Yellowhammer State Games: Data Dive, Positional Players
June 29, 2024
ALBERTVILLE, AL - The inaugural Yellowhammer State Games was held on Tuesday, June 18th and Wednesday, June 19th at Sand Mountain Park in Albertville, AL. This event was the premier invite-only event of the summer that consisted of some of the top prospects from the 2025-2028 classes. These players went through extended pro-style workout that included batting practice using Trackman and Blast Motion, ran the 60-yard dash using Swift Performance, and much more. Pitchers were able to throw during a gameplay setting with a monitored pitch count and were able to get numbers and metrics off of our Trackman unit, such as pitch velocity, spin rate, horizontal & vertical movement & much more. There were some players who showed up and continued to build off of prior performances, but there were also some new names who jumped onto our radar with a strong showing this week.
Continuing our post-event coverage for this event, we take a look back at data and metrics on the positional player from the event. Please continue to check back over the next week, as we will release other various event leaderboards, individual scouting reports, and much more on each player present at the event.
View entire event stats HERE.
SYNCRO ATHLETIC TESTING
60-YARD DASH
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | 60-yd |
1 | Jaden Charles | AL | Hazel Green High School | 2025 | OF | 6.27 s |
2 | Bryon Martin | AL | Fairhope | 2026 | 2B | 6.42 s |
3 | Steele Hall | AL | Hewitt Trussville | 2026 | SS | 6.43 s |
4 | Trey Greenwell | AL | Decatur | 2025 | OF | 6.44 s |
5 | Cayden Boutwell | AL | Enterprise High School | 2025 | SS | 6.52 s |
6 | Ty Bedell | AL | Leeds | 2025 | OF | 6.58 s |
7 | Paxton Tarver | AL | DECATUR HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | 2025 | SS | 6.59 s |
8 | Carson Mann | AL | Vestavia Hills High School | 2025 | OF | 6.60 s |
9 | Cross Tonsmeire | AL | Vestavia Hills High School | 2026 | OF | 6.62 s |
10 | Braden Abernathy | AL | Buckhorn | 2025 | OF | 6.66 s |
^ | Brady Richardson | AL | Enterprise High School | 2025 | SS | 6.66 s |
30-YARD SPLIT
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | 30-yd |
1 | Jaden Charles | AL | Hazel Green High School | 2025 | OF | 3.54 s |
2 | Steele Hall | AL | Hewitt Trussville | 2026 | SS | 3.60 s |
3 | Bryon Martin | AL | Fairhope | 2026 | 2B | 3.63 s |
4 | Trey Greenwell | AL | Decatur | 2025 | OF | 3.68 s |
^ | Ty Bedell | AL | Leeds | 2025 | OF | 3.68 s |
5 | Cayden Boutwell | AL | Enterprise High School | 2025 | SS | 3.69 s |
10-YARD SPLIT
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | 10-yd |
1 | Steele Hall | AL | Hewitt Trussville | 2026 | SS | 1.56 s |
2 | Ty Bedell | AL | Leeds | 2025 | OF | 1.57 s |
3 | Jaden Charles | AL | Hazel Green High School | 2025 | OF | 1.61 s |
^ | Brady Richardson | AL | Enterprise High School | 2025 | SS | 1.61 s |
4 | Bryon Martin | AL | Fairhope | 2026 | 2B | 1.62 s |
5 | Israel Navarro | AL | Hazel Green High School | 2025 | SS | 1.64 s |
^ | Trey Greenwell | AL | Decatur | 2025 | OF | 1.64 s |
^ | Cole Miles | AL | Hartselle | 2026 | OF | 1.64 s |
^ | Hayden Anderson | AL | Stanhope Elmore High School | 2026 | SS | 1.64 s |
^ | Cayden Boutwell | AL | Enterprise High School | 2025 | SS | 1.64 s |
Traditionally, the 60-yard dash has been the in-event standard to help measure a player's speed tool. 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.
