Prep Baseball Report

Team Carolina Trials: East - Trackman Hitting Leaders


Zach Boraski
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 - TrackMan Hitting Leaders

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 Riley Cuddy NC GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2026 OF 108.6 mph
2 Grant Buchanan NC Clayton 2026 3B 101.5 mph
3 Amare Burrus NC DURHAM ACADEMY 2025 OF 100.6 mph
4 Christian Xavier Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 100.4 mph
5 Jakub Mudd NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 OF 99.6 mph
6 Luke Sheets NC Lee County High 2025 OF 98.1 mph
7 Jonathan Piner NC East Carteret High 2026 C 97.6 mph
8 Andrew Caracio NC Pro5 Baseball Academy 2027 LHP 96.4 mph
9 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 95.7 mph
10 Mitchell Baek NC Pinecrest High 2025 1B 94.9 mph

Best Average Exit Velocity

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Riley Cuddy NC GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2026 OF 97.2 mph
2 Jonathan Piner NC East Carteret High 2026 C 91.1 mph
3 Christian Xavier Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 90.4 mph
4 Grant Buchanan NC Clayton 2026 3B 89.9 mph
5 Cassius Grimsley NC Fuquay-Varina 2026 OF 89.2 mph
6 Mitchell Baek NC Pinecrest High 2025 1B 88.4 mph
7 Luke Sheets NC Lee County High 2025 OF 88.2 mph
8 Jakub Mudd NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 OF 87.9 mph
9 Jackson Brooks NC Emsley A Laney 2027 3B 86.1 mph
10 Kai Patton NC North Raleigh Christian Academy 2025 C 85.8 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 Riley Cuddy NC GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2026 OF 419 ft
2 Jakub Mudd NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 OF 362 ft
3 Grant Buchanan NC Clayton 2026 3B 362 ft
4 Jayce Smith NC Fuquay-Varina 2025 OF 359 ft
5 Luke Sheets NC Lee County High 2025 OF 358 ft
6 Mitchell Baek NC Pinecrest High 2025 1B 357 ft
7 Jackson Brooks NC Emsley A Laney 2027 3B 350 ft
8 Addison Rowland NC Palisades 2026 C 347 ft
9 Landon Church NC West Forsyth 2026 2B 345 ft
10 Owen Gore NC Emsley A Laney 2026 SS 344 ft


Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session


Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Riley Cuddy NC GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2026 OF 289 ft
2 Landon Church NC West Forsyth 2026 2B 268 ft
3 Kai Patton NC North Raleigh Christian Academy 2025 C 253 ft
4 Dylan Johnson NC Green Hope 2026 SS 252 ft
5 Addison Rowland NC Palisades 2026 C 251 ft
6 Luke Sheets NC Lee County High 2025 OF 247 ft
7 Jayce Smith NC Fuquay-Varina 2025 OF 247 ft
8 Jakub Mudd NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 OF 237 ft
9 Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 233 ft
10 Wesley Clewis NC GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2025 RHP 233 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 Parker Kilpatrick NC Clayton 2026 SS 90 %
2 Dylan Johnson NC Green Hope 2026 SS 81 %
3 Jonathan Piner NC East Carteret High 2026 C 76 %
4 Riley Cuddy NC GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2026 OF 72 %
5 Carter Roberts NC Kings Mountain 2025 OF 70 %
6 Bryce Gullie NC Fuquay-Varina 2026 1B 69 %
7 Luke Sheets NC Lee County High 2025 OF 66 %
^ Owen Cho NC Needham Broughton High 2026 C 66 %
^ Brandon Bush NC Hoggard 2027 OF 66 %
8 Turner Stuckey NC Corinth Holders 2025 C 64 %
9 Landon Church NC West Forsyth 2026 2B 63 %
10 Mitchell Baek NC Pinecrest High 2025 1B 61 %

