Prep Baseball Report

Carolina Rays Scout Day: Trackman Hitting Leaders


Sammy Esposito
PBR SC Director of Scouting

On Monday October 10th PBR of South Carolina was on hand at Coastal Carolina University for a scout day with Carolina Rays. The scout day featured players from the 2020-2029 grad classes.

The morning started with catchers going through a defensive evaluation then pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting data analytics. After the bullpens position players ran a laser timed 60 followed by BP on the field with Trackman collecting ball flight data. After BP outfielders and infielders went through a defensive evaluation. 

Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance. 

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Statistical 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 Myles Pallister AB Lacombe Composite 2020 OF 98.9 mph
2 Cole Carroll NS Lockview 2023 C 94.3 mph
3 Sincere Ledbetter NC West Brunswick 2023 C 91.6 mph
4 Andrew Baum SK Holy Cross 2020 RHP 88.7 mph
5 Matthew Mitchell SC Georgetown 2024 RHP 88.5 mph
6 Chone James SC Socastee 2024 C 87.6 mph
7 Landon Everhart NC West Brunswick 2023 OF 87.2 mph
8 Pearson Mendiuk AB Holy Trinity Academy 2021 1B 85.6 mph
9 Jackson Elenko AB Queen Elizabeth 2023 2B 85.4 mph
10 Jonah Patten GA Statesboro 2023 OF 85.3 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 Myles Pallister AB Lacombe Composite 2020 OF 90.5 mph
2 Cole Carroll NS Lockview 2023 C 86.7 mph
3 Landon Everhart NC West Brunswick 2023 OF 83.8 mph
4 Sincere Ledbetter NC West Brunswick 2023 C 83.0 mph
5 Andrew Baum SK Holy Cross 2020 RHP 82.9 mph
6 Matthew Mitchell SC Georgetown 2024 RHP 82.7 mph
7 Gabriel Abbott NC West Brunswick 2023 OF 80.5 mph
8 Chone James SC Socastee 2024 C 79.3 mph
9 Jackson Elenko AB Queen Elizabeth 2023 2B 77.8 mph
10 Deri Steiert-Couture AB Aberhart 2023 SS 77.7 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 Distance (max)
1 Cole Carroll NS Lockview 2023 C 363 ft
2 Myles Pallister AB Lacombe Composite 2020 OF 356 ft
3 Chone James SC Socastee 2024 C 317 ft
4 Andrew Baum SK Holy Cross 2020 RHP 307 ft
5 Sincere Ledbetter NC West Brunswick 2023 C 303 ft
6 Landon Everhart NC West Brunswick 2023 OF 297 ft
7 Jonah Patten GA Statesboro 2023 OF 294 ft
8 Malachi Wojcik SC St.James 2027 3B 291 ft
9 Pearson Mendiuk AB Holy Trinity Academy 2021 1B 288 ft
10 Matthew Mitchell SC Georgetown 2024 RHP 286 ft


Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session


Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Jackson Elenko AB Queen Elizabeth 2023 2B 249 ft
2 Myles Pallister AB Lacombe Composite 2020 OF 245 ft
3 Andrew Baum SK Holy Cross 2020 RHP 236 ft
4 Chone James SC Socastee 2024 C 229 ft
5 Cole Carroll NS Lockview 2023 C 222 ft
6 Malachi Wojcik SC St.James 2027 3B 220 ft
7 Pearson Mendiuk AB Holy Trinity Academy 2021 1B 219 ft
8 Matthew Mitchell SC Georgetown 2024 RHP 200 ft
9 Jordan Robinson SC Carolina Forest 2027 OF 198 ft
10 Diego Patrick SC Waccamaw 2025 LHP 189 ft

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 Zachary Steagall NC West Brunswick 2023 LHP 70 %
2 Landon Everhart NC West Brunswick 2023 OF 66 %
3 Hunter Dawes SC Conway 2025 SS 63 %
^ Justin Sobczyk SC St James 2025 SS 63 %
^ Jonah Patten GA Statesboro 2023 OF 63 %
4 Alexander Behrhof SC St James 2026 1B 58 %
5 Jackson Meyers SC Carolina Forest 2027 C 53 %
6 Matthew Mitchell SC Georgetown 2024 RHP 50 %
^ Diego Patrick SC Waccamaw 2025 LHP 50 %
7 Deri Steiert-Couture AB Aberhart 2023 SS 41 %
^ Dock Mishoe SC Conway 2027 RHP 41 %
^ Jackson Elenko AB Queen Elizabeth 2023 2B 41 %
8 Myles Pallister AB Lacombe Composite 2020 OF 41 %
9 Corbin Todd SC Conway 2026 OF 40 %
^ Sincere Ledbetter NC West Brunswick 2023 C 40 %
^ Jordan Rinella SC Socastee 2028 C 40 %
^ Rodney Dennis SC Carolina Forest 2027 1B 40 %
10 Bryce Enterlin SC Carolina Forest 2028 SS 36 %
^ Gabriel Abbott NC West Brunswick 2023 OF 36 %



Fly Ball %


Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Jordan Robinson SC Carolina Forest 2027 OF 66.7 %
^ Andrew Baum SK Holy Cross 2020 RHP 66.7 %
2 Malachi Wojcik SC St.James 2027 3B 63.6 %
3 Jackson Elenko AB Queen Elizabeth 2023 2B 58.3 %
^ Pearson Mendiuk AB Holy Trinity Academy 2021 1B 58.3 %
4 Chone James SC Socastee 2024 C 54.5 %
5 Michael Stevens SC Carolina Forest 2029 SS 53.8 %
6 Myles Pallister AB Lacombe Composite 2020 OF 41.2 %
7 Rodney Dennis SC Carolina Forest 2027 1B 40.0 %
^ Jordan Rinella SC Socastee 2028 C 40.0 %
8 McCartney Wynn SC Ogburn 2029 2B 38.5 %
9 Cole Carroll NS Lockview 2023 C 36.4 %
10 Reese Jordan SC Saint James 2023 2B 35.7 %



Ground Ball %


Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Gabriel Abbott NC West Brunswick 2023 OF 63 %
2 Bryce Enterlin SC Carolina Forest 2028 SS 54 %
3 Corbin Todd SC Conway 2026 OF 50 %
4 George Handley SC Carolina Forest 2027 C 46 %
5 Connor Pellerin SC Carolina Forest 2027 3B 45 %
6 Alexander Behrhof SC St James 2026 1B 41 %
7 McCartney Wynn SC Ogburn 2029 2B 38 %
8 Cole Carroll NS Lockview 2023 C 36 %
^ Hunter Dawes SC Conway 2025 SS 36 %
9 Nathan Rowell SC Aynor 2029 SS 35 %
10 Deri Steiert-Couture AB Aberhart 2023 SS 33 %
^ Landon Everhart NC West Brunswick 2023 OF 33 %