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South Charlotte Braves: Trackman Hitting Analytics


Zach Boraski
North Carolina Assistant Scouting Director


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PBR was in Matthews, NC on Thursday May 29, 2024, at Warner Park home field of Covenant Day School. To see the PBR Scout Day with South Charlotte Braves. 12 players from the 2026-2027 classes were on hand for the workout day.

The day started with players running a laser timed  60. From there hitters took multiple rounds of BP with TrackMan tracking each ball put in fair play.  After the offensive evaluations, players were evaluated at their primary defensive positions.  To finish the day, pitchers threw controlled bullpens, again with TrackMan tracking each pitch and giving analytic data on each player.

Below we begin to break down the player performances from the workout.  To see the full roster with all of the stats from the workout, you can CLICK HERE.

South Charlotte Braves Scout Day - Trackman Hitting Analytics

EXIT VELOCITY

TrackMan is able to track every ball hit into fair territory, throughout the BP sessions.  Below are the best exit velocities produced by individual players, by category.

Max Exit Velocity

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Alfred Seaman NC Independence High School 2026 OF 93.8 mph
2 Zeb Engstrom NC COVENANT DAY SCHOOL 2027 OF 88.5 mph
3 Matthew Winser NC Providence High School 2027 3B 88.0 mph
4 Luca Reyner NC Weddington 2026 2B 87.5 mph
5 Luke Fry NC Metrolina Christian Academy 2027 C 85.9 mph

Best Average Exit Velocity

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Alfred Seaman NC Independence High School 2026 OF 85.0 mph
2 Luke Fry NC Metrolina Christian Academy 2027 C 83.1 mph
3 Matthew Winser NC Providence High School 2027 3B 81.9 mph
4 Zeb Engstrom NC COVENANT DAY SCHOOL 2027 OF 80.1 mph
5 Luca Reyner NC Weddington 2026 2B 76.4 mph

DISTANCE OFF THE BAT

TrackMan is able to measure and track the ball while in the air.  For every fair ball put in play it will display the distance the hit traveled.


Peak Distance - Best of the Hitter’s Session


Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Alfred Seaman NC Independence High School 2026 OF 328 ft
2 Zeb Engstrom NC COVENANT DAY SCHOOL 2027 OF 323 ft
3 Matthew Winser NC Providence High School 2027 3B 310 ft
4 Luca Reyner NC Weddington 2026 2B 307 ft
5 Joey Ebeling NC Sun Valley 2026 C 307 ft


Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session


Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Alfred Seaman NC Independence High School 2026 OF 257 ft
2 Joey Ebeling NC Sun Valley 2026 C 231 ft
3 Zeb Engstrom NC COVENANT DAY SCHOOL 2027 OF 213 ft
4 Matthew Winser NC Providence High School 2027 3B 187 ft
5 Sawyer Cutaia NC Charlotte Christian 2026 OF 186 ft

SWEET SPOT PERCENTAGE

TrackMan is able to track and follow how hard the ball is hit as well as the angle off the bat. With this information, TrackMan has deduced the Sweet Spot as batted balls hit with a launch angle of 8 - 32 degrees.

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 Joey Ebeling NC Sun Valley 2026 C 90 %
2 Zeb Engstrom NC COVENANT DAY SCHOOL 2027 OF 83 %
3 Sawyer Cutaia NC Charlotte Christian 2026 OF 70 %
4 Alfred Seaman NC Independence High School 2026 OF 60 %
5 Matthew Winser NC Providence High School 2027 3B 50 %
^ Brian Devereaux NC Sun Valley 2026 3B 50 %
^ Luke Fry NC Metrolina Christian Academy 2027 C 50 %

LAUNCH ANGLE PERCENTAGE

Based on the ball flight, TrackMan is able to identify each hit as a ground ball, line drive, or fly ball.  While there are many factors as to why a hitter may approach each pitch in a certain way, the overall groupings of BP can give some insight to each hitter's approach.

Line Drive %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Line Drive %
1 Luke Fry NC Metrolina Christian Academy 2027 C 50 %
^ Alfred Seaman NC Independence High School 2026 OF 50 %
^ Sawyer Cutaia NC Charlotte Christian 2026 OF 50 %
2 Zeb Engstrom NC COVENANT DAY SCHOOL 2027 OF 41 %
3 Joey Ebeling NC Sun Valley 2026 C 40 %
4 Drake Covington NC Piedmont High 2027 LHP 33 %
5 Luca Reyner NC Weddington 2026 2B 20 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Joey Ebeling NC Sun Valley 2026 C 50.0 %
^ Matthew Winser NC Providence High School 2027 3B 50.0 %
2 Kyle Kroehler NC Sun Valley 2026 OF 45.5 %
3 Alfred Seaman NC Independence High School 2026 OF 40.0 %
^ Sawyer Cutaia NC Charlotte Christian 2026 OF 40.0 %
4 Brian Devereaux NC Sun Valley 2026 3B 33.3 %
5 Zeb Engstrom NC COVENANT DAY SCHOOL 2027 OF 25.0 %

Ground Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Luca Reyner NC Weddington 2026 2B 70 %
2 Brian Devereaux NC Sun Valley 2026 3B 66 %
3 Drake Covington NC Piedmont High 2027 LHP 44 %
4 Luke Fry NC Metrolina Christian Academy 2027 C 37 %
5 Matthew Winser NC Providence High School 2027 3B 33 %
^ Zeb Engstrom NC COVENANT DAY SCHOOL 2027 OF 33 %