Prep Baseball Report

Top Prospect Games: Blast Motion Leaders


Sammy Esposito
PBR SC Director of Scouting

Prep Baseball of South Carolina hosted its Top Prospect Games on August 17th at The College of Charleston. The event featured players from across the state in the 2025-2028 grad classes. The Top Prospect Games continues to be one of the most popular summer events on the Prep Baseball summer schedule with several college coaches in attendance taking a look at the prospects in attendance. 

Position players opened the day with an offensive workout, taking live BP on the field.  TrackMan and Blast were used to track pre-swing and ball-flight analytics.  Players then went through a defensive workout at their position, allowing coaches and scouts to get a feel for their athleticism, movement, and arm strength. 

After the workout, the players where split into to teams and played a controlled game.  Pitchers threw to live hitters in a controlled environment, allowing PBR Scouts to control pitch count and stress of each inning.  Hitters got live looks at pitchers, allowing the coaches and scouts in attendance to further their evaluations after BP, in the live setting.

Below we begin our breakdown of the players in attendance looking at the top performers in select categories. 

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BLAST MOTION LEADERS

 

MAX HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (max)
1 Devin Hillary SC Fox Creek 2025 24.7 mph
^ Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 24.7 mph
2 Ryan Stukitz SC Catawba Ridge 2026 C 24.2 mph
3 Hayden McMillan SC South Aiken 2026 OF 23.9 mph
4 Jackson Carter SC T. L. Hanna 2025 OF 23.8 mph
^ Sully Townley SC Fort Mill 2027 RHP 23.8 mph
5 Peter Fulton SC Bishop England 2025 RHP 23.2 mph
^ Preston Smith SC Batesburg-Leesville 2026 C 23.2 mph
6 Camden Finley SC Clinton 2027 OF 23.0 mph
7 Gage Petrovich SC River Bluff 2027 1B 22.9 mph
8 Braydon Shealy SC P27 Academy 2025 C 22.6 mph
9 Logan Blight SC Lexington 2025 2B 22.5 mph
10 Julian Richard SC Homeschool (SC) 2026 2B 22.4 mph

AVERAGE HAND SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 23.3 mph
2 Ryan Stukitz SC Catawba Ridge 2026 C 23.1 mph
3 Devin Hillary SC Fox Creek 2025 22.4 mph
4 Hayden McMillan SC South Aiken 2026 OF 22.3 mph
5 Peter Fulton SC Bishop England 2025 RHP 22.2 mph
6 Sully Townley SC Fort Mill 2027 RHP 22.0 mph
7 Jackson Carter SC T. L. Hanna 2025 OF 21.8 mph
8 Camden Finley SC Clinton 2027 OF 21.8 mph
9 Gage Petrovich SC River Bluff 2027 1B 21.6 mph
10 Logan Blight SC Lexington 2025 2B 21.5 mph

PEAK BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (max)
1 John Delgadillo SC P27 Academy 2025 C 84.3 mph
2 Peter Fulton SC Bishop England 2025 RHP 81.7 mph
3 Christian Galasso NC Waccamaw 2026 C 78.6 mph
4 Jackson Carter SC T. L. Hanna 2025 OF 78.2 mph
5 Max Kniesche SC Lucy Beckham 2027 3B 76.6 mph
6 Ethan Solnick SC Catawba Ridge 2026 OF 76.3 mph
7 Walter Argett SC Summerville 2025 1B 75.8 mph
8 Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 75.5 mph
^ Zechariah Haney SC Camden 2025 C 75.5 mph
9 Cohen Parker SC Ashley Ridge 2025 C 75.2 mph
10 Austin Jeffcoat SC Westwood High School 2026 OF 73.7 mph

AVERAGE BAT SPEED

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Peter Fulton SC Bishop England 2025 RHP 77.0 mph
2 John Delgadillo SC P27 Academy 2025 C 75.3 mph
3 Christian Galasso NC Waccamaw 2026 C 73.9 mph
4 Walter Argett SC Summerville 2025 1B 72.9 mph
5 Ethan Solnick SC Catawba Ridge 2026 OF 72.0 mph
6 Max Kniesche SC Lucy Beckham 2027 3B 71.5 mph
^ Austin Jeffcoat SC Westwood High School 2026 OF 71.5 mph
7 Jackson Carter SC T. L. Hanna 2025 OF 70.8 mph
8 Finn Kucaba SC Oceanside Collegiate Academy 2027 OF 70.4 mph
9 Alex Smith SC Nation Ford 2026 OF 69.9 mph
10 Cohen Parker SC Ashley Ridge 2025 C 69.2 mph

MAX ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (max)
1 Jackson Carter SC T. L. Hanna 2025 OF 27.4 g
2 Porter Anglin SC North Myrtle Beach 2027 OF 25.3 g
3 Camden Finley SC Clinton 2027 OF 23.7 g
^ Ryan Stukitz SC Catawba Ridge 2026 C 23.7 g
4 Cooper Sears SC Easley 2026 C 22.4 g
5 Grant Kissner SC Lexington 2025 RHP 22.1 g
6 Eithan Richards SC Woodruff 2025 OF 22.0 g
^ Caleb Black SC Mid-Carolina 2025 OF 22.0 g
7 Cole Stukitz SC Catawba Ridge 2026 OF 21.5 g
8 Walter Argett SC Summerville 2025 1B 19.4 g
9 Preston Smith SC Batesburg-Leesville 2026 C 19.2 g
10 Logan Blight SC Lexington 2025 2B 19.1 g

AVERAGE ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Jackson Carter SC T. L. Hanna 2025 OF 20.8 g
2 Ryan Stukitz SC Catawba Ridge 2026 C 20.0 g
3 Porter Anglin SC North Myrtle Beach 2027 OF 19.6 g
4 Eithan Richards SC Woodruff 2025 OF 18.5 g
5 Caleb Black SC Mid-Carolina 2025 OF 18.2 g
6 Cole Stukitz SC Catawba Ridge 2026 OF 17.2 g
7 Cooper Sears SC Easley 2026 C 17.1 g
8 Grant Kissner SC Lexington 2025 RHP 15.9 g
9 Alex Smith SC Nation Ford 2026 OF 15.7 g
10 Camden Finley SC Clinton 2027 OF 15.7 g

AVERAGE ON PLANE EFFICIENCY

Rank Name State School Class Pos On Plane Eff (avg)
1 Tobie Lowe SC Walhalla 2027 C 95 %
2 Porter Anglin SC North Myrtle Beach 2027 OF 89 %
3 Eithan Richards SC Woodruff 2025 OF 85 %
4 Jeremy Powell SC White Knoll 2026 LHP 85 %
5 Chaplin Cox SC Cardinal Newman 2026 OF 84 %
6 Zechariah Haney SC Camden 2025 C 84 %
7 Caleb Black SC Mid-Carolina 2025 OF 82 %
8 Camden Finley SC Clinton 2027 OF 80 %
9 Noah Dubovich SC T. L. Hanna 2027 SS 79 %
10 Spencer Johnson SC Aiken 2026 1B 77 %