Prep Baseball Report

USA Prime Scout Day: Trackman Hitting Leaders


Sammy Esposito
PBR SC Director of Scouting

On Thursday September 28th PBR of South Carolina was on hand at Flour Field for a scout day with USA Prime. The scout day featured players from the 2024-2028 grad classes.

The evening 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 Cooper DeVries SC Eastside High 2027 OF 100.3 mph
2 BJ Jeter SC Union County 2024 OF 99.6 mph
3 Cole Bellinger SC Greer 2024 C 98.6 mph
4 Kaleb Owens SC Easley 2024 RHP 96.3 mph
5 Brady Davenport SC Palmetto 2024 1B 95.6 mph
6 Gavin Hug SC Greer 2024 C 94.7 mph
7 Levi Recio SC Easley 2024 1B 94.3 mph
8 Cade Gardner NC A.C. Reynolds 2024 SS 93.7 mph
9 Carter McAdams SC J. L. Mann 2027 SS 93.4 mph
10 Ashley Shiffer SC JL Mann 2026 1B 93.4 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 BJ Jeter SC Union County 2024 OF 92.0 mph
2 Cole Bellinger SC Greer 2024 C 90.9 mph
3 Kaleb Owens SC Easley 2024 RHP 90.7 mph
4 Ashley Shiffer SC JL Mann 2026 1B 89.5 mph
5 Carter McAdams SC J. L. Mann 2027 SS 89.3 mph
6 Brady Davenport SC Palmetto 2024 1B 89.2 mph
7 Cooper DeVries SC Eastside High 2027 OF 88.7 mph
8 Gavin Hug SC Greer 2024 C 87.7 mph
9 Maddox Robinson SC Powdersville 2024 OF 87.2 mph
10 Matthew McAdams SC JL Mann 2027 1B 85.5 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 BJ Jeter SC Union County 2024 OF 363 ft
2 Cooper DeVries SC Eastside High 2027 OF 362 ft
3 Cole Bellinger SC Greer 2024 C 359 ft
4 Gavin Hug SC Greer 2024 C 358 ft
5 Levi Recio SC Easley 2024 1B 354 ft
6 Cade Gardner NC A.C. Reynolds 2024 SS 353 ft
7 Ashley Shiffer SC JL Mann 2026 1B 351 ft
8 Kaleb Owens SC Easley 2024 RHP 350 ft
9 Brady Davenport SC Palmetto 2024 1B 349 ft
10 Maddox Robinson SC Powdersville 2024 OF 338 ft


Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session


Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Maddox Robinson SC Powdersville 2024 OF 310 ft
2 BJ Jeter SC Union County 2024 OF 303 ft
3 Gavin Hug SC Greer 2024 C 279 ft
4 Ashley Shiffer SC JL Mann 2026 1B 273 ft
5 Jacob Rainey SC Greer High 2025 1B 271 ft
6 Cooper DeVries SC Eastside High 2027 OF 266 ft
7 Levi Recio SC Easley 2024 1B 259 ft
8 Cade Gardner NC A.C. Reynolds 2024 SS 254 ft
9 Joe (Trey) Walker III SC Woodmont 2024 OF 246 ft
10 Sam Utecht SC St. Joseph's Catholic 2026 3B 242 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 Brock Ratliff SC Boiling Springs 2027 2B 53 %
2 Carter McAdams SC J. L. Mann 2027 SS 50 %
^ Kaden Whitmer SC Powdersville 2026 C 50 %
^ Brady Davenport SC Palmetto 2024 1B 50 %
^ Ashley Shiffer SC JL Mann 2026 1B 50 %
^ JD Moore III SC Boiling Springs High 2026 C 50 %
^ Finn Smith SC Greenville 2028 C 50 %
3 Evan Moon SC Powdersville 2024 C 44 %
4 Jacob Rainey SC Greer High 2025 1B 42 %
^ Levi Recio SC Easley 2024 1B 42 %
5 Jacob Harvey NC East Henderson 2027 OF 41 %
6 Cole Bellinger SC Greer 2024 C 40 %
^ Kaleb Owens SC Easley 2024 RHP 40 %
7 Cooper DeVries SC Eastside High 2027 OF 36 %
^ Kaido Greene SC J.L. Mann 2026 SS 36 %
8 Henry Zgonc SC Riverside 2028 1B 30 %
9 Conner Highsmith SC Blue Ridge 2028 1B 28 %
10 Nate Fagan NC Polk County 2028 SS 27 %
^ Joel Hinson SC Greenville 2027 OF 27 %



Fly Ball %


Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Foster Pruitt SC Byrnes 2028 2B 100.0 %
2 Maddox Robinson SC Powdersville 2024 OF 85.7 %
3 Cameron Daniel SC Riverside 2026 OF 80.0 %
^ Sam Utecht SC St. Joseph's Catholic 2026 3B 80.0 %
4 Gavin Hug SC Greer 2024 C 77.8 %
5 BJ Jeter SC Union County 2024 OF 71.4 %
6 Aiden McCroskey SC Eastside 2026 RHP 69.2 %
7 Joe (Trey) Walker III SC Woodmont 2024 OF 66.7 %
8 Carver Youngblood SC Hillcrest 2026 OF 60.0 %
^ Jace Frye NC AC Reynolds 2029 SS 60.0 %
^ Whitner Sokol SC Palmetto 2028 C 60.0 %
9 Cade Gardner NC A.C. Reynolds 2024 SS 58.3 %
10 Graham Suttles SC Riverside 2028 OF 57.1 %
^ Jacob Rainey SC Greer High 2025 1B 57.1 %



Ground Ball %


Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Griffin Tillery NC N/A 2028 C 55 %
2 Mason Guion SC Fountain Inn 2026 C 54 %
3 Matthew McAdams SC JL Mann 2027 1B 50 %
4 Owen Painter SC Blue Ridge 2028 OF 46 %
^ Kaleb Owens SC Easley 2024 RHP 46 %
5 Jacob Highsmith SC Travelers Rest 2024 2B 41 %
6 Gage Borrosco NC N/A 2028 OF 38 %
7 Henry Zgonc SC Riverside 2028 1B 30 %
8 Carver Youngblood SC Hillcrest 2026 OF 30 %
9 Brady Davenport SC Palmetto 2024 1B 28 %
^ Beckett Lind NC TC Roberson 2028 1B 28 %
10 Nate Fagan NC Polk County 2028 SS 27 %