Team Carolina Trials - Charleston: Blast Leaders
June 18, 2024
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2026 | 3B | 77.4 mph |
4 | Corbin King | SC | Blue Ridge | 2027 | C | 75.2 mph |
5 | Charlie McCutchen | SC | Orangeburg Preparatory | 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 | 2026 | 3B | 73.7 mph |
4 | Corbin King | SC | Blue Ridge | 2027 | C | 70.5 mph |
5 | Charlie McCutchen | SC | Orangeburg Preparatory | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 % |
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