Columbia Rising Stars ID: Trackman Hitting Leaders

July 15, 2024
Sammy Esposito
PBR SC Director of Scouting

On Tuesday, July 2nd Prep Baseball of South Carolina hosted trials for Team Carolina at TheUniversity of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. The Team Carolina Trials/Rising Star leads to identifying prospects for some of the summer’s biggest invite only events like Top Prospect Games, PB JR Future Games, and the PB Future Games. The event featured players from the 2028-2029 grad classes.

The event began with A pro-style workout for all the position players followed that included running a laser timed 60 recorded using Swift Technology, BP with TrackMan ball flight analysis, a defensive evaluation, and finished with pitcher bullpens with each pitch tracked by Trackman.

Below we will look at the statistical breakdown for the event.

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Trackman Leaders - Hitting

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	Tim Winn Jr	SC	Catawba Ridge High School	2028	3B	94.1 mph
2	Mike Johnson	SC	Georgetown	2028	3B	88.3 mph
3	Brian Ebeling	SC	Philip Simmons	2028	SS	87.2 mph
4	Braden Lawton	SC	Spring Valley High	2028	SS	86.5 mph
5	Harrison Ward	SC	Hillcrest	2028	3B	86.4 mph
6	Lem Moss	SC	York Comprehensive High	2028	SS	86.2 mph
7	Jason Simpkins	SC	SOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	2028	3B	85.2 mph
8	Jones Wilhite	SC	Aiken	2028	1B	84.7 mph
9	Griffin Hill	SC	Lexington	2028	SS	83.8 mph
10	Nathan Good	SC	Pinewood Prep	2028	3B	83.2 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	Braden Lawton	SC	Spring Valley High	2028	SS	83.5 mph
2	Lem Moss	SC	York Comprehensive High	2028	SS	80.8 mph
3	Tim Winn Jr	SC	Catawba Ridge High School	2028	3B	80.5 mph
4	Harrison Ward	SC	Hillcrest	2028	3B	80.3 mph
5	Brian Ebeling	SC	Philip Simmons	2028	SS	78.3 mph
6	Mike Johnson	SC	Georgetown	2028	3B	78.2 mph
7	Nathan Good	SC	Pinewood Prep	2028	3B	75.3 mph
8	Tatum Manning	SC	T. L. Hanna	2028	C	75.0 mph
9	Darius Robertson	SC	Homeschool (SC)	2028	OF	74.8 mph
10	Bradley Edwards	SC	Summerville	2028	OF	73.8 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	Tim Winn Jr	SC	Catawba Ridge High School	2028	3B	328 ft
2	Brian Ebeling	SC	Philip Simmons	2028	SS	322 ft
3	Braden Lawton	SC	Spring Valley High	2028	SS	313 ft
4	Jones Wilhite	SC	Aiken	2028	1B	304 ft
5	Nathan Good	SC	Pinewood Prep	2028	3B	304 ft
6	Jason Simpkins	SC	SOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	2028	3B	302 ft
7	Harrison Ward	SC	Hillcrest	2028	3B	296 ft
8	Mike Johnson	SC	Georgetown	2028	3B	292 ft
9	Ethan Madden	SC	River Bluff	2028	C	277 ft
10	Bradley Edwards	SC	Summerville	2028	OF	277 ft

Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Distance (avg)
1	Braden Lawton	SC	Spring Valley High	2028	SS	265 ft
2	Harrison Ward	SC	Hillcrest	2028	3B	256 ft
3	Tim Winn Jr	SC	Catawba Ridge High School	2028	3B	220 ft
4	Brian Ebeling	SC	Philip Simmons	2028	SS	217 ft
5	Jones Wilhite	SC	Aiken	2028	1B	215 ft
6	Nathan Good	SC	Pinewood Prep	2028	3B	208 ft
7	Griffin Hill	SC	Lexington	2028	SS	206 ft
8	Ethan Madden	SC	River Bluff	2028	C	194 ft
9	Jason Simpkins	SC	SOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL	2028	3B	185 ft
10	Bradley Edwards	SC	Summerville	2028	OF	179 ft

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	Harrison Ward	SC	Hillcrest	2028	3B	63 %
2	Grady Hester	SC	Legion Collegiate Academy	2028	LHP	57 %
3	Nathan Good	SC	Pinewood Prep	2028	3B	50 %
4	Xavier Bishop	SC	Gilbert	2028	2B	44 %
^	Lem Moss	SC	York Comprehensive High	2028	SS	44 %
5	Jack McCarthy	SC	Hanahan	2028	2B	37 %
6	David Hunter Christensen	SC	Berkeley	2028	3B	35 %
^	Mike Johnson	SC	Georgetown	2028	3B	35 %
7	Darius Robertson	SC	Homeschool (SC)	2028	OF	33 %
8	Ethan Madden	SC	River Bluff	2028	C	30 %
9	Jones Wilhite	SC	Aiken	2028	1B	25 %
^	Lawton Nelson	SC	Wando	2028	2B	25 %
^	Braden Lawton	SC	Spring Valley High	2028	SS	25 %
^	Tim Winn Jr	SC	Catawba Ridge High School	2028	3B	25 %
10	Bradley Edwards	SC	Summerville	2028	OF	23 %

Fly Ball %

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Fly Ball %
1	Talen Soukup	SC	Mountain View Prep	2028	2B	75.0 %
2	Griffin Hill	SC	Lexington	2028	SS	71.4 %
3	Braden Lawton	SC	Spring Valley High	2028	SS	62.5 %
^	Jack McCarthy	SC	Hanahan	2028	2B	62.5 %
4	Brian Ebeling	SC	Philip Simmons	2028	SS	50.0 %
5	Tim Winn Jr	SC	Catawba Ridge High School	2028	3B	43.8 %
6	Nathan Good	SC	Pinewood Prep	2028	3B	40.0 %
7	Bradley Edwards	SC	Summerville	2028	OF	38.5 %
^	Ethan Madden	SC	River Bluff	2028	C	38.5 %
8	Harrison Ward	SC	Hillcrest	2028	3B	36.4 %
9	Jones Wilhite	SC	Aiken	2028	1B	33.3 %
^	Darius Robertson	SC	Homeschool (SC)	2028	OF	33.3 %
^	Xavier Bishop	SC	Gilbert	2028	2B	33.3 %
10	Tatum Manning	SC	T. L. Hanna	2028	C	30.0 %

Ground Ball %

Rank	Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Ground Ball %
1	Lem Moss	SC	York Comprehensive High	2028	SS	55 %
2	Mike Johnson	SC	Georgetown	2028	3B	42 %
^	Grady Hester	SC	Legion Collegiate Academy	2028	LHP	42 %
3	Tatum Manning	SC	T. L. Hanna	2028	C	40 %
4	Darius Robertson	SC	Homeschool (SC)	2028	OF	33 %
5	Bradley Edwards	SC	Summerville	2028	OF	30 %
6	David Hunter Christensen	SC	Berkeley	2028	3B	28 %
7	Lawton Nelson	SC	Wando	2028	2B	25 %
8	Xavier Bishop	SC	Gilbert	2028	2B	22 %
9	Tim Winn Jr	SC	Catawba Ridge High School	2028	3B	18 %
10	Griffin Hill	SC	Lexington	2028	SS	14 %