2024 Hudson Valley Storm Scout Day: Stat Release & Leaderboard

July 31, 2024
Joe Walentin
Scouting Director, NY

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POSITIONAL METRICS

60 (via Swift Technologies)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	60-yd
1	Jake Cancredi	NY	Valley Central	2026	SS	6.97 s
2	John Mena Jr	NY	NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY	2026	2B	7.18 s
3	John Kelly	NY	Valley Central	2024	SS	7.32 s
4	McCoy Rothe	NY	SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	RHP	7.36 s
5	Andrew Hollo	NY	CHAPEL FIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	2025	SS	7.37 s
6	Kellen Pliler	NY	VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2026	OF	7.39 s
7	Isaiah Vargas	NY	Pine Bush	2025	3B	7.53 s
^	Kaeden Fisher	NY	Pine Bush	2025	SS	7.53 s
8	Tyler Valentin	NY	Washingtonville	2025	C	7.57 s
9	Michael Daley	NY	Wallkill	2025	1B	7.59 s
10	Omar Puello	NY	WASHINGTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2025	3B	7.61 s

OF Velocity

INF Velocity

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	INF Velo
1	McCoy Rothe	NY	SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	RHP	84
2	Derek Vlietstra	NY	Minisink Valley	2024	RHP	82
3	Kaeden Fisher	NY	Pine Bush	2025	SS	79
4	Conor Kelly	NY	Valley Central	2027	3B	78
5	Andrew Hollo	NY	CHAPEL FIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	2025	SS	76
6	John Kelly	NY	Valley Central	2024	SS	75
^	Conner Griffin	NY	Wallkill	2025	RHP	75
7	Braden Algarin	NY	VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2026	1B	74
^	Isaiah Vargas	NY	Pine Bush	2025	3B	74
8	Luis Pagan	NY	NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY	2025	LHP	73
9	Victor Alicea	NY	NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY	2026	OF	72
^	Omar Puello	NY	WASHINGTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2025	3B	72
10	Benjamin Dortort	NY	Wallkill	2027	RHP	71

C Velocity

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	C Velo
1	Justin Freeman	NY	VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2026	C	73
^	Michael Schnitzer	NY	Monticello	2025	C	73
^	Tyler Valentin	NY	Washingtonville	2025	C	73
2	Anthony Daley	NY	Wallkill	2027	C	72
3	Domenick Amendolia	NY	ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	C	69
4	Jake Biome	NY	JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL	2027	C	66
5	Michael Arroyo	NY	wallkill	2026	C	61

Exit Velocity (via Trackman)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (max)
1	Conner Griffin	NY	Wallkill	2025	RHP	95.6 mph
2	Michael Daley	NY	Wallkill	2025	1B	90.5 mph
3	McCoy Rothe	NY	SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	RHP	90.4 mph
4	Justin Freeman	NY	VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2026	C	89.8 mph
5	Justin Ramirez	NY	MARLBORO CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2025	2B	89.5 mph
6	John Kelly	NY	Valley Central	2024	SS	86.6 mph
7	Giovann Tirado	NY	NFA North	2026	OF	86.3 mph
8	Michael Schnitzer	NY	Monticello	2025	C	86.2 mph
9	Benjamin Dortort	NY	Wallkill	2027	RHP	86.1 mph
10	Kaeden Fisher	NY	Pine Bush	2025	SS	85.8 mph

Peak Velocity (FB)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Velocity (max)
1	Edwin Nuñez	NY	NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY	2025	RHP	87.2 mph
2	McCoy Rothe	NY	SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	RHP	83.9 mph
3	Derek Vlietstra	NY	Minisink Valley	2024	RHP	80.5 mph
4	Conner Griffin	NY	Wallkill	2025	RHP	79.3 mph
5	Michael Schnitzer	NY	Monticello	2025	C	78.8 mph
6	Luis Pagan	NY	NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY	2025	LHP	75.7 mph
7	John Kelly	NY	Valley Central	2024	SS	75.0 mph
8	Braden Algarin	NY	VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2026	1B	73.8 mph
9	Justin Ramirez	NY	MARLBORO CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2025	2B	73.1 mph
10	Victor Alicea	NY	NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY	2026	OF	70.8 mph

ADVANCED HITTING METRICS (VIA TRACKMAN)

Average Exit Velocity

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Exit Velocity (avg)
1	Conner Griffin	NY	Wallkill	2025	RHP	83.3 mph
2	Justin Freeman	NY	VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2026	C	81.9 mph
3	Michael Daley	NY	Wallkill	2025	1B	80.3 mph
4	Justin Ramirez	NY	MARLBORO CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2025	2B	79.4 mph
5	Michael Schnitzer	NY	Monticello	2025	C	79.3 mph
6	Kaeden Fisher	NY	Pine Bush	2025	SS	78.8 mph
7	Isaiah Vargas	NY	Pine Bush	2025	3B	76.7 mph
8	Benjamin Dortort	NY	Wallkill	2027	RHP	76.4 mph
9	John Kelly	NY	Valley Central	2024	SS	76.3 mph
10	Conor Kelly	NY	Valley Central	2027	3B	75.8 mph

