Prep Baseball Report

Team Carolina Trials - Columbia: Blast Leaders


Sammy Esposito
PBR SC Director of Scouting

On Tuesday, July 2nd Prep Baseball of South Carolina hosted trials for Team Carolina at The University of South Carolina in Columbia, 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 Jackson Winer SC Bishop England 2025 1B 25.4 mph
2 Tyler Wolfe SC Bluffton 2026 OF 24.8 mph
3 Larson Montgomery SC York Comprehensive High 2025 RHP 24.7 mph
4 Mac Raines SC River Bluff 2026 OF 24.2 mph
5 Austin Catledge SC Buford 2026 C 23.6 mph
^ David McElveen SC Ben Lippen 2025 3B 23.6 mph
6 Gurshen Mogen SC P27 Academy 2026 SS 23.5 mph
7 Gage Petrovich SC River Bluff 2027 1B 23.2 mph
8 Myles Mayers SC Dutch Fork 2026 2B 23.1 mph
9 Preston Smith SC Batesburg-Leesville 2026 C 23.0 mph
10 Caleb Waters SC Fox Creek 2025 OF 22.8 mph
^ Matthew Ogrzewalla SC Wando 2026 1B 22.8 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Jackson Winer SC Bishop England 2025 1B 24.3 mph
2 Tyler Wolfe SC Bluffton 2026 OF 23.7 mph
3 Larson Montgomery SC York Comprehensive High 2025 RHP 23.3 mph
4 Mac Raines SC River Bluff 2026 OF 22.5 mph
5 Preston Smith SC Batesburg-Leesville 2026 C 22.4 mph
6 David McElveen SC Ben Lippen 2025 3B 22.4 mph
7 Caleb Waters SC Fox Creek 2025 OF 22.0 mph
8 Myles Mayers SC Dutch Fork 2026 2B 22.0 mph
9 Gurshen Mogen SC P27 Academy 2026 SS 21.9 mph
10 Gage Petrovich SC River Bluff 2027 1B 21.8 mph

PEAK BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 Daniel Ebeling SC Philip Simmons High 2028 C 88.1 mph
2 Matthew Ogrzewalla SC Wando 2026 1B 78.9 mph
3 Ethan Solnick SC Catawba Ridge 2026 OF 77.4 mph
4 Mark Allen Jr SC Carolina Forest 2025 OF 77.1 mph
5 David McElveen SC Ben Lippen 2025 3B 76.3 mph
6 Jackson Winer SC Bishop England 2025 1B 76.2 mph
7 Jacob Pettit SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 74.9 mph
8 Larson Montgomery SC York Comprehensive High 2025 RHP 74.0 mph
^ Jackson Driver SC T. L. Hanna 2026 OF 74.0 mph
9 Mac Raines SC River Bluff 2026 OF 73.6 mph
10 Lincoln Hill SC Lexington 2025 C 73.4 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Ethan Solnick SC Catawba Ridge 2026 OF 73.5 mph
2 Larson Montgomery SC York Comprehensive High 2025 RHP 72.0 mph
3 Jackson Winer SC Bishop England 2025 1B 71.6 mph
4 David McElveen SC Ben Lippen 2025 3B 71.5 mph
5 Matthew Ogrzewalla SC Wando 2026 1B 71.2 mph
6 Graham Coleman SC Lexington 2027 SS 70.8 mph
7 Scott Graham SC A.C. Flora 2026 OF 70.6 mph
8 Preston Smith SC Batesburg-Leesville 2026 C 70.5 mph
9 Jackson Driver SC T. L. Hanna 2026 OF 70.3 mph
10 Lincoln Hill SC Lexington 2025 C 70.2 mph

MAX ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Jackson Winer SC Bishop England 2025 1B 40.0 g
2 Larson Montgomery SC York Comprehensive High 2025 RHP 37.9 g
3 Tyler Wolfe SC Bluffton 2026 OF 27.8 g
4 Jackson Driver SC T. L. Hanna 2026 OF 23.0 g
5 Durham McEntire SC Landrum 2027 3B 22.8 g
6 Brayden Borders SC Lake View High 2025 C 22.4 g
7 Jake Downing SC Wando 2026 SS 21.2 g
^ Caleb Waters SC Fox Creek 2025 OF 21.2 g
8 Myles Mayers SC Dutch Fork 2026 2B 21.0 g
9 Austin Catledge SC Buford 2026 C 20.9 g
10 Jacob Pettit SC Fort Mill 2025 OF 20.0 g

AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Jackson Winer SC Bishop England 2025 1B 34.7 g
2 Larson Montgomery SC York Comprehensive High 2025 RHP 31.6 g
3 Tyler Wolfe SC Bluffton 2026 OF 23.9 g
4 Jackson Driver SC T. L. Hanna 2026 OF 19.4 g
5 Brayden Borders SC Lake View High 2025 C 17.5 g
6 Austin Catledge SC Buford 2026 C 17.1 g
7 Durham McEntire SC Landrum 2027 3B 17.0 g
8 Myles Mayers SC Dutch Fork 2026 2B 16.5 g
9 Caleb Waters SC Fox Creek 2025 OF 15.9 g
10 Gurshen Mogen SC P27 Academy 2026 SS 15.5 g

AVERAGE ON PLANE EFFICIENCY

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Chaplin Cox SC Cardinal Newman 2026 OF 91 %
2 Cash Conner SC SOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2028 OF 81 %
3 Caleb Waters SC Fox Creek 2025 OF 79 %
4 Preston Smith SC Batesburg-Leesville 2026 C 78 %
5 Lucas Price SC A.C. Flora 2026 OF 76 %
6 Gurshen Mogen SC P27 Academy 2026 SS 76 %
7 Sam Adkins SC Dorman High 2027 2B 74 %
8 Tyler Wolfe SC Bluffton 2026 OF 72 %
9 Tadg Callahan SC Bishop England 2027 OF 70 %
10 Cole Harmon SC Aiken 2026 RHP 69 %