Statistical Breakdown: East Coast Dodgers Scout Day
February 22, 2022
On Saturday February 19th PBR of North Carolina was on hand at Next Level Training Center in Greenville, NC for a Scout Day with the East Coast Dodgers Organization. The scout day featured players from up and down the east coast in the 2022-2026 grad classes.
The day began with catchers going through a defensive evaluation followed by pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman gathering ball flight analytics. After the pitchers and catchers the position players ran a laser timed 30 followed by live BP with Trackman collecting ball flight data, the open atmosphere of Next Level allowed for coaches to see ball flight off the bat. After batting practice infielders and outfielders went through a defensive evaluation.
Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance by looking at some of the statistical leaders.
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Statistical Breakdown
THE 30 YARD DASH
Ten players ran the 30 yard dash on the turf at Next Level with PBR recording times off of the laser timer.
TRACKMAN MAX EXIT VELOCITY (BP)
During BP, TrackMan tracked ball flight off the bat. One element TrackMan is able to produce is the exit velocity. Below are the top Exit Velocities produced during live BP.
POSITIONAL VELOCITY – INFIELDERS
Infielders were able to simulate defensive plays inside the spacious Diamond Xtreme. The infielder's workout consisted of five live ground balls, making throws across the diamond to first base.
POSITIONAL VELOCITY – OUTFIELDERS
Outfielders worked from a "would be" center field, making throws of close to 130 feet toward home plate.
CATCHER POP TIMES & POSITIONAL VELOCITY
As part of the workout, catchers were able to make a full length throw to 2B allowing scouts and coaches to record pop times and to get a positional velocity out of the crouch.
TRACKMAN INFO - PITCHER BULLPENS
Pitchers threw a controlled bullpen showcasing their full arsenal of pitches. Velocity and spin rate information was gathered off of the TrackMan. TrackMan analytics are the official analytics and the velocities below were captured by TrackMan.
Max Fastball Velocity
Max Fastball Spin
Max Curveball Spin