Prep Baseball Report

Utah Preseason ID: Blast Motion Leaderboard


Cam Black-Araujo
PBR Utah Operations

On Saturday, February 11th, PBR Utah hosted it's first identification showcase of the 2023 season, the Utah Preseason ID at The Hive, Juab High School's Fieldhouse. 

Preseason ID's allow our staff to get a look at players ahead of the high school season, as well as offer players a chance to update their profiles and metrics as they head into the season. The events also serve as identifiers for invite-only showcases in Utah and nationally, including the Future and Jr. Future Games, West Coast Games, Utah Preseason All-State Games, Utah Top Prospect Games and Utah All-State Games.

The event featured players from the 2023 - 2026 classes and gave our staff a look at over 70 players from across the State. We had some good showings from some unsigned 2023s and 2024s, as well some intriguing underclassmen who are just jumping onto the scene.

At this event, we retrieved a significant amount of data on each player including: 60 Times, Batting Practice measured by TrackMan and Blast Motion, Catch Pop Time and Velocity, Outfield Evaluation and Velocity, Infield Evaluation and Velocity, Pitcher Bullpens analyzed and assessed by TrackMan. We pride ourselves on utilizing the latest technology in the game to provide the most accurate data for both the player and those recruiting/evaluating the player.

Below, we wrap up our post-event coverage with a look at the top Blast Motion metrics collected at the event.

For complete event results and stats, click here.
To view upcoming events, click here.

UTAH PRESEASON ID | BLAST MOTION BOARD

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Top Blast Motion Performers in each swing category

Max Bat Speed - 87.4MPH | 1B/RHP Justin Michaelis - 2025, Park City | Uncommitted
Avg. Bat Speed - 78.9MPH | 1B/RHP Justin Michaelis - 2025, Park City | Uncommitted
Max Hand Speed - 28.0MPH | 3B/SS Cooper Ford - 2023, Juab | Uncommitted
Avg. Hand Speed - 26.8MPH | 3B/SS Cooper Ford - 2023, Juab | Uncommitted
Max On-Plane Efficiency - 96 % | RHP/3B Camden Clark - 2024, Lone Peak | Uncommitted
Avg. On-Plane Efficiency - 89 % | OF/2B Aden Alba - 2023, Copper Hills | Uncommitted
Max Rotational Accel. - 27.6 G | C Logan Burgess - 2024, Copper Hills | Uncommitted
Avg. Rotational Accel. - 23.8 G | 3B/SS Cooper Ford - 2023, Juab | Uncommitted

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MAX BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Justin Michaelis UT Park City 2025 1B 87.4 mph
2 Easton Fry UT Brighton 2025 OF 84.7 mph
3 Deagen Thayne UT Pleasant Grove 2024 C 81.6 mph
4 Remington Edwards UT Mountain Ridge 2024 OF 81.5 mph
5 Ashton Gurney UT Park City 2024 SS 81.0 mph
6 Logan Burgess UT Copper Hills 2024 C 79.5 mph
7 Cooper Ford UT Juab 2023 2B 79.1 mph
8 Jakob DeVries UT Park City 2025 C 78.9 mph
9 Dallas Yardley UT Beaver 2023 RHP 78.3 mph
10 Blake Sweat UT Wasatch 2025 RHP 77.6 mph

AVG BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Justin Michaelis UT Park City 2025 1B 78.9 mph
2 Easton Fry UT Brighton 2025 OF 77.1 mph
3 Dallas Yardley UT Beaver 2023 RHP 75.9 mph
4 Deagen Thayne UT Pleasant Grove 2024 C 75.7 mph
5 Remington Edwards UT Mountain Ridge 2024 OF 75.2 mph
6 Ashton Gurney UT Park City 2024 SS 75.0 mph
7 Bode Hansen UT Ridgeline 2024 RHP 73.8 mph
8 Blake Sweat UT Wasatch 2025 RHP 73.4 mph
9 Braxton Lyon UT Park City 2023 RHP 73.4 mph
10 Ryker Freeman UT South Sevier 2025 LHP 72.9 mph

