Prep Baseball Report

Team Carolina Trials - Charleston: Blast Leaders


Sammy Esposito
PBR SC Director of Scouting

On Wednesday, June 5th Prep Baseball of South Carolina hosted trials for Team Carolina at The College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. The Team Carolina Trials leads to identifying prospects for some of the summer’s biggest invite only events like PB Senior Games, Top Prospect Games, PB JR Future Games, PB SR Future Games and the PB Future Games. The event featured players from the 2025-2028 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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BLAST LEADERS

 

MAX HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Will Watson SC Pinewood Prep 2026 OF 24.8 mph
2 Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 23.9 mph
3 Carter Blankinship SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 23.1 mph
4 Carson Politsch SC Clover High 2026 C 22.9 mph
5 Tripp Cook SC Crescent High 2025 OF 22.8 mph
6 Henry Wood SC West Ashley High 2026 3B 22.2 mph
7 Aiden Culler SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 22.0 mph
8 James Wyatt Arthur SC Trinity Collegiate 2027 SS 21.8 mph
^ Max Kniesche SC Lucy Beckham 2027 3B 21.8 mph
9 Charlie McCutchen SC Orangeburg Preparatory School 2025 C 21.3 mph
10 Corbin King SC Blue Ridge 2027 C 21.2 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Will Watson SC Pinewood Prep 2026 OF 23.6 mph
2 Carson Politsch SC Clover High 2026 C 22.3 mph
3 Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 22.2 mph
4 Carter Blankinship SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 21.5 mph
5 Henry Wood SC West Ashley High 2026 3B 21.3 mph
6 Aiden Culler SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 20.8 mph
7 James Wyatt Arthur SC Trinity Collegiate 2027 SS 20.6 mph
8 Tripp Cook SC Crescent High 2025 OF 20.5 mph
9 Max Kniesche SC Lucy Beckham 2027 3B 20.3 mph
10 Charlie McCutchen SC Orangeburg Preparatory School 2025 C 20.1 mph

PEAK BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Carter Blankinship SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 80.0 mph
2 Will Watson SC Pinewood Prep 2026 OF 77.6 mph
3 Henry Wood SC West Ashley High 2026 3B 77.4 mph
4 Corbin King SC Blue Ridge 2027 C 75.2 mph
5 Charlie McCutchen SC Orangeburg Preparatory School 2025 C 74.0 mph
6 Tripp Cook SC Crescent High 2025 OF 73.7 mph
7 James Wyatt Arthur SC Trinity Collegiate 2027 SS 73.5 mph
8 Palmer Hornick SC Paul M Dorman 2026 3B 73.0 mph
9 Carson Politsch SC Clover High 2026 C 71.3 mph
10 Will Fountain SC Fox Creek 2026 OF 71.0 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Carter Blankinship SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 76.8 mph
2 Will Watson SC Pinewood Prep 2026 OF 73.8 mph
3 Henry Wood SC West Ashley High 2026 3B 73.7 mph
4 Corbin King SC Blue Ridge 2027 C 70.5 mph
5 Charlie McCutchen SC Orangeburg Preparatory School 2025 C 70.2 mph
6 James Wyatt Arthur SC Trinity Collegiate 2027 SS 69.2 mph
7 Tripp Cook SC Crescent High 2025 OF 68.4 mph
8 Carson Politsch SC Clover High 2026 C 68.3 mph
9 Will Fountain SC Fox Creek 2026 OF 68.1 mph
10 Palmer Hornick SC Paul M Dorman 2026 3B 67.7 mph

MAX ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Carson Politsch SC Clover High 2026 C 31.3 g
2 Carter Blankinship SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 25.1 g
3 Dylan Jimenez SC Hanahan High 2025 C 22.0 g
4 Henry Wood SC West Ashley High 2026 3B 20.6 g
5 Corbin King SC Blue Ridge 2027 C 20.1 g
6 James Wyatt Arthur SC Trinity Collegiate 2027 SS 18.8 g
7 Jackson Christopher SC Ashley Ridge 2025 SS 17.8 g
^ Charlie McCutchen SC Orangeburg Preparatory School 2025 C 17.8 g
8 Will Watson SC Pinewood Prep 2026 OF 17.1 g
9 Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 16.9 g
10 Hudson Clark SC Berkeley 2026 2B 15.7 g

AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Carson Politsch SC Clover High 2026 C 26.6 g
2 Carter Blankinship SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 18.9 g
3 Corbin King SC Blue Ridge 2027 C 17.6 g
4 Henry Wood SC West Ashley High 2026 3B 16.7 g
5 Dylan Jimenez SC Hanahan High 2025 C 15.3 g
6 James Wyatt Arthur SC Trinity Collegiate 2027 SS 14.5 g
7 Jackson Christopher SC Ashley Ridge 2025 SS 14.3 g
8 Charlie McCutchen SC Orangeburg Preparatory School 2025 C 14.2 g
9 Hudson Clark SC Berkeley 2026 2B 13.3 g
10 Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 13.2 g

AVERAGE ON PLANE EFFICIENCY

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Jackson Christopher SC Ashley Ridge 2025 SS 86 %
2 Dylan Jimenez SC Hanahan High 2025 C 81 %
3 Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 76 %
4 Will Watson SC Pinewood Prep 2026 OF 73 %
5 Hudson Clark SC Berkeley 2026 2B 73 %
6 Palmer Hornick SC Paul M Dorman 2026 3B 67 %
7 Corbin King SC Blue Ridge 2027 C 65 %
8 David Derrick SC Dutch Fork High 2026 C 65 %
9 Aiden Culler SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 63 %
10 Hank Greene SC Fox Creek 2025 2B 63 %