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Team Carolina Trials: Charlotte - Blast Leaders


Patrick Johnson
North Carolina Assistant Scouting Director

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Open IDs give Prep Baseball Scouts a chance to see players from their area while also working to fill out rosters for upcoming regional and national events like the Future Games, Super Sophomore Games, and Top Prospect Games.  The Team Carolina Trials fall under this Open ID forum.  This event at South Mecklenburg HS was a late pop up event, added as a final chance for players to perform for Prep Baseball Scouts.  Several punched their ticket to Lake Point.

The event started with position players going through their athletic testing, including height and weight measurments, a vertical jump, RSI jumps, grip strength testing, and a laser timed 60.  Offensive evaluations were next, including multiple rounds of BP.  BP was followed by defensive evaluations and then pitcher bullpens.  

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.

By the Numbers - Team Carolina Trials: Charlotte

  • 10 players from NC 
  • Players were from the 2025, 2026, and 2027
  • 5 players registered a vertical of 30in or higher
  • 4 players saw their grip strength peak at, or above, 130 psi
  • 4 players had an exit velocity of 90mph or higher in BP
  • 1 player posted an exit velocity above 100mph
  • 6 position players posted arm strength at 80mph or higher from their position
  • 7 hitters posted an average bat speed of 70mph or higher with BLAST.

Team Carolina Trials: Charlotte - Blast Leaders

MAX HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Angel Pichardo NC Ledford Senior High 2025 OF 24.1 mph
2 Nic Stutzman NC Stuart W. Cramer 2026 RHP 23.5 mph
3 Cole Blevins NC West Rowan High 2026 OF 22.6 mph
4 Colby Epperly NC Ardrey Kell 2026 1B 22.5 mph
^ Jon Fijalkowski NC CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 22.5 mph
^ Libardo Santos NC Ledford Senior High 2025 OF 22.5 mph
5 Jordan Bonner NC Crossroads FLEX 2026 OF 22.4 mph
6 Christopher Short NC South Mecklenburg High School 2025 SS 21.0 mph
7 Drew Bria NC Ardrey Kell 2026 SS 20.3 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Angel Pichardo NC Ledford Senior High 2025 OF 22.7 mph
2 Nic Stutzman NC Stuart W. Cramer 2026 RHP 22.3 mph
3 Colby Epperly NC Ardrey Kell 2026 1B 21.6 mph
4 Cole Blevins NC West Rowan High 2026 OF 21.5 mph
5 Jon Fijalkowski NC CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 21.2 mph
6 Jordan Bonner NC Crossroads FLEX 2026 OF 21.0 mph
7 Libardo Santos NC Ledford Senior High 2025 OF 20.7 mph
8 Christopher Short NC South Mecklenburg High School 2025 SS 20.1 mph
9 Drew Bria NC Ardrey Kell 2026 SS 19.1 mph

PEAK BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Cole Blevins NC West Rowan High 2026 OF 80.7 mph
2 Jon Fijalkowski NC CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 79.8 mph
3 Colby Epperly NC Ardrey Kell 2026 1B 77.7 mph
^ Jordan Bonner NC Crossroads FLEX 2026 OF 77.7 mph
4 Nic Stutzman NC Stuart W. Cramer 2026 RHP 72.9 mph
5 Libardo Santos NC Ledford Senior High 2025 OF 71.3 mph
6 Christopher Short NC South Mecklenburg High School 2025 SS 70.3 mph
7 Angel Pichardo NC Ledford Senior High 2025 OF 69.5 mph
8 Drew Bria NC Ardrey Kell 2026 SS 66.4 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Cole Blevins NC West Rowan High 2026 OF 75.9 mph
2 Jon Fijalkowski NC CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 75.1 mph
3 Jordan Bonner NC Crossroads FLEX 2026 OF 73.2 mph
4 Colby Epperly NC Ardrey Kell 2026 1B 71.4 mph
5 Nic Stutzman NC Stuart W. Cramer 2026 RHP 70.7 mph
6 Angel Pichardo NC Ledford Senior High 2025 OF 67.4 mph
7 Libardo Santos NC Ledford Senior High 2025 OF 66.2 mph
8 Christopher Short NC South Mecklenburg High School 2025 SS 66.0 mph
9 Drew Bria NC Ardrey Kell 2026 SS 62.5 mph

MAX ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Angel Pichardo NC Ledford Senior High 2025 OF 29.6 g
2 Jon Fijalkowski NC CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 22.8 g
3 Libardo Santos NC Ledford Senior High 2025 OF 22.5 g
4 Nic Stutzman NC Stuart W. Cramer 2026 RHP 16.6 g
5 Cole Blevins NC West Rowan High 2026 OF 15.0 g
6 Christopher Short NC South Mecklenburg High School 2025 SS 14.9 g
7 Jordan Bonner NC Crossroads FLEX 2026 OF 11.2 g
8 Colby Epperly NC Ardrey Kell 2026 1B 10.8 g
9 Drew Bria NC Ardrey Kell 2026 SS 10.7 g

AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Angel Pichardo NC Ledford Senior High 2025 OF 26.3 g
2 Jon Fijalkowski NC CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 19.0 g
3 Libardo Santos NC Ledford Senior High 2025 OF 17.7 g
4 Cole Blevins NC West Rowan High 2026 OF 13.5 g
5 Nic Stutzman NC Stuart W. Cramer 2026 RHP 12.9 g
6 Christopher Short NC South Mecklenburg High School 2025 SS 11.7 g
7 Drew Bria NC Ardrey Kell 2026 SS 8.3 g
8 Jordan Bonner NC Crossroads FLEX 2026 OF 8.0 g
9 Colby Epperly NC Ardrey Kell 2026 1B 7.3 g

AVERAGE ON PLANE EFFICIENCY

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Christopher Short NC South Mecklenburg High School 2025 SS 80 %
2 Cole Blevins NC West Rowan High 2026 OF 75 %
3 Angel Pichardo NC Ledford Senior High 2025 OF 71 %
4 Libardo Santos NC Ledford Senior High 2025 OF 69 %
5 Nic Stutzman NC Stuart W. Cramer 2026 RHP 68 %
6 Colby Epperly NC Ardrey Kell 2026 1B 63 %
7 Jordan Bonner NC Crossroads FLEX 2026 OF 52 %
8 Drew Bria NC Ardrey Kell 2026 SS 47 %
9 Jon Fijalkowski NC CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL 2025 OF 46 %