Blast Breakdown: 2022 OF/RHP Justin Holmes (Northwestern Lehigh)

January 10, 2021
Joe Walentin
Operations / Scouting

Welcome back to Blast Breakdown. In this series we will spotlight one player each week who stood out during this 2020 season and take a deeper dive into their numbers and take a look at some that really stand out.

Before we get started, we'll go over and define some of the terminology being used in the piece:

Bat Speed- The total speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact, measured in mph. The sweet spot is measured 6 inches from the tip of the bat.

Rotational Acceleration- A measure of how quickly the hitter gets the bat from launch position into the swing plane. This is measured in G-Force (g).

On Plane Efficiency- Measures the percentage of your swing that stays on-plane with the incoming pitch.

Attack Angle- The angle that the barrel approaches the ball at impact.

Exit Velocity- The measures the speed of the ball off the bat, measured in miles per hour (mph).

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Holmes had himself a impressive overall summer at the State games and NE Future games. The 6-foot-3, 200 lb frame definitely stands out and then you see the raw strength and athleticism in all the actions on the field. The swing metrics definitely back that up starting with the hand speed that averaged 23.94 MPH and peaked at 27.80 MPH putting him right in the pro range of 23-29 MPH per Blast data. Next thing we saw was the bat speed which is a prerequisite for hitting for power. Holmes put up very impressive numbers here with a average of 78.47 MPH while peaking at 82 MPH! The Pro range is 66-78 MPH per Blast data, Holmes is clearly equipped to hit for power and it definitely translated to his BP where he had a peak exit velocity of 102 MPH.

Next we will look at his ability to scale that power. For this we look at his Rotational Acceleration which averaged 16.11 G's and got up to 19.1 G's, this puts him right up with the Pro average of 16.8 according to Blast data. This shows that he can accelerate into his advanced bat speed quickly allowing to make later decisions and track pitches giving him a advantage on high spin fastballs and breaking balls. Can't imagine he will stay uncommitted very long.

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