Peak Distance

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (max)
1	Conner Griffin	NY	Wallkill	2025	RHP	371 ft
2	Justin Freeman	NY	VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2026	C	344 ft
3	Michael Daley	NY	Wallkill	2025	1B	340 ft
4	Giovann Tirado	NY	NFA North	2026	OF	317 ft
5	Michael Schnitzer	NY	Monticello	2025	C	315 ft
6	Kaeden Fisher	NY	Pine Bush	2025	SS	307 ft
7	John Kelly	NY	Valley Central	2024	SS	306 ft
8	Tyler Valentin	NY	Washingtonville	2025	C	304 ft
9	McCoy Rothe	NY	SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	RHP	302 ft
10	Benjamin Dortort	NY	Wallkill	2027	RHP	294 ft

Hard Hit Percentage

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Hard Hit %
1	Conner Griffin	NY	Wallkill	2025	RHP	30 %
2	McCoy Rothe	NY	SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	RHP	9 %
3	Michael Daley	NY	Wallkill	2025	1B	8 %

ADVANCED HITTING METRICS (BLAST)

Hand Speed

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Hand Speed (max)
1	Conner Griffin	NY	Wallkill	2025	RHP	27.1 mph
2	Michael Daley	NY	Wallkill	2025	1B	25.2 mph
3	Derek Vlietstra	NY	Minisink Valley	2024	RHP	25.1 mph
4	Omar Puello	NY	WASHINGTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2025	3B	24.8 mph
5	McCoy Rothe	NY	SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	RHP	24.7 mph
6	Anthony Daley	NY	Wallkill	2027	C	23.7 mph
7	Isaiah Vargas	NY	Pine Bush	2025	3B	23.6 mph
8	Quincy Rogers	NY	Wallkill	2027	SS	23.4 mph
9	Edwin Nuñez	NY	NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY	2025	RHP	23.1 mph
10	Andrew Hollo	NY	CHAPEL FIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	2025	SS	23.0 mph

Bat Speed

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Bat Speed (max)
1	John Kelly	NY	Valley Central	2024	SS	85.9 mph
2	Andrew Hollo	NY	CHAPEL FIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	2025	SS	81.2 mph
3	Conner Griffin	NY	Wallkill	2025	RHP	76.9 mph
4	McCoy Rothe	NY	SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	RHP	76.6 mph
5	Quincy Rogers	NY	Wallkill	2027	SS	75.9 mph
6	Michael Daley	NY	Wallkill	2025	1B	75.1 mph
7	Justin Freeman	NY	VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2026	C	74.4 mph
^	Conor Kelly	NY	Valley Central	2027	3B	74.4 mph
8	Omar Puello	NY	WASHINGTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2025	3B	73.2 mph
9	Michael Schnitzer	NY	Monticello	2025	C	72.8 mph
10	Derek Vlietstra	NY	Minisink Valley	2024	RHP	72.5 mph

Rotational Acceleration

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Rot. Acc (max)
1	Conner Griffin	NY	Wallkill	2025	RHP	27.1 g
2	Anthony Daley	NY	Wallkill	2027	C	26.2 g
3	Domenick Amendolia	NY	ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	C	25.1 g
4	Justin Ramirez	NY	MARLBORO CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2025	2B	24.3 g
5	Michael Daley	NY	Wallkill	2025	1B	21.4 g
6	McCoy Rothe	NY	SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	RHP	21.1 g
7	Benjamin Dortort	NY	Wallkill	2027	RHP	20.3 g
8	Xavier Vargas	NY	PINE BUSH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	OF	19.1 g
9	Derek Vlietstra	NY	Minisink Valley	2024	RHP	18.5 g
^	Quincy Rogers	NY	Wallkill	2027	SS	18.5 g
10	Michael Schnitzer	NY	Monticello	2025	C	18.4 g
^	Omar Puello	NY	WASHINGTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2025	3B	18.4 g

On-Plane Efficiency

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Zone %
1	Conner Griffin	NY	Wallkill	2025	RHP	66 %
2	Steven Nuñez	NY	NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY	2028	SS	62 %
3	Derek Vlietstra	NY	Minisink Valley	2024	RHP	60 %
4	Benjamin Dortort	NY	Wallkill	2027	RHP	42 %
^	Kellen Pliler	NY	VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2026	OF	42 %
5	Justin Ramirez	NY	MARLBORO CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2025	2B	37 %

Peak Spin Rate (FB)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Derek Vlietstra	NY	Minisink Valley	2024	RHP	2300 rpm
2	McCoy Rothe	NY	SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	RHP	2288 rpm
3	Luis Pagan	NY	NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY	2025	LHP	2213 rpm
4	Conner Griffin	NY	Wallkill	2025	RHP	2178 rpm
5	Michael Schnitzer	NY	Monticello	2025	C	2120 rpm

Spin Score (Spin rate divided by velocity)

Peak Spin Rate (CB)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	Braden Algarin	NY	VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL	2026	1B	2315 rpm
2	McCoy Rothe	NY	SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	RHP	2255 rpm
3	Giovann Tirado	NY	NFA North	2026	OF	2232 rpm
4	Luis Pagan	NY	NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY	2025	LHP	2013 rpm
5	John Kelly	NY	Valley Central	2024	SS	1963 rpm

Peak Spin Rate (SL)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Spin Rate (max)
1	McCoy Rothe	NY	SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	2026	RHP	2217 rpm
2	Derek Vlietstra	NY	Minisink Valley	2024	RHP	2090 rpm
3	Luis Pagan	NY	NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY	2025	LHP	2037 rpm
4	Michael Schnitzer	NY	Monticello	2025	C	1936 rpm
5	Conner Griffin	NY	Wallkill	2025	RHP	1865 rpm