Prep Baseball Report

ONC Scout Day: Statistical Analysis


Cam Black-Araujo
Assistant Director, PBR Canada

On Wednesday, June 7th, the PBR Ontario staff hosted the ONC Scout Day at Hamilton Yards in Ottawa, Ontario. This event featured 20 prospects from the ONC program in the 2024 - 2027 classes and allowed our staff an opportunity to get an in-depth look at the players in attendance.

Today we'll start our deep dive into the data collected at this event within this Statistical Analysis story, followed by Quick Hits which will highlight standout players with video and scouting notes.

For complete event results, click here.
To view upcoming event schedule, click here.

60-YARD DASH

Rank Name State School Class Pos 60-yard
1 Preston Schwarz ON Ashbury College 2025 OF 6.16
2 Sam Ellis QC Homeschool (QC) 2027 SS 6.64
3 Kyle Edwards ON St. Peter 2025 3B 6.90
4 Cameron Wright ON St. Peter 2026 1B 6.93
5 Salvatore Lima ON St Pius 2024 OF 6.97

SLIDER SPIN RATE (AVG)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Dylan Findlay ON Hillcrest 2025 RHP 2246
2 Ethan Bathurst ON St. Peter 2026 RHP 1934
3 Andrew Amos ON Cairine Wilson 2025 RHP 1804
4 Zach Tam ON St. Peter 2024 RHP 1666

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Preston Schwarz ON Ashbury College 2025 OF 90.9 mph
2 Salvatore Lima ON St Pius 2024 OF 82.8 mph
3 Cameron Wright ON St. Peter 2026 1B 82.0 mph
4 Nolan Hobbins ON All Saints Catholic 2025 SS 80.7 mph
5 Ethan Bathurst ON St. Peter 2026 RHP 79.2 mph

FASTBALL VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Velocity (max)
1 Sawyer Brandino ON Carleton Place 2024 RHP 84.0 mph
2 Ethan Bathurst ON St. Peter 2026 RHP 78.0 mph
3 Finlay McLean ON Sir Robert Borden 2027 RHP 77.7 mph
4 Zachary Cloutier ON Sacred Heart Catholic 2027 RHP 76.3 mph
5 Nolan Hobbins ON All Saints Catholic 2025 SS 76.0 mph

CURVEBALL SPIN RATE (avg)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Spin Rate (avg)
1 Sawyer Brandino ON Carleton Place 2024 RHP 2305 rpm
2 Nolan Hobbins ON All Saints Catholic 2025 SS 2130 rpm
3 William Martin ON Ashbury College 2026 RHP 1895 rpm
4 Jackson Becker ON Sir Robert Borden 2027 OF 1819 rpm
5 Finlay McLean ON Sir Robert Borden 2027 RHP 1799 rpm

DISTANCE (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Cameron Wright ON St. Peter 2026 1B 283 ft
2 Preston Schwarz ON Ashbury College 2025 OF 277 ft
3 Finlay McLean ON Sir Robert Borden 2027 RHP 270 ft
4 William Martin ON Ashbury College 2026 RHP 269 ft
5 Kyle Edwards ON St. Peter 2025 3B 257 ft

INFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos INF Velo
1 Sam Ellis QC Homeschool (QC) 2027 SS 78
2 Nolan Hobbins ON All Saints Catholic 2025 SS 72
3 Kyle Edwards ON St. Peter 2025 3B 70

OUTFIELD VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos OF Velo
1 Preston Schwarz ON Ashbury College 2025 OF 82
2 Ethan Bathurst ON St. Peter 2026 RHP 79
3 Salvatore Lima ON St Pius 2024 OF 75
^ William Martin ON Ashbury College 2026 RHP 75

CATCHER VELOCITY

Rank Name State School Class Pos C Velo
1 Finlay McLean ON Sir Robert Borden 2027 RHP 67
2 Emilio De Matteis ON Catholique Paul-Desmarais 2026 C 63

POP-TIME

Rank Name State School Class Pos Pop Time
1 Finlay McLean ON Sir Robert Borden 2027 RHP 2.19-2.41
2 Emilio De Matteis ON Catholique Paul-Desmarais 2026 C 2.22-2.38

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
2023 New York State Games (PBR Canada Selects) ON 06/26 Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex
2023 New England Academic Games (Invite Only) ON 06/28 Yale
PBR Junior Future Games NATIONAL 07/25 LakePoint
2023 Toronto Summer Open ON 08/01 Dan Lang Field, University of Toronto
2023 Eastern Canada ProCase (Oakville) ON 08/19 King's Christian Collegiate
2023 Saskatchewan Fall Open ID (Session 1) ON 10/21 Gordie Howe Sports Complex (Saskatoon)
2023 Saskatchewan Fall Open ID (Session 2) ON 10/22 Gordie Howe Sports Complex (Saskatoon)
Improve My Profile with Game Video (Ontario) ON 08/29 Ontario


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