Team Carolina Trials: Charlotte - Blast Leaders
July 31, 2024
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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 | 2025 | OF | 22.5 mph |
^ | Libardo Santos | NC | Ledford | 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 | 2025 | OF | 21.2 mph |
6 | Jordan Bonner | NC | Crossroads FLEX | 2026 | OF | 21.0 mph |
7 | Libardo Santos | NC | Ledford | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2025 | OF | 22.8 g |
3 | Libardo Santos | NC | Ledford | 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 | 2025 | OF | 19.0 g |
3 | Libardo Santos | NC | Ledford | 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 | 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 | 2025 | OF | 46 % |
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