Top Prospect Games II: Blast Motion Data
July 16, 2021
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30 players from across the Old Line State, DC, and Delaware participated Wednesday in this year's Top Prospect Games II at The United States Naval Academy. Players were put through a pro-style workout and played a game in front of our PBR Maryland staff with Blast and TrackMan on hand to capture and record data.
One of the important tools Prep Baseball Report has implemented at its events is the use of Blast Motion sensors. During batting practice, the Blast Motion sensors measure Swing and Impact Metrics across several categories. Swing metrics measure pre-impact mechanics centered around plane, connection, and rotation while impact metrics measure pre-impact performance outcomes based on ball contact.
With the Blast Motion sensor, we were able to collect data from every swing taken by each prospect registered to receive data as part of their package at the event. Below is the full release of the Blast Motion metrics collected including: Bat Speed, On Plane Efficiency, Peak Hand Speed, and Rotational Acceleration.
The Blast Motion metrics are also uploaded into their profiles following the completion of the event providing insight into areas that could be improved upon as well as helping paint a clear picture of the player to the college and professional scouts doing their research on prospects they may be interested in.
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BLAST MOTION DATA
MAX BAT SPEED
Bat Speed is the observed speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact. For more info: Blast Bat Speed
MLB Avg: 66-78 mph | College: 66-75 mph | HS Varsity: 60-70 mph
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (max) |
1 | Ryan Niedzialkowski | MD | CM Wright | 2023 | 3B | 81.9 mph |
2 | Michael Martin | MD | Southern-AA | 2022 | OF | 74.7 mph |
3 | Liam Houghton | MD | Good Counsel | 2022 | 1B | 74.5 mph |
4 | Adrian Gonzalez | MD | Chesapeake-AA | 2023 | 1B | 73.8 mph |
5 | Adam Gott | MD | Calvert | 2022 | RHP | 73.7 mph |
6 | Alex Craig | MD | Crofton | 2023 | CF | 73.4 mph |
7 | Matthew Gostomski | MD | St. Michaels | 2022 | C | 71.0 mph |
^ | Cam Love | MD | Damascus | 2022 | LHP | 71.0 mph |
^ | Massimo Liuzzo | MD | Walt Whitman | 2023 | OF | 71.0 mph |
8 | Tyler Holton | MD | Mount Saint Joseph | 2024 | 3B | 70.6 mph |
9 | Jaxson Wood | MD | Georgetown Prep | 2024 | 1B | 70.4 mph |
10 | Austin Keefer | MD | North East | 2022 | 1B | 69.9 mph |
11 | Harry Middlebrooks | MD | Archbishop Curley | 2023 | RHP | 68.0 mph |
12 | Ty Jacoby | MD | Old Mill | 2023 | LHP | 67.9 mph |
^ | Hunter Chambers | NC | Combine Academy | 2024 | RHP | 67.9 mph |
13 | Trenton Player | MD | Annapolis | 2023 | OF | 67.2 mph |
14 | Teegan Murphy | MD | St. Michaels | 2022 | 1B | 66.9 mph |
15 | Cooper Welch | MD | Archbishop Spalding | 2025 | RHP | 66.0 mph |
