Prep Baseball Report

Select Baseball Scout Day: Trackman Hitting Leaders


Sammy Esposito
PBR SC Director of Scouting

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 %