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 Parker Kilpatrick NC Clayton 2026 SS 80 %
2 Brandon Bush NC Hoggard 2027 OF 60 %
3 Owen Cho NC Needham Broughton High 2026 C 58 %
4 Dylan Johnson NC Green Hope 2026 SS 54 %
5 Carter Roberts NC Kings Mountain 2025 OF 50 %
^ Turner Stuckey NC Corinth Holders 2025 C 50 %
6 Bryce Gullie NC Fuquay-Varina 2026 1B 46 %
^ Jonathan Piner NC East Carteret High 2026 C 46 %
^ Cassius Grimsley NC Fuquay-Varina 2026 OF 46 %
7 Riley Cuddy NC GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2026 OF 45 %
8 Landen Smith NC Harnett Central 2026 C 41 %
9 Addison Rowland NC Palisades 2026 C 40 %
10 Nicholas Quinones NC Swansboro High 2025 OF 38 %
^ Mitchell Baek NC Pinecrest High 2025 1B 38 %
^ Weston Sykes NC Wesleyan Christian Academy 2027 SS 38 %

Fly Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Fly Ball %
1 Owen Gore NC Emsley A Laney 2026 SS 66.7 %
^ Warren Landreth NC West Johnston 2025 C 66.7 %
2 Landon Church NC West Forsyth 2026 2B 63.6 %
3 Kai Patton NC North Raleigh Christian Academy 2025 C 58.3 %
^ Jayce Smith NC Fuquay-Varina 2025 OF 58.3 %
4 Wesley Clewis NC GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2025 RHP 53.8 %
5 Jax Young NC Chatham Charter 2027 3B 50.0 %
^ Addison Rowland NC Palisades 2026 C 50.0 %
^ Luke Sheets NC Lee County High 2025 OF 50.0 %
6 Casey Murray NC Middle Creek 2027 RHP 45.5 %
^ Dylan Johnson NC Green Hope 2026 SS 45.5 %
^ Tucker Anderson NC DH Conley 2026 RHP 45.5 %
7 Edward Evans NC Corinth Holders 2026 SS 44.4 %
8 Jackson Brooks NC Emsley A Laney 2027 3B 36.4 %
^ Riley Cuddy NC GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2026 OF 36.4 %
9 Tyler Jones NC Kinston 2026 1B 33.3 %
^ Grant Buchanan NC Clayton 2026 3B 33.3 %
^ Jakub Mudd NC Cardinal Gibbons 2026 OF 33.3 %
^ Christian Xavier Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 33.3 %
^ Isaiah Abrams NC West Craven 2025 OF 33.3 %
10 Nicholas Quinones NC Swansboro High 2025 OF 30.8 %
^ Bryce Gullie NC Fuquay-Varina 2026 1B 30.8 %

Ground Ball %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Ground Ball %
1 Andrew Caracio NC Pro5 Baseball Academy 2027 LHP 66 %
2 Jace Young NC Chatham Charter 2026 C 64 %
3 Landen Smith NC Harnett Central 2026 C 58 %
4 Tyler Jones NC Kinston 2026 1B 55 %
^ Christian Xavier Romine NC Union Pines 2027 3B 55 %
5 Payton Webb NC Reagan 2026 2B 50 %
^ Jamison Lynch NC Clayton 2026 C 50 %
6 Ryder Anderson NC DH Conley 2028 SS 47 %
7 Turner Stuckey NC Corinth Holders 2025 C 42 %
8 Cassius Grimsley NC Fuquay-Varina 2026 OF 38 %
^ Weston Sykes NC Wesleyan Christian Academy 2027 SS 38 %
9 Grant Buchanan NC Clayton 2026 3B 33 %
^ Edward Evans NC Corinth Holders 2026 SS 33 %
^ Isaiah Abrams NC West Craven 2025 OF 33 %
10 Jonathan Piner NC East Carteret High 2026 C 30 %
^ Mitchell Baek NC Pinecrest High 2025 1B 30 %
^ Wesley Clewis NC GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2025 RHP 30 %