Prep Baseball Report

Team Carolina Trials: East - Quick Hitters Pitchers 27'&28' Class


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 Campbell was one of the final chances 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: East

  • Close to 50 players from NC 
  • Players were from the 2025, 2026, 2027, and 2028 graduating classes
  • 7 players registered a vertical of 30in or higher
  • 20 players saw their grip strength peak at above 130 psi
  • 23 players had an exit velocity of 90mph or higher in BP
  • 4 player posted an exit velocity above 100mph
  • 14 infielders had arm strength at 80mph or higher across the diamond
  • 5 hitters posted an average bat speed of 70mph or higher with BLAST.

Team Carolina Trials: East - Quick Hitters Pitchers 27'&28' Class

2028 Class

Ryder Anderson, SS/RHP, DH Conley High School

5'10"-157lb frame, strike thrower, fastball up to 74.2mph with a max horizontal movement of 17.8" with an IVB of 14.5" max. Mixes in a change-up (65-66mph) and a Curveball (62-64mph). 

2027 Class

Brandon Bush, OF/RHP, Hoggard High School

6'0"-165lb, Long loose arm up to 82.4mph with an avg IVB of 12.5". Slider 74-76mph (1900rpm max spin rate) and change-up 76-77mph (15.6' avg horizontal movement)

Andrew Caracio, LHP/1B, Pro5 Baseball Academy

6'2"-200lb pitchers frame, long arm action with over top arm path up to 86.5mph and a max IVB of 21.7". Change-up 74-76mph with an avg spin rate of 1261rpms and mixed in a curveball 68-71mph with a max spin rate of 1910rpms.

Ryan Edwards, RHP/OF, DH Conley High School

6'0"-158lb frame with room to add on, Fastball up to 82.9mph sitting 80-82mph with an average spin rate right around 2000rpms. Curveball 69-71mph (2052rpm max) and Change-up 76-77mph with 15.3" max horizontal movement. 

Casey Murray, RHP/OF, Middle Creek High School

6'1"-158lb body that can fill out, up 78-79mph with the fastball ball that has good horizontal movement at 16.2". Delivers a curveball at 67-69mph but spins in well getting over 2350rpms on avg and maxing out at 2454rpms. Change-up 69-70mph.

Weston Sykes, SS/RHP, Wesleyan Christian Academy

6'0"-153lbs, herky jerky delivery that creates deception, fastball up to 80.1mph spinning on avg at 2200rpms. Curveball 68-70mph (1925rpm avg spin rate) and change up 71-73mph with depth (IVB max of 20.9").

Jax Young, 3B/RHP, Chatham Charter High School

6'0"-154lbs, high leg kick with fluid motion into scap load with a fastball up to 76.8mph (74-76mph avg). Curveball 61-64mph (avg spin rate of 1773rpms) and slider 63-65mph (-16" max horizontal movement)