MAX RUN SPEED (MPH)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Run speed (max) |
1 | Jaden Charles | AL | Hazel Green High School | 2025 | OF | 22.5 |
2 | Trey Greenwell | AL | Decatur | 2025 | OF | 22.3 |
3 | Bryon Martin | AL | Fairhope | 2026 | 2B | 22.0 |
4 | Cayden Boutwell | AL | Enterprise High School | 2025 | SS | 21.7 |
5 | Steele Hall | AL | Hewitt Trussville | 2026 | SS | 21.7 |
RSi JUMP (MAX)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | RSi (max) |
1 | Noah Stafford | AL | Ardmore High School | 2026 | SS | 2.48 |
2 | Cayden Slick | TOURNEYS | Oxford | 2028 | SS | 2.45 |
3 | Kyler Campbell | AL | Buckhorn High School | 2025 | LHP | 2.43 |
4 | Camden Martin | AL | Bob Jones High School | 2025 | 2B | 2.40 |
5 | Wilson Foster | AL | Auburn High School | 2026 | 2B | 2.31 |
VERTICAL JUMP (MAX)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Jump Height (max) |
1 | Bryon Martin | AL | Fairhope | 2026 | 2B | 37.0 |
2 | Brady Richardson | AL | Enterprise High School | 2025 | SS | 35.2 |
3 | Jaden Charles | AL | Hazel Green High School | 2025 | OF | 35.1 |
4 | Braden Abernathy | AL | Buckhorn | 2025 | OF | 34.8 |
5 | Clayton Rice | AL | AMERICAN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | 2026 | OF | 33.0 |
TRACKMAN
EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
1 | Slade Bounds | AL | Spain Park High School | 2027 | OF | 100.9 mph |
2 | Kennith Dalton Jackson | AL | Florala High School | 2025 | 3B | 100.5 mph |
3 | Rocco Maniscalco | AL | Oxford | 2027 | SS | 100.1 mph |
4 | JB Upton | AL | Auburn High School | 2027 | SS | 99.4 mph |
5 | Jack Ross | AL | Homewood High School | 2025 | 3B | 99.3 mph |
6 | Easton Nelms | AL | Hartselle | 2025 | SS | 99.3 mph |
7 | Cooper Pennington | AL | Shelby County | 2026 | 1B | 98.9 mph |
8 | Andrew Beaverson | AL | Hazel Green | 2026 | RHP | 98.9 mph |
9 | Carson Mann | AL | Vestavia Hills High School | 2025 | OF | 98.8 mph |
10 | Angelo Santiago | AL | Auburn | 2026 | 3B | 98.7 mph |
EXIT VELOCITY (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (avg) |
1 | Jack Ross | AL | Homewood High School | 2025 | 3B | 93.8 mph |
2 | Steele Hall | AL | Hewitt Trussville | 2026 | SS | 92.4 mph |
3 | Gabe Jones | AL | Oak Mountain High School | 2025 | RHP | 92.4 mph |
4 | Clayton Rice | AL | AMERICAN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | 2026 | OF | 91.4 mph |
5 | Trip Morgan | AL | James Clemens High School | 2025 | 1B | 91.4 mph |
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 contact.
BATTED BALL DISTANCE (MAX)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
1 | Jack Ross | AL | Homewood High School | 2025 | 3B | 392 ft |
2 | JB Upton | AL | Auburn High School | 2027 | SS | 386 ft |
3 | Aaron Bailey | AL | McAdory | 2026 | 3B | 385 ft |
4 | Kennith Dalton Jackson | AL | Florala High School | 2025 | 3B | 385 ft |
5 | John Stowers | AL | St. Paul's Episcopal | 2026 | C | 385 ft |
SWEET SPOT%
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Sweet Spot % |
1 | Wilson Foster | AL | Auburn High School | 2026 | 2B | 100 % |
2 | Landon Cherry | AL | Moody High School | 2025 | C | 88 % |
3 | Luke Holbrook | AL | WHITESBURG CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | 2025 | RHP | 85 % |
^ | Steele Hall | AL | Hewitt Trussville | 2026 | SS | 85 % |
^ | Jacob Alexander | AL | Deshler High School | 2025 | RHP | 85 % |
4 | Maddox Eady | AL | Daphne High School | 2025 | OF | 83 % |
^ | Jameson Scissum | AL | Etowah | 2025 | RHP | 83 % |
5 | Ethan Walls | AL | prattville christain academy | 2025 | RHP | 77 % |
^ | John Stowers | AL | St. Paul's Episcopal | 2026 | C | 77 % |
^ | Jackson Burgess | AL | North Sand Mountain School | 2026 | C | 77 % |
Sweet Spot percentage: 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.
