Trackman Hitting Leaders: East Coast Dodgers Scout Day
January 20, 2023
On Saturday January 14th PBR of North Carolina was on hand at Next Level Training Center in Greenville, NC for a Scout Day with the East Coast Dodgers Organization. The scout day featured players from all over the country in the 2024-2028 grad classes.
The day began with catchers going through a defensive evaluation followed by pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman collecting advanced analytics. Once bullpens were complete, position players ran a laser timed 10 yd and 30 yd sprint. Position players then took BP with Trackman collecting ball flight data. The open atmosphere of Next Level allowed players, coaches and scouts to see ball flight off the bat. The night concluded with outfielders and infielders going through a defensive evaluation.
Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance.
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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.
| Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
| 1 | Patrick Maloney | NC | Broughton | 2024 | C | 94.1 mph |
| 2 | John D Mitchell | TX | St. John XXIII College Preparatory | 2024 | RHP | 94.1 mph |
| 3 | Carson Beavers | MN | Rochester Mayo | 2024 | OF | 92.5 mph |
| 4 | Connor Payne | NC | Apex Friendship | 2025 | 3B | 92.3 mph |
| 5 | jack strom | NC | Millbrook | 2025 | OF | 91.3 mph |
| 6 | Connor Wright | NC | Millbrook | 2025 | 1B | 90.4 mph |
| 7 | Davis Crowder | NC | St. David's | 2024 | 1B | 90.2 mph |
| 8 | Caden French | NC | Wakefield | 2024 | OF | 90.1 mph |
| 9 | Aarren Marshall | TX | Lovejoy | 2024 | SS | 89.9 mph |
| 10 | Brandon Suler | NJ | North Hunterdon | 2025 | RHP | 89.5 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.
PEAK DISTANCE
AVERAGE DISTANCE
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.
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 %
Ground Ball %
Fly Ball %