16 | Caeden Schulte | MD | Kent Island | 2023 | C | 65.8 mph |
17 | Nate Matkins | MD | Chesapeake-AA | 2023 | 2B | 63.7 mph |
18 | Jackson O'Brien | MD | Severna Park | 2024 | OF | 63.1 mph |
19 | Luke Weichel | MD | Sherwood | 2023 | C | 62.8 mph |
20 | Logan Hastings | MD | Huntingtown | 2024 | RHP | 61.9 mph |
21 | Noah Forman | MD | Broadneck High | 2025 | RHP | 59.9 mph |
22 | Sam Morrison | MD | Loyola-Blakefield | 2024 | OF | 54.8 mph |
AVERAGE BAT SPEED
MLB Avg: 66-78 mph | College: 66-75 mph | HS Varsity: 60-70 mph
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Bat Speed (avg) |
1 | Ryan Niedzialkowski | MD | CM Wright | 2023 | 3B | 75.7 mph |
2 | Liam Houghton | MD | Good Counsel | 2022 | 1B | 73.3 mph |
3 | Michael Martin | MD | Southern-AA | 2022 | OF | 73.2 mph |
4 | Alex Craig | MD | Crofton | 2023 | CF | 71.5 mph |
5 | Adam Gott | MD | Calvert | 2022 | RHP | 71.4 mph |
6 | Adrian Gonzalez | MD | Chesapeake-AA | 2023 | 1B | 70.6 mph |
7 | Massimo Liuzzo | MD | Walt Whitman | 2023 | OF | 69.3 mph |
8 | Jaxson Wood | MD | Georgetown Prep | 2024 | 1B | 68.8 mph |
9 | Tyler Holton | MD | Mount Saint Joseph | 2024 | 3B | 68.6 mph |
10 | Cam Love | MD | Damascus | 2022 | LHP | 68.5 mph |
11 | Matthew Gostomski | MD | St. Michaels | 2022 | C | 68.4 mph |
12 | Austin Keefer | MD | North East | 2022 | 1B | 68.1 mph |
13 | Ty Jacoby | MD | Old Mill | 2023 | LHP | 66.9 mph |
14 | Trenton Player | MD | Annapolis | 2023 | OF | 65.7 mph |
15 | Harry Middlebrooks | MD | Archbishop Curley | 2023 | RHP | 65.7 mph |
16 | Teegan Murphy | MD | St. Michaels | 2022 | 1B | 65.7 mph |
17 | Hunter Chambers | NC | Combine Academy | 2024 | RHP | 64.4 mph |
18 | Caeden Schulte | MD | Kent Island | 2023 | C | 64.3 mph |
19 | Nate Matkins | MD | Chesapeake-AA | 2023 | 2B | 61.9 mph |
20 | Logan Hastings | MD | Huntingtown | 2024 | RHP | 61.0 mph |
21 | Jackson O'Brien | MD | Severna Park | 2024 | OF | 60.8 mph |
22 | Luke Weichel | MD | Sherwood | 2023 | C | 60.7 mph |
23 | Cooper Welch | MD | Archbishop Spalding | 2025 | RHP | 60.1 mph |
24 | Noah Forman | MD | Broadneck High | 2025 | RHP | 57.4 mph |
25 | Sam Morrison | MD | Loyola-Blakefield | 2024 | OF | 53.5 mph |
MAX HAND SPEED
Peak Hand Speed is the observed maximum 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. For more info: Peak Hand Speed
MLB Avg: 23-29 mph | College Avg: 21-24 mph | HS Varsity Avg: 19-22 mph
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (max) |
1 | Adrian Gonzalez | MD | Chesapeake-AA | 2023 | 1B | 23.9 mph |
2 | Adam Gott | MD | Calvert | 2022 | RHP | 23.8 mph |
3 | Matthew Gostomski | MD | St. Michaels | 2022 | C | 23.5 mph |
4 | Michael Martin | MD | Southern-AA | 2022 | OF | 23.4 mph |
5 | Massimo Liuzzo | MD | Walt Whitman | 2023 | OF | 23.0 mph |
6 | Ryan Niedzialkowski | MD | CM Wright | 2023 | 3B | 22.9 mph |
