Trackman Stories: Contact Quality During the Preseason All-State Games
February 9, 2021
Trackman Stories: Preseason All-State Games
PBR Arizona held its Preseason All-State Games 1/30-1/31 at Arcadia Ridge High School in Phoenix, AZ. The event was divided into two separate days, Upperclass (2021-2022 grads) & Underclass (2023-2025 grads). This event featured over 150 prospects in total from all across the state of Arizona with a few players trickling in from border states and even Hawaii.
As we continue to roll out some of our post event coverage, lets take a look back at some of the data we collected at the Arizona Preseason All-State Games. Today, we will take a look at some of data Trackman helped us gather from the offensive side of the ball on 125+ hitters that stepped in the box on the weekend.
Sweet Spot Percentage
Just like the barrel is the sweet spot of the bat, the sweet spot of launch angles is 8° to 32°. This range of launch angles encompasses everything we consider a line drive to a flyball. Measuring the percentage of balls hit within that range is a better indicator of good launch angles versus taking the average of all launch angles. Let’s take a look at the leaders in SwSp% for the Preseason All-State Games
UPPER-CLASS |
UNDER-CLASS |
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Name |
Sweet Spot % |
Name |
Sweet Spot % |
Blake Abeyta |
100.0% |
Teagan Kearney |
100.0% |
Landry Spitler |
88.9% |
Kenan Harvey |
88.9% |
Collin Frarer |
85.7% |
Paul Thomas Teel |
87.5% |
Marshall Mastrantuono |
80.0% |
Noah Andersen |
85.7% |
Blake Lehmbeck |
75.0% |
Owen Wade |
81.8% |
Carson Gnetz |
75.0% |
Joshua Butler |
80.0% |
Jay Evans |
75.0% |
Andrew Griffin |
80.0% |
Adian Duarte |
72.7% |
Drew Douglas |
75.0% |
Shane Melick |
72.7% |
Chance Greene |
75.0% |
Brody Sexton |
72.7% |
Hustyn Wheeler |
72.7% |
Adjusted Hard Hit %
This metric is similar to the Hard Hit % that you can see on MLB Statcast with one very important distinction: it takes player skill into account. For MLB, the threshold for a Hard Hit Ball is any batted ball at least 95mph. However, most players in HS are not physically mature enough to hit that 95mph threshold. So are they not capable of hitting the ball hard? Of course they can hit the ball hard! To combat the physical maturity issue, Adjusted Hard Hit% scales the threshold depending on the player’s skill level. Now, let’s see who stood out with respect to aHH%.
UPPER-CLASS |
UNDER-CLASS |
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Name |
Adjusted Hard Hit % |
Name |
|
Marshall Mastrantuono |
100.00% |
Brendan Burke |
66.67% |
Blake Lehmbeck |
75.00% |
Paul Thomas Teel |
62.50% |
Austin Corbett |
62.50% |
Xander Ras |
57.14% |
Karsen Waslefsky |
60.00% |
Carsen Kane |
55.56% |
Cole Krawczyk |
58.33% |
Joshua Butler |
50.00% |
Rochne Beecham |
55.56% |
Alan Matthew Durazo |
50.00% |
Rodolfo (RJ) Molina |
55.56% |
Erick Dessens |
50.00% |
Eddie Montoya |
55.56% |
Christian Obos |
50.00% |
Carson Gnetz |
50.00% |
Willie Cornejo-Farmer |
50.00% |
Dominic Palma |
50.00% |
Owen Wade |
45.45% |
Barrel%
Now here is the ultimate measure of contact quality, Barrel%. Barrel% takes into account both launch angle and exit velocity to provide an indication of how consistently hard and true a player hits the ball. In short, it is a combination of aHH% and SwSp%. If a batted ball meets requirements for BOTH, then it is also considered a Barreled ball!
UPPER-CLASS |
UNDER-CLASS |
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Name |
Barrel % |
Name |
|
Marshall Mastrantuono |
80.0% |
Paul Thomas Teel |
62.5% |
Shaun Cottrell |
50.0% |
Xander Ras |
57.1% |
Blake Lehmbeck |
50.0% |
Alan Matthew Durazo |
50.0% |
Cole Krawczyk |
50.0% |
Christian Obos |
50.0% |
Joey Trippi |
45.5% |
Erick Dessens |
50.0% |
Rodolfo (RJ) Molina |
44.4% |
Joshua Butler |
50.0% |
Rochne Beecham |
44.4% |
Owen Wade |
45.5% |
Chaz Ortega-Clemons |
41.7% |
Brendan Burke |
44.4% |
Carson Gnetz |
41.7% |
Kenan Harvey |
44.4% |
Dominic Palma |
40.0% |
Matthew Hart |
44.4% |
For the full charts click here!