Team Carolina Trials - Charleston: Statistical Leaders
June 7, 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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STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN
60 YARD DASH
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | 60-yd |
1 | Carter Blankinship | SC | Fort Mill | 2025 | OF | 6.75 s |
2 | Hudson Clark | SC | Berkeley | 2026 | 2B | 6.89 s |
3 | Will Watson | SC | Pinewood Prep | 2026 | OF | 6.92 s |
4 | Tripp Cook | SC | Crescent High | 2025 | OF | 6.98 s |
5 | Cameron Craft | SC | Waccamaw | 2026 | LHP | 6.99 s |
6 | Jaxson Johnson | SC | Summerville High | 2026 | 3B | 7.00 s |
^ | David Derrick | SC | Dutch Fork High | 2026 | C | 7.00 s |
7 | Charlie McCutchen | SC | Orangeburg Preparatory | 2025 | C | 7.01 s |
8 | Jackson Christopher | SC | Ashley Ridge | 2025 | SS | 7.03 s |
9 | Finn Kucaba | SC | Oceanside Collegiate Academy | 2027 | OF | 7.06 s |
^ | Will Fountain | SC | Fox Creek | 2026 | OF | 7.06 s |
10 | Carson Politsch | SC | Clover High | 2026 | C | 7.07 s |
TRACKMAN MAX EXIT VELOCITY (BP)
During BP, TrackMan tracked ball flight off the bat. One element TrackMan is able to produce is the exit velocity. Below are the top Exit Velocities produced during live BP.
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Exit Velocity (max) |
1 | Palmer Hornick | SC | Paul M Dorman | 2026 | 3B | 95.7 mph |
2 | Corbin King | SC | Blue Ridge | 2027 | C | 94.8 mph |
3 | Finn Kucaba | SC | Oceanside Collegiate Academy | 2027 | OF | 93.8 mph |
4 | Henry Wood | SC | West Ashley | 2026 | 3B | 93.2 mph |
5 | Will Watson | SC | Pinewood Prep | 2026 | OF | 93.0 mph |
6 | Charlie McCutchen | SC | Orangeburg Preparatory | 2025 | C | 91.9 mph |
7 | Carter Blankinship | SC | Fort Mill | 2025 | OF | 91.7 mph |
8 | David Derrick | SC | Dutch Fork High | 2026 | C | 91.2 mph |
9 | Tripp Cook | SC | Crescent High | 2025 | OF | 90.7 mph |
10 | James Wyatt Arthur | SC | Trinity Collegiate | 2027 | SS | 90.2 mph |
POSITIONAL VELOCITY – INFIELDERS
Infielders were able to workout at shortstop throwing across the infield, or from 1B throwing to 2B and 3B in the pro-style workout.
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | INF Velo |
1 | Palmer Hornick | SC | Paul M Dorman | 2026 | 3B | 89 |
2 | Henry Wood | SC | West Ashley | 2026 | 3B | 84 |
3 | Jaxson Johnson | SC | Summerville High | 2026 | 3B | 80 |
4 | Hudson Clark | SC | Berkeley | 2026 | 2B | 79 |
^ | James Wyatt Arthur | SC | Trinity Collegiate | 2027 | SS | 79 |
5 | Jackson Christopher | SC | Ashley Ridge | 2025 | SS | 77 |
6 | Max Kniesche | SC | Lucy Beckham | 2027 | 3B | 73 |
7 | Hank Greene | SC | Fox Creek | 2025 | 2B | 68 |
^ | Cole Ivey | SC | Academic Magnet High | 2027 | 2B | 68 |
8 | Samuel Ashley | SC | Clover | 2027 | 2B | 66 |
9 | Cade Tippett | SC | Wando | 2026 | 3B | 64 |
POSITIONAL VELOCITY – OUTFIELDERS
Outfielders worked out from right field and center field, making throws to the plate and third base. Throws were measured by a radar gun to gauge arm strength.
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | OF Velo |
1 | Cameron Craft | SC | Waccamaw | 2026 | LHP | 90 |
2 | Will Watson | SC | Pinewood Prep | 2026 | OF | 86 |
3 | Carter Blankinship | SC | Fort Mill | 2025 | OF | 84 |
^ | Tripp Cook | SC | Crescent High | 2025 | OF | 84 |
4 | Will Fountain | SC | Fox Creek | 2026 | OF | 82 |
5 | Corbin King | SC | Blue Ridge | 2027 | C | 81 |
6 | Finn Kucaba | SC | Oceanside Collegiate Academy | 2027 | OF | 80 |
7 | Aiden Culler | SC | Oceanside Collegiate Academy | 2027 | OF | 78 |
CATCHER POSITIONAL VELOCITY & POP TIMES
In the pro-style workout, catchers workout from behind home plate, making multiple throws to 2B, simulating a stolen base attempt.
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | C Velo |
1 | Carson Politsch | SC | Clover High | 2026 | C | 77 |
2 | Corbin King | SC | Blue Ridge | 2027 | C | 76 |
3 | Charlie McCutchen | SC | Orangeburg Preparatory | 2025 | C | 74 |
^ | David Derrick | SC | Dutch Fork High | 2026 | C | 74 |
4 | Dylan Jimenez | SC | Hanahan High | 2025 | C | 66 |
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Pop Time |
1 | Carson Politsch | SC | Clover High | 2026 | C | 1.91-2.06 |
2 | Corbin King | SC | Blue Ridge | 2027 | C | 1.93-2.04 |
3 | Charlie McCutchen | SC | Orangeburg Preparatory | 2025 | C | 1.96-2.17 |
4 | David Derrick | SC | Dutch Fork High | 2026 | C | 2.00-2.25 |
5 | Dylan Jimenez | SC | Hanahan High | 2025 | C | 2.22-2.41 |
TRACKMAN INFO - PITCHER BULLPENS
Pitchers threw a controlled bullpen showcasing their full arsenal of pitches. Velocity and spin rate information was gathered off of the TrackMan. TrackMan analytics are the official analytics and the velocities below were captured by TrackMan.
Max Fastball Velocity
Rank | Name | State | School | Class | Pos | Velocity (max) |
1 | Henry Wood | SC | West Ashley | 2026 | 3B | 84.9 mph |
2 | Palmer Hornick | SC | Paul M Dorman | 2026 | 3B | 84.7 mph |
3 | Will Fountain | SC | Fox Creek | 2026 | OF | 82.8 mph |
4 | Cameron Craft | SC | Waccamaw | 2026 | LHP | 82.3 mph |
5 | Hunter Doyle | SC | Lucy Beckham | 2025 | RHP | 81.8 mph |
6 | James Wyatt Arthur | SC | Trinity Collegiate | 2027 | SS | 79.9 mph |
- SC Team Carolina Trials - Columbia: Infielders Scouting Reports 8/30/24
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- SC South Carolina Rankings: 2025 Class New Comers 8/30/24
- SC Team Carolina Trials - Columbia: Pitcher Scouting Reports 8/29/24
- SC Top Prospect Games: Superlatives - Pitchers 8/29/24