7 | Cam Love | MD | Damascus | 2022 | LHP | 22.7 mph |
8 | Liam Houghton | MD | Good Counsel | 2022 | 1B | 22.0 mph |
^ | Trenton Player | MD | Annapolis | 2023 | OF | 22.0 mph |
9 | Tyler Holton | MD | Mount Saint Joseph | 2024 | 3B | 21.9 mph |
10 | Alex Craig | MD | Crofton | 2023 | CF | 21.8 mph |
11 | Hunter Chambers | NC | Combine Academy | 2024 | RHP | 21.6 mph |
12 | Austin Keefer | MD | North East | 2022 | 1B | 20.9 mph |
13 | Noah Forman | MD | Broadneck High | 2025 | RHP | 20.7 mph |
^ | Harry Middlebrooks | MD | Archbishop Curley | 2023 | RHP | 20.7 mph |
14 | Jackson O'Brien | MD | Severna Park | 2024 | OF | 20.5 mph |
15 | Teegan Murphy | MD | St. Michaels | 2022 | 1B | 20.4 mph |
16 | Nate Matkins | MD | Chesapeake-AA | 2023 | 2B | 20.1 mph |
17 | Ty Jacoby | MD | Old Mill | 2023 | LHP | 19.8 mph |
18 | Luke Weichel | MD | Sherwood | 2023 | C | 19.7 mph |
19 | Logan Hastings | MD | Huntingtown | 2024 | RHP | 18.3 mph |
^ | Jaxson Wood | MD | Georgetown Prep | 2024 | 1B | 18.3 mph |
20 | Caeden Schulte | MD | Kent Island | 2023 | C | 18.2 mph |
21 | Sam Morrison | MD | Loyola-Blakefield | 2024 | OF | 17.4 mph |
22 | Cooper Welch | MD | Archbishop Spalding | 2025 | RHP | 17.0 mph |
AVERAGE HAND SPEED
MLB Avg: 23-29 mph | College Avg: 21-24 mph | HS Varsity Avg: 19-22 mph
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Hand Speed (avg) |
1 | Matthew Gostomski | MD | St. Michaels | 2022 | C | 22.9 mph |
2 | Adrian Gonzalez | MD | Chesapeake-AA | 2023 | 1B | 22.9 mph |
3 | Adam Gott | MD | Calvert | 2022 | RHP | 22.2 mph |
4 | Cam Love | MD | Damascus | 2022 | LHP | 22.0 mph |
5 | Michael Martin | MD | Southern-AA | 2022 | OF | 21.8 mph |
6 | Massimo Liuzzo | MD | Walt Whitman | 2023 | OF | 21.7 mph |
7 | Ryan Niedzialkowski | MD | CM Wright | 2023 | 3B | 21.4 mph |
8 | Liam Houghton | MD | Good Counsel | 2022 | 1B | 21.3 mph |
9 | Alex Craig | MD | Crofton | 2023 | CF | 21.2 mph |
10 | Tyler Holton | MD | Mount Saint Joseph | 2024 | 3B | 21.0 mph |
11 | Trenton Player | MD | Annapolis | 2023 | OF | 20.4 mph |
12 | Hunter Chambers | NC | Combine Academy | 2024 | RHP | 20.3 mph |
13 | Austin Keefer | MD | North East | 2022 | 1B | 20.2 mph |
14 | Harry Middlebrooks | MD | Archbishop Curley | 2023 | RHP | 20.0 mph |
15 | Teegan Murphy | MD | St. Michaels | 2022 | 1B | 19.9 mph |
16 | Nate Matkins | MD | Chesapeake-AA | 2023 | 2B | 19.6 mph |
17 | Jackson O'Brien | MD | Severna Park | 2024 | OF | 19.4 mph |
18 | Luke Weichel | MD | Sherwood | 2023 | C | 19.4 mph |
19 | Noah Forman | MD | Broadneck High | 2025 | RHP | 19.0 mph |
20 | Ty Jacoby | MD | Old Mill | 2023 | LHP | 19.0 mph |
21 | Logan Hastings | MD | Huntingtown | 2024 | RHP | 17.6 mph |
22 | Caeden Schulte | MD | Kent Island | 2023 | C | 17.5 mph |
23 | Jaxson Wood | MD | Georgetown Prep | 2024 | 1B | 16.8 mph |
24 | Sam Morrison | MD | Loyola-Blakefield | 2024 | OF | 16.6 mph |
