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Super Sophomore Games: NC Workout Day Quick Hits

August 7, 2024
Patrick Johnson
North Carolina Assistant Scouting Director

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This weekend, top uncommitted 2027s from the Mid-Atlantic have descended on Greensboro and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for the Inaugural East Coast Super Sophomore Games. The event is being hosted at two locations, High Point University and Wake Forest University. Team North Carolina players took part in a full workout on Friday and will play three games over the weekend, two on Saturday and one on Sunday. Here is video and quick hitting notes from Friday's Workout:

Super Sophomore Games Event Page

Kellen Rogers SS / OF / Wake Forest, NC / 2027

Rankings  StateRank: 6 / POS: 1 OverallRank: 161 / POS: 43

5'9"-140lb, uber athletic, 6.85sec runner with power from the left side. Open Stance with a small leg lift and stride to pitcher, keeps hands in with barrel feel to all parts of the park with exit velos up to 95mph. 

 

Corbin Spilliards SS / 3B / Christ School, NC / 2027

Rankings  StateRank: 12 / POS: 3

5'10"-158lb Switch Hitter, has barrel feel from both sides of the plate, slightly crouched stance, small knee coil with a short stride. Compact swing with quick hands but still has pop, max exit velocity of 93.2mph.

 

Abram Hargett OF / RHP / Metrolina Academy, NC / 2027

5'11"-163lbs muscular frame, wide base in box, bat waggle before getting the barrel vertical, keeps extension through contact, has some violence in hips at impact. 

 

Brody Morris SS / 2B / Wake Christian Academy, NC / 2027

Rankings  StateRank: 63 / POS: 16

5'11"-164lbs, controls the barrel covering both sides of the plate finding the sweet spot at a 67% clip. Best exit velo of the day was 84.1mph with a max distance of 304ft.

 

Caleb Renn LHP / 1B / Holly Springs, NC / 2027

Rankings  StateRank: 47 / POS: 2

5'10"-173lbs, quiet lower half with a very natural lefty swing, controls the barrel hitting to all parts of the field with max exit velo of 86mph. Poise and Swagger in the box. 

 

Simon Brutskiy RHP / 3B / Apex, NC / 2027

5'9-175lbs, solid muscular build, slight toe tap with high hands, fires hips and drops barrel into the zone with extension through impact. Creates power through his lower half with exit velos up to 93.9mph. 

 

Grant Helms OF / 1B / Hickory Ridge, NC / 2027

5'11"-171lbs, smooth swing from the right side, small leg lift and stride, hands drop slightly into slot with his hands staying inside with barrel lag. Max exit velo of 91.1mph. 

 

Ethan Wisler RHP / OF / Wakefield, NC / 2027

Rankings  StateRank: 24 / POS: 6

6'0"-166lbs, explosive player (vertical jump of 31.4"), big weight shift/load into backside, coiled leg lift into stirde. Creates barrel lag driving balls up to 310ft and exit velos of 91.1mph.

 

Maddox Deans C / 1B / Southern Nash, NC / 2027

6'0"-184lbs, Wide no stride approach, gets hands moving with weight shift, barrels the baseball often with pop (90mph Top Exit Velo)

 

Oliver Van Tiem RHP / 3B / Orange, NC / 2027

Rankings  StateRank: 10 / POS: 3 OverallRank: 116 / POS: 29

6'1"-179lbs, relaxed stance, leg lift and hip coil into big stride getting his barrel vertical. Keeps hands inside with a whippy swing and lift at impact. 87.5mph Exit Velo

 

Wyatt Lytle C / OF / Middle Creek, NC / 2027

Rankings  StateRank: 7 / POS: 2 OverallRank: 165 / POS: 17

5'11"-181lbs, natural stance standing slightly upright, small toe tap load. Power in the swing generating some violence out of the back hip. 93.6mph max exit velocity with a max distance of 371ft.

 

Chace Blackmon OF / 1B / William Amos Hough, NC / 2027

6'0"-185lbs, explosive player 32.1" Vertical and 81mph arm from the outfield. Stands tall in the box with slight hand waggle, strides into impact with tons of rotational power. Slight uppercut swing creating lift and carry. 94.4mph max exit velo

 

Andrew Caracio LHP / 1B / Pro5 Baseball Academy, NC / 2027

Rankings  StateRank: 15 / POS: 1

6'0"-200lbs, Compact swing staying on plane with a flatter swing, ability to keep hands in and drive the ball to all parts of the field. 94.3mph max exit velo with a max distance of 359ft. 

 

Christian Xavier Romine 3B / RHP / Union Pines, NC / 2027

Rankings  StateRank: 41 / POS: 4

Strong build at 6'1"-218lbs, raw power with exit velos getting up above 100mph, wide setup keeping his hands high and dropping them into slot with a straight to the ball approach. 

 

Giovanni Buccino 1B / RHP / West Forsyth, NC / 2027

Rankings  StateRank: 50 / POS: 4

6'3"-291lb bruiser, can get above 100mph on his exit velos with a 71% hard hit rate, low set up with hands, high leg lift and backside load, uses lower half power. 377ft max distance with and avg carry of almost 300ft.