Select Baseball Scout Day: Trackman Hitting Leaders
September 26, 2024
On Thursday September 19th Prep Baseball or South Carolina was on hand at Anderson University for a Scout Day with players from Select Baseball. The Scout Day featured players from the 2025-2028 Grad Classes.
The day began with players going through a rotation that involved running a laser timed 60 and taking batting practice on the field with Trackman collecting ball flight data. After batting practice, position players went through a defensive evaluation. The scout day concluded with pitchers throwing a controlled bullpen with Trackman gathering information on each pitch.
Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance. Look for more information to follow in the coming days.
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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 | Ty Simpson | SC | D. W. Daniel | 2026 | 3B | 100.7 mph |
2 | Collin Phillips | SC | Walhalla | 2027 | 3B | 95.3 mph |
3 | Walker Buck | SC | West-Oak | 2025 | OF | 94.2 mph |
4 | Dalton Dial | SC | Walhalla | 2026 | RHP | 93.7 mph |
5 | Luke Turner | SC | Daniel | 2027 | RHP | 89.7 mph |
6 | Tobie Lowe | SC | Walhalla | 2027 | C | 89.5 mph |
7 | Bradley Runion | SC | Pendleton | 2028 | SS | 86.9 mph |
8 | Greyson Austin | SC | Wren | 2026 | SS | 86.7 mph |
9 | Carson Bolt | SC | T. L. Hanna | 2027 | C | 86.4 mph |
10 | Jackson Higgs | SC | Walhalla | 2025 | 3B | 83.4 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 | Ty Simpson | SC | D. W. Daniel | 2026 | 3B | 90.9 mph |
2 | Dalton Dial | SC | Walhalla | 2026 | RHP | 89.8 mph |
3 | Collin Phillips | SC | Walhalla | 2027 | 3B | 83.6 mph |
4 | Luke Turner | SC | Daniel | 2027 | RHP | 82.5 mph |
5 | Greyson Austin | SC | Wren | 2026 | SS | 81.9 mph |
6 | Walker Buck | SC | West-Oak | 2025 | OF | 81.5 mph |
7 | Tobie Lowe | SC | Walhalla | 2027 | C | 78.8 mph |
8 | Carson Bolt | SC | T. L. Hanna | 2027 | C | 77.2 mph |
9 | Tyler Youngblood | SC | Wren | 2026 | OF | 75.2 mph |
10 | Jackson Higgs | SC | Walhalla | 2025 | 3B | 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 | Ty Simpson | SC | D. W. Daniel | 2026 | 3B | 367 ft |
2 | Collin Phillips | SC | Walhalla | 2027 | 3B | 347 ft |
3 | Walker Buck | SC | West-Oak | 2025 | OF | 334 ft |
4 | Luke Turner | SC | Daniel | 2027 | RHP | 328 ft |
5 | Tobie Lowe | SC | Walhalla | 2027 | C | 323 ft |
6 | Bradley Runion | SC | Pendleton | 2028 | SS | 303 ft |
7 | Carson Bolt | SC | T. L. Hanna | 2027 | C | 297 ft |
8 | Greyson Austin | SC | Wren | 2026 | SS | 292 ft |
9 | Jackson Higgs | SC | Walhalla | 2025 | 3B | 268 ft |
10 | Dalton Dial | SC | Walhalla | 2026 | RHP | 265 ft |
Average Distance - Average of each ball tracked in the Session
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Distance (avg) |
1 | Collin Phillips | SC | Walhalla | 2027 | 3B | 236 ft |
2 | Walker Buck | SC | West-Oak | 2025 | OF | 233 ft |
3 | Tyler Youngblood | SC | Wren | 2026 | OF | 220 ft |
4 | Mason Brown | SC | T.L Hanna | 2027 | OF | 201 ft |
5 | Ty Simpson | SC | D. W. Daniel | 2026 | 3B | 172 ft |
6 | Bradley Runion | SC | Pendleton | 2028 | SS | 172 ft |
7 | Tobie Lowe | SC | Walhalla | 2027 | C | 171 ft |
8 | Jackson Higgs | SC | Walhalla | 2025 | 3B | 170 ft |
9 | Greyson Austin | SC | Wren | 2026 | SS | 152 ft |
10 | Carson Bolt | SC | T. L. Hanna | 2027 | C | 150 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 | Greyson Austin | SC | Wren | 2026 | SS | 53 % |
2 | Tyler Youngblood | SC | Wren | 2026 | OF | 50 % |
3 | Theo LeMahieu | SC | Pendleton | 2026 | 2B | 45 % |
4 | Jackson Higgs | SC | Walhalla | 2025 | 3B | 42 % |
5 | Walker Buck | SC | West-Oak | 2025 | OF | 38 % |
^ | Dalton Dial | SC | Walhalla | 2026 | RHP | 38 % |
6 | Carson Bolt | SC | T. L. Hanna | 2027 | C | 37 % |
7 | Collin Phillips | SC | Walhalla | 2027 | 3B | 36 % |
8 | Luke Turner | SC | Daniel | 2027 | RHP | 33 % |
9 | Tobie Lowe | SC | Walhalla | 2027 | C | 25 % |
10 | Mason Brown | SC | T.L Hanna | 2027 | OF | 20 % |
Fly Ball %
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Fly Ball % |
1 | Mason Brown | SC | T.L Hanna | 2027 | OF | 60.0 % |
2 | Tyler Youngblood | SC | Wren | 2026 | OF | 50.0 % |
3 | Collin Phillips | SC | Walhalla | 2027 | 3B | 36.4 % |
4 | Tobie Lowe | SC | Walhalla | 2027 | C | 31.3 % |
5 | Walker Buck | SC | West-Oak | 2025 | OF | 30.8 % |
6 | Jackson Higgs | SC | Walhalla | 2025 | 3B | 28.6 % |
7 | Bradley Runion | SC | Pendleton | 2028 | SS | 27.3 % |
8 | Carson Bolt | SC | T. L. Hanna | 2027 | C | 25.0 % |
9 | Theo LeMahieu | SC | Pendleton | 2026 | 2B | 18.2 % |
10 | Ty Simpson | SC | D. W. Daniel | 2026 | 3B | 16.7 % |
Ground Ball %
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Ground Ball % |
1 | Aiden Broadwater | SC | Belton Honea Path | 2025 | 2B | 75 % |
2 | Ty Simpson | SC | D. W. Daniel | 2026 | 3B | 58 % |
3 | Dalton Dial | SC | Walhalla | 2026 | RHP | 53 % |
4 | Luke Turner | SC | Daniel | 2027 | RHP | 53 % |
5 | Greyson Austin | SC | Wren | 2026 | SS | 46 % |
6 | Bradley Runion | SC | Pendleton | 2028 | SS | 45 % |
7 | Carson Bolt | SC | T. L. Hanna | 2027 | C | 37 % |
8 | Theo LeMahieu | SC | Pendleton | 2026 | 2B | 36 % |
9 | Tobie Lowe | SC | Walhalla | 2027 | C | 31 % |
10 | Walker Buck | SC | West-Oak | 2025 | OF | 30 % |
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