BIRMINGHAM, AL - The Birmingham Rising Stars ID will be held this Wednesday, June 21st at Spain Park HS in Birmingham, AL and is an open event that consists of prospects in the Classes of 2027-2029. This event has a dual function. For most participants, this will be their first showcase event - an initial step toward achieving a player’s baseball goals. Part of this event is educational: there will be a lecture about what scouts look for, how to comport themselves, what to expect in the recruiting process, and the overall landscape of playing at the next level. The second function of the event is to identify young talent, and at the same time getting valuable coaching in the showcase process. As the preeminent scouting service across our 40+ state coverage area, the Prep Baseball Report is looking to identify promising young prospects at an earlier age so we can more accurately track their progress through their career.

This event will also serve as an identifier for invitations to the Junior Future Games in July. The Junior Future Games will run in conjunction with the Prep Baseball Report’s Future Games. The Future Games features the top High School players in the Class of 2025 from across the Prep Baseball Report’s 40+ state coverage area. It is one of the most highly recruited events of the summer and attracts more than 300 college coaches from across the country each year.

The Junior Future Games, an Invitation-Only event, will feature the best identified prospects from across the country in a four-day tournament at Lake Point in Cartersville, GA. Participants will compete against other top-level players while representing their respective state. The Junior Future Games will take place at Lake Point in Cartersville, GA. This state-of-the-art facility features 8 all-turf fields. The event features guaranteed pool play games and will include single elimination bracket play to determine a champion in each age group. 

 

EVENT ROSTER

NAME	HIGH SCHOOL	CLASS	POS.
Jamison Barnes	Briarwood	2028	C
Brodie Bragg	Spain Park	2027	LHP
Andrew Cochran	Mount Pisgah Christian	2028	OF
Keaton Coffee	Corner	2027	C
Ben Coskrey	Northside Methodist	2027	OF
Collin Crump	Homewood	2027	C
Hunter Elmore	American Christian Academy	2028	1B
Carter Gilley	Central Phenix City	2028	SS
Drew Jackson III	American Christian Academy	2028	LHP
Jack Jensen	Helena	2027	RHP
Hampton Jordan	Auburn	2027	1B
Miller McClure	Vestavia Hills	2028	C
Christian Morris	Wicksburg	2027	SS
Eli Quinley	Faith Academy	2027	C
Wyatt Rath	Northridge	2027	C
Carter Richards	Northside Methodist Christian	2026	SS
Easton Skaggs	Gaston	2028	RHP
Brody Smith	Spain Park	2027	2B
Will Stapleton	Southside	2027	OF
Kellen Stewart	Charles Henderson	2027	C
Tyler West	Helena	2027	C
Brodie Wilson	Faith Academy	2027	RHP

 

EVENT SCHEDULE & ITINERARY

+ Event Schedule:

• Positional Player Check-In: 9:30 AM-9:50 AM
• Pre-Event Meeting: 9:50 AM-10:00 AM
• Pro-Style Workout Begins: 10:00 AM
• Pitcher-Only Check-in: 12:00 PM

*Times subject to change

Registered Infielders, Outfielders, and/or Catchers

• Running Times (laser-timed 60-yard dash)

• Offensive Evaluations

  • Mechanical evaluation

  • Live batting practice

  • TrackMan ball flight analysis

• Defensive Evaluations

  • Arm strength

  • Agility/range

  • Positional analysis/profile

Registered Pitchers & Catchers

• Pitching Evaluations

  • 15-20 pitch bullpen (fastball and secondary pitches from both windup and stretch)

  • Mechanical evaluation

  • TrackMan pitch velocity, movement, spin analysis

• Catcher Evaluations (while receiving bullpen)

  • Receiving/pitch presentation

  • Blocking/mobility

 

TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE

In an effort to elevate the post-event experience for players who attend a PBR Showcase, the Account Dashboard is now your one stop shop to view all of your post-event deliverables, including your Video, TrackMan, Report, and more.

TrackMan is the global leader in ball-tracking accuracy. Following a Prep Baseball Report event, all players will get unrivaled access to their performance data in the Trackman interactive app. Players can create custom dashboards that unlock both hitting and pitching data.

Pitching Features Include:

• Pitching data access includes: release speed, spin rate, spin axis, release height, extension, horizontal and vertical break, and location on each pitch 

• See each pitch trajectory in 3D from multiple viewpoints

• Create defined tags to label and compare pitches

• Pin pitches together to create tunneling visualizations between different pitch types

• Visualize each pitch location

Hitting Features Include:

• Hitting data access includes: Exit speed, distance traveled, launch angle, launch direction, spin rate, contact depth and contact side/height for each swing.

• Visualize plate coverage

• Pairing of all data points on each swing

Key ball flight metrics will also live inside player profiles at PrepBaseballReport.com for the benefit of college coaches and recruiters, which will help prospects advance to the next level. TrackMan’s advanced data metrics will augment what players already receive from a PBR showcase, which includes an edited video of their performance, personalized scouting reports, verified statistics, run times and positional velocities.

Prep Baseball Report events will be equipped with Swift Performance’s industry-leading athletic testing technologies to capture pinpoint accurate, actionable data for all participants, ultimately delivering new insights into athletes’ speed, explosiveness and power for recruiters to evaluate.

Athletic Testing Metrics include:

• 60 yard dash with 10 and 30 yard splits

• Top end speed (mph)

 

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