Prep Baseball Report

Super Sophomore Games: Team NC Blast Leaders


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 BLAST LEADERS

BLAST - AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank   Name State School Class Pos.

Hand Speed (mph)

1 Ethan Wislers
NC Wakefield 2025 OF 23.3
2 Brandon Bush NC Hoggard 2027 OF 23.0
3 Andrew Caracio NC Pro5 Baseball 2027 1B 22.8
4 Luke Talley NC Green Level 2027 1B 22.5
5 Abram Hargett NC Metrolina Christian 2027 OF 21.7

 PEAK HAND SPEED

Rank   Name State School Class Pos. Hand Speed
1 Ethan Wisler NC Wakefield 2027 OF 29.3
2 Luke Talley NC Green Level 2027 1B 24.6
3 Brandon Bush NC Hoggard 2027 OF 23.7
- Andrew Caracio NC Pro5 Baseball 2027 1B 23.7
5 Christian Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 23.3

PEAK BAT SPEED

Rank   Name State School Class Pos. Bat Speed (mph)
1 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 88.3
2 Simon Brutskiy NC Apex 2027 3B 74
3 Christian Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 73.8
4 Brandon Bush NC Hoggard 2027 OF 73.7
5 Ethan Wisler NC Wakefield 2027 OF 73.3

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank   Name State School Class Pos. Bat Speed (mph)
1 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 78.3
2 Simon Brutskiy NC Apex 2027 3B 72.8
3 Christian Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 72.5
4 Brandon Bush NC Hoggard 2027 OF 71.0
5 Chace Blackmon NC Hough 2027 OF 70.8

Average On Plane Efficiency 

Rank   Name State School Class Pos. On Plane Eff.
1 Christian Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 76%
- Corbin Spilliards NC Christ School 2027 SS 76%
3 Giovanni Buccino NC West Forsyth 2027 1B 72%
4 Luke Talley NC Green Level 2027 1B 71%
5 Kellen Rogers NC Wake Forest 2027 SS 69%
- Caleb Renn NC Holly Springs 2027 1B 69%

Average Rotational Acceleration 

Rank   Name State School Class Pos. AVG Rotational Accel.
1 Andrew Caracio NC Pro5 Baseball 2027 1B 23.3 g
2 Brandon Bush NC Hoggard 2027 OF 23.2 g
3 Luke Talley NC Green Level  2027 1B 20.5 g
4 Christian Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 19.4 g
5 Ethan Wisler NC Wakefield 2027 OF 17.8 g