Prep Baseball Report

South Mountain CC Scout Day: Hitting Data Dive


Cam Black-Araujo
Arizona Operations

On Wednesday, October 18th, the PBR Arizona staff hosted it's first PBR JUCO Scout Day of the fall with South Mountain CC, hosted on campus in Phoenix, Arizona. This event featured 24 prospects within the program, both freshman and sophomores, and allowed our staff an opportunity to get an in-depth look at the players within the Cougars program.

Earlier this week, we broke down the top measurable data performers from the event with our Statistical Analysis article. Now, we will take a further in-depth look at the top positional players with the help of our tech partnerships, broken down by the categories down below:

For complete event results, click here.
To view upcoming event schedule, click here.

TRACKMAN

EXIT VELOCITY (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (max)
1 Marcus Romero CO Legacy 2023 OF 107.3 mph
2 Dominic Chacon AZ Horizon 2022 OF 105.2 mph
3 Jaden Miranda HI Mililani High School 2022 OF 104.7 mph
4 Sam Christiansen AZ Mountain View 2022 1B 104.3 mph
5 Wylie Waters BC Sentinel Secondary 2022 1B 101.8 mph
6 Kaden Gray ON Lccvi 2023 C 101.5 mph
7 Raul Parada AZ Mesa 2023 C 100.8 mph
8 Landon Springmeyer AZ Corona Del Sol 2023 C 100.7 mph
9 Pa’a Elarionoff AZ Kamehameha Kapalama 2022 3B 99.9 mph
10 CJ Snowden AZ Perry 2023 OF 99.3 mph

EXIT VELOCITY (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Exit Velocity (avg)
1 Dominic Chacon AZ Horizon 2022 OF 97.4 mph
2 Wylie Waters BC Sentinel Secondary 2022 1B 96.6 mph
3 Pa’a Elarionoff AZ Kamehameha Kapalama 2022 3B 96.0 mph
4 Marcus Romero CO Legacy 2023 OF 95.7 mph
5 Sam Christiansen AZ Mountain View 2022 1B 94.4 mph
6 Jaden Miranda HI Mililani High School 2022 OF 93.6 mph
7 Carlos Vega AZ Mountain Pointe High School 2022 3B 91.9 mph
8 CJ Snowden AZ Perry 2023 OF 91.3 mph
9 Landon Springmeyer AZ Corona Del Sol 2023 C 91.1 mph
10 Luke Jones AZ Campo Verde 2023 C 90.5 mph

Exit Velocity: This metric measures the speed of the ball, measured in miles per hour, as it comes off the bat at the moment of contact.

BATTED BALL DISTANCE (MAX)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (max)
1 Marcus Romero CO Legacy 2023 OF 396 ft
2 Sam Christiansen AZ Mountain View 2022 1B 395 ft
3 Pa’a Elarionoff AZ Kamehameha Kapalama 2022 3B 394 ft
4 Kaden Gray ON Lccvi 2023 C 384 ft
5 Carlos Vega AZ Mountain Pointe High School 2022 3B 383 ft
6 Wylie Waters BC Sentinel Secondary 2022 1B 381 ft
7 Luke Jones AZ Campo Verde 2023 C 380 ft
8 Raul Parada AZ Mesa 2023 C 378 ft
9 Aaron Bazan TX Andress 2022 3B 375 ft
10 Dominic Chacon AZ Horizon 2022 OF 369 ft

BATTED BALL DISTANCE (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Distance (avg)
1 Zac Chapman CO Rock Canyon 2022 1B 288 ft
2 Marcus Romero CO Legacy 2023 OF 274 ft
3 Sam Christiansen AZ Mountain View 2022 1B 269 ft
4 CJ Snowden AZ Perry 2023 OF 265 ft
5 Cameron Masters-Doble OR Lakeridge 2023 C 250 ft
6 Carlos Vega AZ Mountain Pointe High School 2022 3B 244 ft
7 Brady Lord AZ Basha High School 2023 SS 240 ft
8 Niko Rosell OR Century 2022 3B 238 ft
9 Wylie Waters BC Sentinel Secondary 2022 1B 223 ft
10 Luke Jones AZ Campo Verde 2023 C 222 ft

SWEET SPOT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Sweet Spot %
1 Niko Rosell OR Century 2022 3B 90 %
2 Jaden Upper OH South Mountain 2023 OF 76 %
3 Carlos Vega AZ Mountain Pointe High School 2022 3B 64 %
4 Cameron Masters-Doble OR Lakeridge 2023 C 60 %
5 CJ Snowden AZ Perry 2023 OF 57 %
6 Sam Christiansen AZ Mountain View 2022 1B 56 %
7 Zac Chapman CO Rock Canyon 2022 1B 54 %
8 Dominic Chacon AZ Horizon 2022 OF 53 %

Sweet Spot %: This metric is determined by how often the player produces a batted ball during the session with a launch angle between 8 to 32 degrees.

