2024 All-American Game Weekend: Workout Day, Data Dive

September 16, 2024
By Andy Sroka
Managing Editor, Scouting

As part of Prep Baseball All-American Game weekend, we sparked the start of the baseball festivities at the event’s official workout, held on Friday, Sept. 13, at loanDepot Stadium in Miami. We’ll be breaking down the statistical standouts from Friday’s workout, hosted in front of the sea of professional scouts and MLB decision-makers in attendance.

Before we dig into the metrics from Friday, we’ll prime you for the game itself, and details on when and where you can watch Saturday’s All-American Game live.

Where to watch: The game will air LIVE at 1 p.m. ET across NBC Sports streaming platforms, including the NBC Sports app itself or on Peacock, both of which can be downloaded wherever and however you stream your live sports. The game will also air live on SportsEngine app, the home of youth sports, by NBC Sports. Once you create a SportsEngine account, you will be able to watch the game on SportsEngine at this link.
Who is playing: The game is a battle of classes, as the Class of 2025 seniors will compete against the Class of 2026 juniors. You can find rosters and pitching rotations here.

Now, onto the leaderboards from the showcase portion of the event.

ATHLETIC TESTING

TOP 60-YARD DASH

Traditionally, the 60-yard dash has been the in-event standard to help measure a player's speed tool. We implemented timing gates every 10 yards at this event to capture athletes’ quickness, explosiveness and reaction time. From there, we will calculate an athlete’s top-end speed in miles per hour. While the measurement still has its utility, the 10-yard split has started to become more and more applicable in determining the player's burst and reaction time in-game, whether that's in the outfield or on the basepaths.

TOP 10-YARD SPLIT

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	10-yard
1	Noah Wilson	TN	McCallie	2026	OF	1.56
2	Cole Koeninger	TX	Keller	2026	SS	1.59
-	Jacob Parker	MS	Purvis	2025	OF	1.59
4	Sean Dunlap	IN	Crown Point	2026	C/OF	1.60
5	Jojo Parker	MS	Purvis	2025	SS	1.61

PEAK RUN SPEED VELOCITY

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Peak Speed (mph)
1	Cannon Goldin	GA	Buford	2025	OF	21.9
2	Brady Harris	FL	Trinity Christian	2026	OF	21.7
-	Billy Carlson	CA	Corona	2025	SS/RHP	21.7
4	Josh Hammond	NC	Wesley Christian Academy	2025	RHP/INF	21.6
5	Noah Wilson	TN	McCallie	2026	OF	21.3

Peak run speed records the top velocity calculated at any point within the 60-yard test, measured in miles per hour.

GRIP STRENGTH (Right)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Max Pounds
1	Seth Hernandez	CA	Corona	2025	RHP/1B	188.7
2	Anthony Del Angel	NM	Cleveland	2026	3B/OF	172.3
3	Brayden Jaksa	CA	Irvington	2025	C	171.7
4	Jacob Lombard	FL	Gulliver Prep	2026	SS	165.7
5	Jordan Martin	MO	Jefferson City	2025	RHP/INF	153.8

GRIP STRENGTH (LEFT)

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Max Pounds
1	Seth Hernandez	CA	Corona	2025	RHP/1B	170.1
2	Jacob Lombard	FL	Gulliver Prep	2026	SS	168.1
3	Cole Koeninger	TX	Keller	2026	SS	164.4
4	Jordan Martin	MO	Jefferson City	2025	RHP/INF	160.0
5	Brayden Jaksa	CA	Irvington	2025	C	159.8

TRACKMAN

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

HIGHEST AVG. EXIT VELOCITY

Exit Velocity: This metric measures the speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of impact.

MAX BATTED DISTANCE

HIGHEST SWEET SPOT%

Sweet Spot percentage: This metric is determined by how often the player produces a batted ball during the session with a launch angle between 8 to 32 degrees.

HIGHEST HARD-HIT%

Hard Hit percentage: MLB's Statcast defines a 'hard-hit ball' as one hit with an exit velocity of 95 mph or higher, and a player's "hard-hit rate" is simply showing the percentage of batted balls that were hit at 95 mph or more. Balls hit above that 95 mph threshold is generally when the batted-ball results markedly improve.

BLAST MOTION

HIGHEST AVG. HAND SPEED

Hand Speed: The observed speed as measured on the handle of the bat (measured six inches from the knob of the bat). Peak Hand Speed will occur prior to the moment of impact, very close to the commit time in the swing when the wrists unhinge.

HIGHEST AVG. BAT SPEED

Bat Speed: The observed speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact. The sweet spot of the bat is measured six inches from the tip of the bat.

HIGHEST AVG. ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Body Rotation: A swing that has the appropriate relative contributions of body and bat rotations is an efficient and Powerful swing that maintains proper sequencing. An efficient baseball swing is one in which the body creates the initial movements, which is then transferred to the arms and out to the bat, thereby maximizing Bat Speed through this proximal-to-distal kinematic sequencing movement pattern.

VIZUAL EDGE

EDGE SCORE

The Edge Score is a comprehensive score out of 100 that takes the core-six visual skills into account, providing athletes, parents, coaches and scouts with a benchmark number for assessing an athlete’s overall visual ability. In general the higher the Edge Score, the higher chance of athletic success. Think of the Edge Score as the 'Sixth Metric' in the standard five tools that make up a ball player.

The average Edge Score for the 2020 MLB Draft Class was 79.3 (of hitters who completed a Vizual Edge test). MLB players we've worked with typically show stronger scores, with elite hitters scoring consistently above 87.0 on their Edge Score.