT
4 Christian Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 352 FT
Brandon Bush  NC Hoggard 2027 OF/RHP 336 FT

Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session

Rank   Name State School Class Pos. AVG (FT)
1 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 296 FT
2 Oliver Van Tiem NC Orange  2027 SS/RHP 264 FT
3 Maddox Dean NC Southern Nash 2027 C 259 FT
4 Chace Blackmon NC Hough 2027 OF 254 FT
5 Wyatt Lytle NC Pro 5 2027 C 237 FT

SWEET SPOT PERCENTAGE

TrackMan is able to track and follow how hard the ball is hit as well as the angle off the bat. With this information, TrackMan has deduced the Sweet Spot as batted balls hit with a launch angle of 8 - 32 degrees.

Rank   Name State School Class Pos. SS%
1 Maddox Dean NC Southern Nash 2027 C 80%
2 Abram Hargett NC Metrolina Christian 2027 OF/RHP 75%
3 Wyatt Lytle NC Pro 5 2027 C 72%
T4 Kellen Rogers NC Wake Forest 2027 SS 69%
T4 Ethan Wisler NC Wakefield 2027 OF/RHP 69%

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. LD%
1 Maddox Dean NC Southern Nash 2027 C 60%
2 Simon Brutskiy NC Apex 2027 RHP/OF 54%
3 Caleb Renn NC Holly Springs 2027 1B/LHP 50%
4 Kellen Rogers NC Wake Forest 2027 SS 46%
Ethan Wisler  NC Wakefield 2027 OF/RHP 46%

Fly Ball %

Rank   Name State School Class Pos. FB%
1 Oliver Van Tiem NC Orange 2027 SS/RHP 75%
2 Brody Morris NC Wake Christian 2027 SS/RHP 58.3%
3 Andrew Caracio NC Pro 5 2027 1B/LHP 52.4%
4 Abram Hargett NC Metrolina Christian 2027 OF/RHP 50%
5 Chace Blackmon NC Hough  2027 OF 46.2%

Ground Ball %

Rank   Name State School Class Pos. GB%
1 Corbin Spilliards NC Christ School 2027 SS 47%
2 Grant Helms NC Hickory Ridge 2027 OF 45%
T3 Christian Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 27%
T3 Wyatt Lytle NC Pro 5 2027 C 27%
T3 Brandon Bush NC Hoggard 2027 OF/RHP 27%
T3 Simon Brutskiy NC Apex 2027 OF/RHP 27%