Mission Baseball Scout Day: TrackMan Hitting Leaders
August 18, 2023
On August 8, 2023, PBR Scouts were at South Meck HS in Charlotte, NC to take in the PBR Scout Day with Mission Baseball. The club on hand featured mostly 2026 grads. Position players went through a a full workout including running timed 30s and 60s, multiple rounds of BP, plus a defensive workout at their primary position. Pitchers threw a controlled bullpen with TrackMan tracking each pitch thrown.
You can see the full roster and all of the stats compiled at the PBR Scout Day with Mission Baseball by CLICKING HERE.
Mission Baseball Scout Day - TrackMan Hitting 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
Dylan Poling
NC
Marvin Ridge
2026
OF
90.3 mph
2
Drew Darling
NC
Charlotte Christian
2026
OF
89.8 mph
3
Colby Epperly
NC
Audrey Kell
2026
1B
88.7 mph
4
Nathan Wilson
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
OF
88.3 mph
5
Jaxon West
NC
Metrolina Christian Academy
2026
C
88.2 mph
6
Robert Johnstone
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
2B
87.7 mph
7
Ryan Virgilio
NC
Cuthbertson
2027
OF
87.6 mph
8
Tyler Cain
NC
Weddington
2026
1B
87.6 mph
9
Caden Tarr
NC
Carmel Christian
2026
SS
87.2 mph
10
Michael Scaletta
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
OF
87.1 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
Drew Darling
NC
Charlotte Christian
2026
OF
80.9 mph
2
Ryan Virgilio
NC
Cuthbertson
2027
OF
80.9 mph
3
Dylan Poling
NC
Marvin Ridge
2026
OF
79.6 mph
4
Nathan Wilson
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
OF
79.5 mph
5
Tyler Cain
NC
Weddington
2026
1B
79.4 mph
6
Michael Scaletta
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
OF
78.6 mph
7
Colby Epperly
NC
Audrey Kell
2026
1B
78.5 mph
8
Robert Johnstone
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
2B
78.2 mph
9
Caden Tarr
NC
Carmel Christian
2026
SS
78.0 mph
10
Trevor Cook
NC
Lake Norman Charter
2026
SS
76.3 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
Distance (max)
1
Colby Epperly
NC
Audrey Kell
2026
1B
340 ft
2
Ryan Virgilio
NC
Cuthbertson
2027
OF
331 ft
3
Michael Scaletta
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
OF
327 ft
4
Nathan Wilson
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
OF
325 ft
5
Tyler Cain
NC
Weddington
2026
1B
320 ft
6
Caden Tarr
NC
Carmel Christian
2026
SS
317 ft
7
Trevor Cook
NC
Lake Norman Charter
2026
SS
312 ft
8
Jaxon West
NC
Metrolina Christian Academy
2026
C
312 ft
9
Dylan Poling
NC
Marvin Ridge
2026
OF
308 ft
10
Kellen Murphy
NC
Weddington
2026
C
289 ft
Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Distance (avg)
1
Michael Scaletta
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
OF
237 ft
2
Ryan Virgilio
NC
Cuthbertson
2027
OF
234 ft
3
Nathan Wilson
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
OF
210 ft
4
Robert Johnstone
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
2B
210 ft
5
Tyler Cain
NC
Weddington
2026
1B
206 ft
6
Trevor Cook
NC
Lake Norman Charter
2026
SS
205 ft
7
Jaxon West
NC
Metrolina Christian Academy
2026
C
201 ft
8
Kellen Murphy
NC
Weddington
2026
C
191 ft
9
Dylan Poling
NC
Marvin Ridge
2026
OF
184 ft
10
Caden Tarr
NC
Carmel Christian
2026
SS
171 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
Sweet Spot %
1
Robert Johnstone
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
2B
78 %
2
Dylan Poling
NC
Marvin Ridge
2026
OF
76 %
3
Ryan Virgilio
NC
Cuthbertson
2027
OF
66 %
4
Nathan Wilson
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
OF
61 %
5
Jaxon West
NC
Metrolina Christian Academy
2026
C
58 %
6
Trevor Cook
NC
Lake Norman Charter
2026
SS
57 %
7
Michael Scaletta
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
OF
55 %
8
Tyler Cain
NC
Weddington
2026
1B
50 %
9
Drew Darling
NC
Charlotte Christian
2026
OF
44 %
10
Caden Tarr
NC
Carmel Christian
2026
SS
41 %
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
Robert Johnstone
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
2B
64 %
2
Dylan Poling
NC
Marvin Ridge
2026
OF
61 %
3
Ryan Virgilio
NC
Cuthbertson
2027
OF
50 %
4
Nathan Wilson
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
OF
46 %
5
Trevor Cook
NC
Lake Norman Charter
2026
SS
42 %
Fly Ball %
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Fly Ball %
1
Michael Scaletta
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
OF
66.7 %
2
Joshua Tordella
NC
Ardrey Kell
2026
3B
50.0 %
3
Kellen Murphy
NC
Weddington
2026
C
45.5 %
4
Ryan Virgilio
NC
Cuthbertson
2027
OF
41.7 %
5
Nathan Wilson
NC
Cuthbertson
2026
OF
38.5 %
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Colby Epperly
NC
Audrey Kell
2026
1B
38.5 %
Ground Ball %
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Ground Ball %
1
Colby Epperly
NC
Audrey Kell
2026
1B
61 %
2
Joshua Tordella
NC
Ardrey Kell
2026
3B
50 %
3
Caden Tarr
NC
Carmel Christian
2026
SS
41 %
4
Drew Darling
NC
Charlotte Christian
2026
OF
33 %
5
Derek Fechtner
NC
Mount Pleasant
2027
SS
30 %