HARD-HIT %

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hard Hit %
1 Wylie Waters BC Sentinel Secondary 2022 1B 93 %
2 Pa’a Elarionoff AZ Kamehameha Kapalama 2022 3B 91 %
3 Dominic Chacon AZ Horizon 2022 OF 86 %
4 Carlos Vega AZ Mountain Pointe High School 2022 3B 78 %
^ Marcus Romero CO Legacy 2023 OF 78 %
5 Sam Christiansen AZ Mountain View 2022 1B 75 %
6 CJ Snowden AZ Perry 2023 OF 73 %
7 Landon Springmeyer AZ Corona Del Sol 2023 C 70 %
8 Luke Jones AZ Campo Verde 2023 C 68 %
9 Jaden Miranda HI Mililani High School 2022 OF 66 %

BLAST MOTION

HAND SPEED (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Hand Speed (avg)
1 Jaden Upper OH South Mountain 2023 OF 23.9 mph
2 Marcus Romero CO Legacy 2023 OF 23.5 mph
3 Carlos Vega AZ Mountain Pointe High School 2022 3B 22.5 mph
4 Wylie Waters BC Sentinel Secondary 2022 1B 22.5 mph
5 Aaron Bazan TX Andress 2022 3B 22.5 mph
6 Dominic Chacon AZ Horizon 2022 OF 22.0 mph
7 Pa’a Elarionoff AZ Kamehameha Kapalama 2022 3B 21.9 mph
8 Zac Chapman CO Rock Canyon 2022 1B 21.8 mph
9 Jaden Miranda HI Mililani High School 2022 OF 21.2 mph
10 Sam Christiansen AZ Mountain View 2022 1B 20.9 mph

Hand Speed: The observed speed as measured on the handle of the bat (measured six inches from the knob of the bat). Peak Hand Speed will occur prior to the moment of impact, very close to the commit time in the swing when the wrists unhinge.

BAT SPEED (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Bat Speed (avg)
1 Dominic Chacon AZ Horizon 2022 OF 75.6 mph
2 Cameron Masters-Doble OR Lakeridge 2023 C 74.9 mph
3 Marcus Romero CO Legacy 2023 OF 73.6 mph
4 Aaron Bazan TX Andress 2022 3B 73.6 mph
5 Pa’a Elarionoff AZ Kamehameha Kapalama 2022 3B 73.6 mph
6 Carlos Vega AZ Mountain Pointe High School 2022 3B 72.8 mph
7 Raul Parada AZ Mesa 2023 C 71.8 mph
8 Jaden Miranda HI Mililani High School 2022 OF 71.4 mph
9 Sam Christiansen AZ Mountain View 2022 1B 70.9 mph
10 Luke Jones AZ Campo Verde 2023 C 70.6 mph

Bat Speed: The observed speed of the sweet spot of the bat at impact. The sweet spot of the bat is measured six inches from the tip of the bat.

ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION (AVG.)

Rank Name State School Class Pos Rot. Acc (avg)
1 Marcus Romero CO Legacy 2023 OF 24.6 g
2 Landon Springmeyer AZ Corona Del Sol 2023 C 20.2 g
3 Jaden Miranda HI Mililani High School 2022 OF 19.1 g
4 Christopher Mata HI Maui 2023 2B 17.8 g
5 Carlos Vega AZ Mountain Pointe High School 2022 3B 17.6 g
6 Pa’a Elarionoff AZ Kamehameha Kapalama 2022 3B 17.4 g
7 Joe Terranova AZ Mountain View 2023 2B 17.2 g
8 Wylie Waters BC Sentinel Secondary 2022 1B 16.9 g
9 Raul Parada AZ Mesa 2023 C 16.7 g
10 Niko Rosell OR Century 2022 3B 14.6 g

Body Rotation: A swing that has the appropriate relative contributions of body and bat rotations is an efficient and Powerful swing that maintains proper sequencing. An efficient baseball swing is one in which the body creates the initial movements, which is then transferred to the arms and out to the bat, thereby maximizing Bat Speed through this proximal-to-distal kinematic sequencing movement pattern.

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
Phoenix Fall ID AZ 10/29 Grand Canyon University


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