Future Games: 16U Blast Leaders & Analysis
August 8, 2024
The 2024 Future Games might be behind us, but there’s still plenty of time to analyze all of the data we collected at the event, including the swing data measured during the event’s Workout Day, which kicked off the week, obtained using Blast Motion sensors.
Today, we’ll be focusing on the Blast data we collected for the players within the 16U division.
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BLAST MOTION STANDOUTS 🚀
The following three players were hand-picked by Joe Tourville, of Blast Motion, as he assessed the data collected at the Future Games' workout day and he showed his work on why these three prospects stuck out to both him and the Blast sensors they swung with.
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Brady Stewart SS / 2B / St. Thomas Aquinas, KS / 2026There’s a lot to like in Brady Stewart. The acceleration profile is elite, elite… elite stuff. Averaging 32.3g of rotational acceleration is no joke, at any level. His ability to accelerate and quickly climb into his bat speed will be an advantageous trait for years to come. What really stands out is that there really isn’t a lot of self-manufactured load to create this acceleration. The hands are pretty still in the load and then just explode forward like a drag-car. It’s showing up in the performance too. Brady was spraying the ball all over the park in Georgia, something that’s not abnormal to what he’s been doing at Aquinas HS in Kansas. St. Thomas Aquinas once wrote: “... the intellect moves the will," and I think if Aquinas saw Brady hit today he would have been inspired to write: “The acceleration profile will move the ball all over the field.” |
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Eric Booth Jr. OF / Oak Grove, MS / 2026There’s not a lot I can say about Eric Booth Jr., the metrics speak for themselves – and loudly. He averaged 84 mph of bat speed in BP. Yes, that is correct. He absolutely let it rip in BP and caught everything out in front while doing so. The contact points are really nice which show his ability to be on time. He also averaged 23.9g of rotational acceleration. The bat is fast and quick – combine that with Booth’s strength and projectable frame and you got a really interesting bat at the plate. |
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Kellen Ford OF / Hopkins, MI / 2026Q: Did he average above 72 mph of bat speed? Conclusion: Kellen Ford checks all the boxes. The bat is fast, quick, and consistently on-plane with the incoming pitch. He won’t be uncommitted much longer. |
HIGHEST AVERAGE HAND SPEED
About Hand Speed: The observed 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.
HIGHEST AVERAGE BAT SPEED
About Bat Speed: The observed speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact. The sweet spot of the bat is measured six inches from the tip of the bat.
HIGHEST AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION
About Body Rotation: A swing that has the appropriate relative contributions of body and bat rotations is an efficient and Powerful swing that maintains proper sequencing. An efficient baseball swing is one in which the body creates the initial movements, which is then transferred to the arms and out to the bat, thereby maximizing Bat Speed through this proximal-to-distal kinematic sequencing movement pattern.
AVERAGE ON-PLANE EFFICIENCY%
About On-Plane Efficiency: This is how consistently a player maintains their arm and wrist throughout the swing, or the percentage of the swing where the bat is on-plane. If a player’s on-plane% is high, that means the player will be able to place the barrel to where he feels the point of impact will be more consistently.