MAX HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Cooper Ford UT Juab 2023 2B 28.0 mph
2 Aden Alba UT Copper Hills 2023 OF 27.9 mph
3 Justin Michaelis UT Park City 2025 1B 26.4 mph
^ Cole Skiby UT Copper Hills 2023 C 26.4 mph
4 Blake Sweat UT Wasatch 2025 RHP 26.3 mph
5 Cole Ehat UT American Fork 2024 OF 25.9 mph
6 Connor Cowan UT Juab 2025 LHP 25.8 mph
7 Dallas Yardley UT Beaver 2023 RHP 25.5 mph
8 Colton Schmidt UT Park City 2024 RHP 25.4 mph
9 P.J. Hancock UT Union 2026 SS 24.9 mph
10 Leo Bacciocco UT Mountain Ridge 2025 SS 24.8 mph

AVG. HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Cooper Ford UT Juab 2023 2B 26.8 mph
2 Aden Alba UT Copper Hills 2023 OF 25.6 mph
3 Cole Skiby UT Copper Hills 2023 C 25.5 mph
4 Justin Michaelis UT Park City 2025 1B 24.6 mph
5 Dallas Yardley UT Beaver 2023 RHP 24.5 mph
6 Blake Sweat UT Wasatch 2025 RHP 24.5 mph
7 Cole Ehat UT American Fork 2024 OF 24.4 mph
8 Dylan Vea UT Copper Hills 2024 OF 24.1 mph
9 P.J. Hancock UT Union 2026 SS 23.6 mph
10 Kanyon Mattinson UT Juab 2024 RHP 23.6 mph

MAX ON-PLANE EFFICIENCY

Rank Name State School Class Pos MaxOnPlaneEfficiency
1 Camden Clark UT Lone Peak 2024 RHP 96
2 Dylan Treend UT East 2025 1B 94
3 Jerry Valdez III UT West 2023 SS 92
4 Trey Robinson UT Lone Peak 2024 OF 91
^ Braxton Hermansen UT Herriman 2023 OF 91
5 Chris Billings UT Lone Peak 2022 LHP 89
^ Zach Woolley UT Lone Peak 2024 C 89
^ Landen Golmon UT Box Elder 2024 3B 89
6 Brayden Petersen KS Blue Valley 2024 SS 88
7 Teigan Scott UT Spanish Fork 2024 SS 86

AVG. ON-PLANE EFFICIENCY

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Aden Alba UT Copper Hills 2023 OF 89 %
2 Dutch Visser UT Cyprus 2024 RHP 84 %
3 Dallas Yardley UT Beaver 2023 RHP 84 %
4 Jackson Allen UT Orem 2025 C 80 %
5 Joey Breza UT Park CIty 2026 2B 79 %
6 Kanyon Okerlund UT South Sevier 2025 SS 79 %
7 Zack Peck UT Bingham 2026 OF 78 %
8 Cole Skiby UT Copper Hills 2023 C 78 %
9 Kobe Goodman UT Desert Hills 2025 OF 78 %
10 Trenton Ash UT Springville 2023 SS 77 %

MAX ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Logan Burgess UT Copper Hills 2024 C 27.6 g
2 Cooper Ford UT Juab 2023 2B 27.0 g
3 Aden Alba UT Copper Hills 2023 OF 26.4 g
4 Cole Skiby UT Copper Hills 2023 C 25.2 g
5 Ryker Freeman UT South Sevier 2025 LHP 24.8 g
6 Colton Schmidt UT Park City 2024 RHP 24.5 g
7 P.J. Hancock UT Union 2026 SS 22.8 g
8 Cole Ehat UT American Fork 2024 OF 22.7 g
9 Jacob Jensen UT Cyprus 2024 OF 22.6 g
10 Collin Haymond UT Copper Hills 2024 RHP 21.8 g

AVG. ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Cooper Ford UT Juab 2023 2B 23.8 g
2 Logan Burgess UT Copper Hills 2024 C 22.8 g
3 Aden Alba UT Copper Hills 2023 OF 20.3 g
4 Cole Skiby UT Copper Hills 2023 C 19.9 g
5 Ryker Freeman UT South Sevier 2025 LHP 19.8 g
6 Cole Ehat UT American Fork 2024 OF 18.9 g
7 Jacob Jensen UT Cyprus 2024 OF 18.8 g
8 Kash Wallin UT Riverton 2026 1B 18.2 g
9 P.J. Hancock UT Union 2026 SS 18.1 g
10 Connor Cowan UT Juab 2025 LHP 17.7 g

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
Preseason All-State (Invite-Only) UT 03/04 Hurricane High School
Northern Utah Rising Stars ID UT 04/22 American Fork High School - American Fork, UT
Southern Utah Rising Stars ID UT 05/06 Hurricane High School


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