Top Underclass Games: TrackMan Offensive Leaders
November 15, 2022
On Saturday November 5th PBR of North Carolina hosted its Underclass Games at War Memorial Stadium in Greensboro, NC. The invite only event featured some of the top players from across North Carolina in the 2024-2026 grad classes.
The day began with position players running a laser timed 10yd and 60 yd sprint. After running position players took batting practice on the field with Trackman collecting ball flight data and Blast collecting swing information. Following batting practice position players went through a defensive evaluation. After the pro-style workout position players were split into two teams and played two controlled scrimmage games facing live arms. During the games Trackman was used to gather data on each pitcher.
Below we begin our breakdown of the talented roster in attendance. Look for more information to follow in the coming days.
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Trackman Offensive 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.
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Exit Velocity (max)
1
Dylan Pasternak
NC
Leesville Road
2024
SS
92.8 mph
2
Cameron Brown
NC
North Raleigh Christian
2024
RHP
92.5 mph
3
Nico Soul
NC
Marvin Ridge
2025
3B
92.3 mph
4
Cade Gardner
NC
A.C. Reynolds
2024
SS
91.1 mph
5
Jake Dunlap
NC
High Point Christian
2024
OF
91.0 mph
6
Ayden Wall
NC
Ledford
2025
C
90.6 mph
7
Clay Rosser
NC
Grimsley
2025
RHP
89.5 mph
8
Sam Zalinsky
NC
Weddington
2025
SS
89.0 mph
9
Jentz Steiner
NC
Apex Friendship
2024
3B
88.3 mph
10
Matt McKnight
NC
Charlotte Catholic
2025
3B
88.2 mph
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.
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Exit Velocity (avg)
1
Jake Dunlap
NC
High Point Christian
2024
OF
87.2 mph
2
Nico Soul
NC
Marvin Ridge
2025
3B
86.4 mph
3
Dylan Pasternak
NC
Leesville Road
2024
SS
85.7 mph
4
Cade Gardner
NC
A.C. Reynolds
2024
SS
85.2 mph
5
Cameron Brown
NC
North Raleigh Christian
2024
RHP
84.9 mph
6
Ayden Wall
NC
Ledford
2025
C
83.0 mph
7
Jack McKellar
NC
Rocky Mount
2026
C
82.1 mph
8
Jentz Steiner
NC
Apex Friendship
2024
3B
82.0 mph
9
Matt McKnight
NC
Charlotte Catholic
2025
3B
80.5 mph
10
Austin Price
NC
Covenant Day
2025
OF
80.5 mph
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
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Distance (max)
1
Nico Soul
NC
Marvin Ridge
2025
3B
351 ft
2
Cameron Brown
NC
North Raleigh Christian
2024
RHP
339 ft
3
Jack McKellar
NC
Rocky Mount
2026
C
326 ft
4
Jake Dunlap
NC
High Point Christian
2024
OF
323 ft
5
Dylan Pasternak
NC
Leesville Road
2024
SS
319 ft
6
Sam Zalinsky
NC
Weddington
2025
SS
315 ft
7
CJ Whitaker
NC
Corinth Holders
2025
1B
310 ft
8
Bo Nichols
NC
West Wilkes
2024
1B
307 ft
9
Hayden Ashby
NC
Cox Mill
2024
1B
306 ft
10
Tucker Payton
NC
South Point
2026
SS
306 ft
Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Distance (avg)
1
Cameron Brown
NC
North Raleigh Christian
2024
RHP
258 ft
2
Grayson Hudgins
NC
Pinecrest
2024
1B
243 ft
3
Jadden Rodriguez
NC
Ledford North Carolina
2023
OF
234 ft
4
Tucker Payton
NC
South Point
2026
SS
232 ft
5
Ayden Wall
NC
Ledford
2025
C
230 ft
6
Nico Soul
NC
Marvin Ridge
2025
3B
224 ft
7
Carlos Diaz
NC
Wake Forest
2025
C
221 ft
8
Jack McKellar
NC
Rocky Mount
2026
C
214 ft
9
Jake Dunlap
NC
High Point Christian
2024
OF
211 ft
10
Bo Nichols
NC
West Wilkes
2024
1B
211 ft
HARD HIT PERCENTAGE
TrackMan is able to track and follow exit velocities of each hitter. Based on the individual's top exit velocity, TrackMan is able to give us a percentage of hard hit balls. This percentage is based off of each individual hitter's top exit velocity.
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Hard Hit %
1
Nico Soul
NC
Marvin Ridge
2025
3B
55 %
2
Dylan Pasternak
NC
Leesville Road
2024
SS
30 %
3
Cameron Brown
NC
North Raleigh Christian
2024
RHP
25 %
4
Cade Gardner
NC
A.C. Reynolds
2024
SS
22 %
5
Jake Dunlap
NC
High Point Christian
2024
OF
14 %
6
Ayden Wall
NC
Ledford
2025
C
12 %
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 %
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Line Drive %
1
Ayden Broughton
NC
Pamlico County
2026
3B
77 %
2
Michael Woodard
NC
New Bern High
2026
1B
71 %
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Jack McKellar
NC
Rocky Mount
2026
C
71 %
3
Austin Price
NC
Covenant Day
2025
OF
66 %
4
Bo Nichols
NC
West Wilkes
2024
1B
63 %
5
Cameron Brown
NC
North Raleigh Christian
2024
RHP
62 %
Fly Ball %
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Fly Ball %
1
Tucker Payton
NC
South Point
2026
SS
71.4 %
2
Grayson Hudgins
NC
Pinecrest
2024
1B
66.7 %
3
Jadden Rodriguez
NC
Ledford North Carolina
2023
OF
57.1 %
4
Caden Reedy
NC
Oak Grove
2026
C
54.5 %
5
Carlos Diaz
NC
Wake Forest
2025
C
40.0 %
Ground Ball %
Rank
Name
State
School
Class
Pos
Ground Ball %
1
Tanner Brewer
NC
Northwest Guilford
2024
OF
54 %
2
Clay Rosser
NC
Grimsley
2025
RHP
52 %
3
CJ Whitaker
NC
Corinth Holders
2025
1B
50 %
4
Hayden Ashby
NC
Cox Mill
2024
1B
44 %
5
Brady Williams
NC
Currituck County
2024
2B
42 %