25 | Cooper Welch | MD | Archbishop Spalding | 2025 | RHP | 16.1 mph |
MAX ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION
Measures how quickly your bat accelerates into the swing plane. Rotation is a good indicator of how you build bat speed by sequencing properly. The quicker your rotational acceleration, the more power you will have and the more time you have to adjust to pitch locations. For more info: Rotational Acceleration
MLB Avg: 16.8 g | College Avg: 12.9 g | HS Varsity Avg: 9.9 g
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Rot. Acc (max) |
1 | Alex Craig | MD | Crofton | 2023 | CF | 22.5 g |
2 | Adrian Gonzalez | MD | Chesapeake-AA | 2023 | 1B | 22.2 g |
3 | Ty Jacoby | MD | Old Mill | 2023 | LHP | 21.7 g |
4 | Matthew Gostomski | MD | St. Michaels | 2022 | C | 21.4 g |
5 | Nate Matkins | MD | Chesapeake-AA | 2023 | 2B | 20.6 g |
6 | Trenton Player | MD | Annapolis | 2023 | OF | 20.0 g |
7 | Teegan Murphy | MD | St. Michaels | 2022 | 1B | 18.3 g |
8 | Michael Martin | MD | Southern-AA | 2022 | OF | 17.6 g |
9 | Harry Middlebrooks | MD | Archbishop Curley | 2023 | RHP | 16.2 g |
10 | Logan Hastings | MD | Huntingtown | 2024 | RHP | 15.7 g |
11 | Liam Houghton | MD | Good Counsel | 2022 | 1B | 15.2 g |
12 | Cam Love | MD | Damascus | 2022 | LHP | 14.4 g |
13 | Tyler Holton | MD | Mount Saint Joseph | 2024 | 3B | 13.6 g |
14 | Ryan Niedzialkowski | MD | CM Wright | 2023 | 3B | 13.5 g |
15 | Caeden Schulte | MD | Kent Island | 2023 | C | 12.9 g |
16 | Hunter Chambers | NC | Combine Academy | 2024 | RHP | 12.6 g |
17 | Jackson O'Brien | MD | Severna Park | 2024 | OF | 11.5 g |
18 | Sam Morrison | MD | Loyola-Blakefield | 2024 | OF | 11.3 g |
19 | Massimo Liuzzo | MD | Walt Whitman | 2023 | OF | 10.6 g |
20 | Jaxson Wood | MD | Georgetown Prep | 2024 | 1B | 10.0 g |
21 | Austin Keefer | MD | North East | 2022 | 1B | 9.6 g |
22 | Adam Gott | MD | Calvert | 2022 | RHP | 9.0 g |
23 | Luke Weichel | MD | Sherwood | 2023 | C | 6.9 g |
24 | Cooper Welch | MD | Archbishop Spalding | 2025 | RHP | 4.6 g |
25 | Noah Forman | MD | Broadneck High | 2025 | RHP | 3.9 g |
AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION
MLB Avg: 16.8 g | College Avg: 12.9 g | HS Varsity Avg: 9.9 g
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Rot. Acc (avg) |
1 | Alex Craig | MD | Crofton | 2023 | CF | 21.6 g |
2 | Adrian Gonzalez | MD | Chesapeake-AA | 2023 | 1B | 21.2 g |
3 | Trenton Player | MD | Annapolis | 2023 | OF | 18.4 g |
4 | Nate Matkins | MD | Chesapeake-AA | 2023 | 2B | 18.3 g |
5 | Matthew Gostomski | MD | St. Michaels | 2022 | C | 17.5 g |
6 | Ty Jacoby | MD | Old Mill | 2023 | LHP | 16.3 g |
7 | Michael Martin | MD | Southern-AA | 2022 | OF | 16.0 g |
8 | Teegan Murphy | MD | St. Michaels | 2022 | 1B | 15.1 g |
9 | Harry Middlebrooks | MD | Archbishop Curley | 2023 | RHP | 13.8 g |
10 | Logan Hastings | MD | Huntingtown | 2024 | RHP | 13.5 g |
