Mission Baseball Scout Day: TrackMan Hitting Leaders
August 18, 2023
On August 8, 2023, PBR Scouts were at South Meck HS in Charlotte, NC to take in the PBR Scout Day with Mission Baseball. The club on hand featured mostly 2026 grads. Position players went through a a full workout including running timed 30s and 60s, multiple rounds of BP, plus a defensive workout at their primary position. Pitchers threw a controlled bullpen with TrackMan tracking each pitch thrown.
You can see the full roster and all of the stats compiled at the PBR Scout Day with Mission Baseball by CLICKING HERE.
Mission Baseball Scout Day - TrackMan Hitting Leaders
PEAK EXIT VELOCITY
TrackMan is able to track every ball hit into fair territory, throughout the BP sessions. Below are the exit velocities produced by individual players.
AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY
The average exit velocity measures a players ability to consistently produce hard contact. The average was taken based on every ball tracked by TrackMan throughout the player's BP session.
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
Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session
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.
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 %
Fly Ball %
Ground Ball %