Jr. Future Games Trials: Statistical Analysis
April 3, 2024
On Monday, April 1st the Prep Baseball Ontario staff hosted the first Junior Future Games Trials across the nation at the The Athlete Matrix in Mississauga, Ontario. The Jr. Future Games serve as the main identifier for Canada's lone JFG team heading to LakePoint Sports in late July and the team will feature players from the true 2028 and 2029 classes. The Jr. Future Games allows our staff to identify the next wave of players coming through the country and allows the players an opportunity to compete against top players in America, as well as give them a look at the Future Games event taking place on the complex at the samee time.
This event featured roughly 28 positional players from the across the province in the 2028 class and allowed our staff an opportunity to get an in-depth look at the players, as well as collect metrics via our tech partner TrackMan.
Today we'll start our deep dive into the data collected at this event within this Statistical Analysis story. Over the next couple of days we’ll be diving deeper into all of the data we collected rolling out even more coverage from the event.
For complete event results, click here.
To view upcoming event schedule, click here.
FASTBALL VELOCITY (MAX)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | Hunter Bartha | ON | West Niagara | 2028 | SS | 78.5 mph |
2 | Evan Harding | ON | St. Thomas of Villanova (Tentative) | 2028 | RHP | 78.4 mph |
3 | Jake Lamb | ON | NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL | 2028 | LHP | 78.2 mph |
4 | Hudson Frey | ON | St. Anne Catholic | 2027 | LHP | 77.3 mph |
5 | Austin Burton | ON | Resurrection High School | 2028 | C | 76.2 mph |
EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
1 | Austin Burton | ON | Resurrection High School | 2028 | C | 90.2 mph |
2 | Hudson Frey | ON | St. Anne Catholic | 2027 | LHP | 89.3 mph |
3 | Stefan Castellanos | ON | Bill Crothers | 2028 | OF | 89.0 mph |
4 | Julian Marozzo | ON | FATHER BERSANNI | 2028 | C | 88.5 mph |
5 | Jake Lamb | ON | NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL | 2028 | LHP | 87.2 mph |
6 | Luca Tibbits | ON | St. Josephs Catholic | 2028 | 3B | 85.2 mph |
7 | Grant Ridgeway | ON | none | 2028 | OF | 85.2 mph |
8 | Lorenzo Castro | ON | Senator O'Connor College School | 2028 | RHP | 84.4 mph |
9 | Evan Harding | ON | St. Thomas of Villanova (Tentative) | 2028 | RHP | 84.3 mph |
10 | Prescott Sutherland | ON | Bill Crothers | 2028 | 3B | 84.2 mph |
DISTANCE (MAX)
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (max) |
1 | Austin Burton | ON | Resurrection High School | 2028 | C | 312 ft |
2 | Lorenzo Castro | ON | Senator O'Connor College School | 2028 | RHP | 290 ft |
3 | Lucas Soloway | ON | Upper Canada College | 2028 | 1B | 288 ft |
4 | Jake Lamb | ON | NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL | 2028 | LHP | 286 ft |
5 | Grant Ridgeway | ON | none | 2028 | OF | 284 ft |
6 | Luca Tibbits | ON | St. Josephs Catholic | 2028 | 3B | 284 ft |
7 | Jacob Ault | ON | Ancaster High School | 2028 | SS | 279 ft |
8 | Nathan Zaretsky | ON | King City | 2028 | C | 278 ft |
9 | Gabriel D’Ercole | ON | St. Joseph the Worker | 2028 | OF | 277 ft |
10 | Hunter Bartha | ON | West Niagara | 2028 | SS | 273 ft |
INFIELD VELOCITY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | INF Velo |
1 | Hunter Bartha | ON | West Niagara | 2028 | SS | 80 |
2 | Jake Lamb | ON | NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL | 2028 | LHP | 77 |
^ | Evan Harding | ON | St. Thomas of Villanova (Tentative) | 2028 | RHP | 77 |
3 | Austin Burton | ON | Resurrection High School | 2028 | C | 76 |
4 | Carson Walsh | ON | SMCS | 2028 | 3B | 75 |
OUTFIELD VELOCITY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | OF Velo |
1 | Lorenzo Castro | ON | Senator O'Connor College School | 2028 | RHP | 83 |
2 | Hudson Frey | ON | St. Anne Catholic | 2027 | LHP | 80 |
3 | Grant Ridgeway | ON | none | 2028 | OF | 79 |
4 | Lucien Kovalcik | ON | Ecole Kenwood French Immersion | 2028 | RHP | 78 |
5 | Adrien Lublin | ON | Markham District | 2028 | RHP | 76 |
^ | Stefan Castellanos | ON | Bill Crothers | 2028 | OF | 76 |
CATCHER VELOCITY
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | C Velo |
1 | Austin Burton | ON | Resurrection High School | 2028 | C | 69 |
2 | Jacob Ault | ON | Ancaster High School | 2028 | SS | 65 |
3 | Nathan Zaretsky | ON | King City | 2028 | C | 61 |
4 | Julian Marozzo | ON | FATHER BERSANNI | 2028 | C | 58 |
POP-TIME
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Pop Time |
1 | Austin Burton | ON | Resurrection High School | 2028 | C | 2.10-2.41 |
2 | Jacob Ault | ON | Ancaster High School | 2028 | SS | 2.30-2.40 |
3 | Nathan Zaretsky | ON | King City | 2028 | C | 2.46-2.77 |
4 | Julian Marozzo | ON | FATHER BERSANNI | 2028 | C | 2.70-2.77 |
UPCOMING EVENTS
SHOWCASE | STATE | DATE | LOCATION |
2024 Team Ontario Scout Day | ON | 04/17 | The Dugout |
2024 Ontario Blue Jays Scout Day | ON | 04/18 | The Athlete Matrix |
2024 Terriers Scout Day | ON | 04/24 | King's Christian Collegiate |
2024 18U Best of the West | ON | 05/01 | Norbrock Stadium (Kamloops, BC) |
2024 15U Best of the West | ON | 05/01 | Norbrock Stadium (Kamloops, BC) |
2024 Canadian Trials | ON | 05/09 | TNXL Academy - Ocoee, FL |
2024 New England Academic Games (Invite Only) | ON | 07/09 | Yale |
Future Games (Class of 2026/27) | NATIONAL | 07/24 | LakePoint Sports |
Junior Future Games (Class of 2028/29) | NATIONAL | 07/24 | LakePoint Sports |
Senior Future Games (Class of 2025) | NATIONAL | 07/24 | LakePoint Sports |
2024 Toronto Summer Open | ON | 07/30 | Dan Lang Field |
2024 Midwest Super Sophomore Games (Invite Only) | ON | 08/02 | Indiana University - Bart Kaufman Field |
Improve My Profile with Game Video (Ontario) | ON | 08/29 | Ontario |
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