BLAST MOTION
HAND SPEED (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (avg) |
1 | Tyler Johnson | AL | Wetumpka | 2025 | 3B | 24.6 mph |
2 | Braden Abernathy | AL | Buckhorn | 2025 | OF | 24.5 mph |
3 | Brue Milner | AL | Tallassee High School | 2027 | C | 24.1 mph |
4 | Kennith Dalton Jackson | AL | Florala High School | 2025 | 3B | 23.9 mph |
5 | Parks Woodruff | AL | Lincoln High School | 2027 | OF | 23.9 mph |
Hand Speed: The observed speed as measured on the handle of the bat (measured six inches from the knob of the bat). Peak Hand Speed will occur prior to the moment of impact, very close to the commit time in the swing when the wrists unhinge.
BAT SPEED (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (avg) |
1 | Braden Abernathy | AL | Buckhorn | 2025 | OF | 77.8 mph |
2 | Slade Bounds | AL | Spain Park High School | 2027 | OF | 76.8 mph |
3 | Clayton Rice | AL | AMERICAN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | 2026 | OF | 75.9 mph |
4 | Charlie Cutler | AL | Saint James School | 2026 | RHP | 75.9 mph |
5 | Brodie Johnson | AL | WESTBROOK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | 2026 | SS | 75.9 mph |
Bat Speed: The observed speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact. The sweet spot of the bat is measured six inches from the tip of the bat.
ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION (AVG.)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Rot. Acc (avg) |
1 | Brue Milner | AL | Tallassee High School | 2027 | C | 26.7 g |
2 | Braden Abernathy | AL | Buckhorn | 2025 | OF | 25.5 g |
3 | Ty Hunter | AL | Hazel Green High School | 2028 | OF | 23.7 g |
4 | Maddox Eady | AL | Daphne High School | 2025 | OF | 23.5 g |
5 | Wells Ganey | AL | Ariton | 2026 | C | 23.1 g |
Body Rotation: A swing that has the appropriate relative contributions of body and bat rotations is an efficient and Powerful swing that maintains proper sequencing. An efficient baseball swing is one in which the body creates the initial movements, which is then transferred to the arms and out to the bat, thereby maximizing Bat Speed through this proximal-to-distal kinematic sequencing movement pattern.
VIZUAL EDGE
EDGE SCORES
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Edge Score |
1 | Andrew Summers | AL | WHITESBURG CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | 2025 | OF | 88.66 |
2 | Steven Cavaco | AL | Huntsville High School | 2025 | 1B | 85.66 |
3 | Will Langston | AL | Vestavia Hills | 2025 | C | 85.12 |
4 | Noah Cain | AL | Bayside Academy | 2026 | OF | 84.71 |
5 | Charlie Cutler | AL | Saint James School | 2026 | RHP | 84.65 |
6 | Corbin Driskell | AL | Southside | 2025 | C | 84.55 |
7 | Brady Richardson | AL | Enterprise High School | 2025 | SS | 84.28 |
8 | Ty Waters | AL | UMS-Wright | 2026 | C | 83.27 |
9 | Isaac Mastin | GA | Riverwood International Charter School | 2026 | SS | 82.85 |
10 | Jesse Isensee | AL | James Clemens High School | 2026 | SS | 82.70 |
The Edge Score is a comprehensive score out of 100 that takes the core-six visual skills into account, providing athletes, parents, coaches and scouts with a benchmark number for assessing an athlete’s overall visual ability. In general the higher the Edge Score, the higher chance of athletic success. Think of the Edge Score as the 'Sixth Metric' in the standard Five-Tools that make up a ball player.
The average Edge Score for the 2020 MLB Draft Class was 79.3 (of hitters who completed a Vizual Edge test). MLB players we've worked with typically show stronger scores, with elite hitters scoring consistently above 87.0 on their Edge Score.
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