11 | Cam Love | MD | Damascus | 2022 | LHP | 13.1 g |
12 | Liam Houghton | MD | Good Counsel | 2022 | 1B | 12.9 g |
13 | Tyler Holton | MD | Mount Saint Joseph | 2024 | 3B | 10.1 g |
14 | Hunter Chambers | NC | Combine Academy | 2024 | RHP | 9.9 g |
^ | Ryan Niedzialkowski | MD | CM Wright | 2023 | 3B | 9.9 g |
15 | Jackson O'Brien | MD | Severna Park | 2024 | OF | 9.8 g |
16 | Caeden Schulte | MD | Kent Island | 2023 | C | 9.3 g |
17 | Massimo Liuzzo | MD | Walt Whitman | 2023 | OF | 9.1 g |
18 | Jaxson Wood | MD | Georgetown Prep | 2024 | 1B | 8.8 g |
19 | Sam Morrison | MD | Loyola-Blakefield | 2024 | OF | 8.4 g |
20 | Austin Keefer | MD | North East | 2022 | 1B | 8.3 g |
21 | Luke Weichel | MD | Sherwood | 2023 | C | 6.4 g |
22 | Adam Gott | MD | Calvert | 2022 | RHP | 6.3 g |
23 | Cooper Welch | MD | Archbishop Spalding | 2025 | RHP | 4.1 g |
24 | Noah Forman | MD | Broadneck High | 2025 | RHP | 3.1 g |
AVERAGE ON-PLANE EFFICIENCY
Measures the percentage of your swing where the bat is on the swing plane. Your vertical bat angle at contact establishes the plane for that swing. Plane is a great indicator for making more consistent contact on the barrel of the bat. For more info: On-Plane Efficiency
Ideal Efficiency %: 70% or Higher | Range: 65%-85%
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | On Plane Eff (avg) |
1 | Massimo Liuzzo | MD | Walt Whitman | 2023 | OF | 89 % |
2 | Logan Hastings | MD | Huntingtown | 2024 | RHP | 78 % |
3 | Alex Craig | MD | Crofton | 2023 | CF | 76 % |
4 | Adrian Gonzalez | MD | Chesapeake-AA | 2023 | 1B | 76 % |
5 | Caeden Schulte | MD | Kent Island | 2023 | C | 75 % |
6 | Michael Martin | MD | Southern-AA | 2022 | OF | 74 % |
7 | Ryan Niedzialkowski | MD | CM Wright | 2023 | 3B | 70 % |
8 | Nate Matkins | MD | Chesapeake-AA | 2023 | 2B | 70 % |
9 | Harry Middlebrooks | MD | Archbishop Curley | 2023 | RHP | 70 % |
10 | Trenton Player | MD | Annapolis | 2023 | OF | 66 % |
11 | Teegan Murphy | MD | St. Michaels | 2022 | 1B | 64 % |
12 | Tyler Holton | MD | Mount Saint Joseph | 2024 | 3B | 61 % |
13 | Jaxson Wood | MD | Georgetown Prep | 2024 | 1B | 59 % |
14 | Sam Morrison | MD | Loyola-Blakefield | 2024 | OF | 57 % |
15 | Jackson O'Brien | MD | Severna Park | 2024 | OF | 55 % |
16 | Adam Gott | MD | Calvert | 2022 | RHP | 54 % |
17 | Cam Love | MD | Damascus | 2022 | LHP | 52 % |
18 | Matthew Gostomski | MD | St. Michaels | 2022 | C | 46 % |
19 | Hunter Chambers | NC | Combine Academy | 2024 | RHP | 46 % |
20 | Luke Weichel | MD | Sherwood | 2023 | C | 41 % |
21 | Ty Jacoby | MD | Old Mill | 2023 | LHP | 41 % |
22 | Austin Keefer | MD | North East | 2022 | 1B | 39 % |
23 | Liam Houghton | MD | Good Counsel | 2022 | 1B | 39 % |
24 | Noah Forman | MD | Broadneck High | 2025 | RHP | 39 % |
25 | Cooper Welch | MD | Archbishop Spalding | 2025 | RHP | 35 % |
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