Last Chance Summer ID: Durham

On Wednesday, August 19th, Prep Baseball North Carolina hosted the Last Chance Summer ID: Durham at historic Durham Athletic Park. The event featured 30 players from the 2027-2030 grad classes, giving our scouting staff another opportunity to evaluate players while collecting updated statistics, advanced metrics, and video as the summer schedule winds down.

The day began with athletic testing powered by VALD, including the vertical jump, RSI jump, and a laser-timed 60-yard dash. The testing provided verified measurements of each player's speed and explosiveness. Players also completed Vizual Edge testing, providing additional insight into the visual skills used by hitters to track and process the game.

Offensive evaluations followed with multiple rounds of batting practice. TrackMan captured ball-flight and batted-ball data throughout BP, while BLAST Motion collected swing metrics. Players then transitioned to defensive workouts from their primary positions, giving the Prep Baseball scouting staff an opportunity to evaluate athleticism, actions, footwork, hands, arm strength, and overall defensive ability.

The event concluded with controlled bullpens for pitchers and catchers. Pitchers threw with TrackMan collecting pitch velocity, movement, spin, and additional ball-flight data, while the bullpen setting also provided an extended look at catchers and their receiving ability behind the plate.

All statistics, analytics, video, and evaluations collected throughout the day will be added to each player's Prep Baseball profile. In the coming days, Prep Baseball NC will break down the Last Chance Summer ID with statistical leaderboards, data analysis, scouting notes, and player highlights from the event.

Click Here for the full roster, stats, and analytics from the event.

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DATA DIVE POSITION PLAYERS - DURHAM ID

VALD PERFORMANCE

TOP 60-YARD DASH

Traditionally, the 60-yard dash has been the in-event standard to help measure a player's speed tool. We implemented three timing gates at the 10- and 30-yard splits, to capture athletes’ quickness, explosiveness and reaction time. From there, we will calculate an athlete’s top-end speed in miles per hour. While the measurement still has its utility, the 10-yard split has started to become more and more applicable in determining the player's burst and reaction time in-game, whether that's in the outfield or on the basepaths.

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TRACKMAN

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

HIGHEST AVG. EXIT VELOCITY

Exit Velocity: This metric measures the speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of impact.

MAX BATTED DISTANCE

HIGHEST SWEET SPOT%

Sweet Spot rate: This metric is determined by how often the player produces a batted ball during the session with a launch angle between 8 to 32 degrees.

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